danwin.com » japanese https://danwin.com Words, photos, and code by Dan Nguyen. The 'g' is mostly silent. Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:29:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 Akira Kurosawa on Netflix Instant Play: Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Ikiru https://danwin.com/2009/12/akira-kurosawa-on-netflix-instant-play-seven-samurai-rashoman-sanjuro-the-hidden-fortress-ikiru/ https://danwin.com/2009/12/akira-kurosawa-on-netflix-instant-play-seven-samurai-rashoman-sanjuro-the-hidden-fortress-ikiru/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:58:36 +0000 https://danwin.com/uncategorized/kurosawa-on-netflix-instant-play-seven-samurai-rashoman-sanjuro-the-hidden-fortress-ikiru/ As recently as last month, I was disappointed with Netflix’s Japanese film selection on Instant Play. But it looks like they’ve remedied the shortage a bit with these classics from Akira Kurosawa, perhaps Japan’s finest director. I’ve seen most of them already. I own Ikiru on Criterion DVD but haven’t even opened it yet. I […]

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]]> As recently as last month, I was disappointed with Netflix’s Japanese film selection on Instant Play. But it looks like they’ve remedied the shortage a bit with these classics from Akira Kurosawa, perhaps Japan’s finest director. I’ve seen most of them already. I own Ikiru on Criterion DVD but haven’t even opened it yet. I know it’s one of those movies you have to be the right mood to watch. Actually, having these movies on Instant Play probably isn’t that helpful…IP’s quality isn’t nearly good enough for the best movies; I feel sorry for anyone who has their first viewing of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on it.

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Previously, there were a few good Japanese gems on Instant Play, including Twilight Samurai and The Great Happiness Space, a fascinating and ultimately depressing documentary about the male escort/geisha service.

The Great Happiness Space

The Great Happiness Space

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Impress Corporation of Japan is reporting that Apple now controls almost half the smartphone market in Japan with over 3 million iPhones sold to date. Keep in mind, it has taken the iPhone little more than a year to accomplish this.

Impress reasons that the major shift towards the iPhone is because of its ease of use and the Japanese App Store.

One of the predictions I distinctly remember an analyst making a the iPhone announcement launch was that it would reach Apple’s 1 percent of market share goal but it would have no impact in Japan, where the phones were so allegedly advanced.

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