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Way back, while my grandmother was ill with cancer, one thing made her happy. It was seeing Torasan. There were 48 movies in all, titled, Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo, starring the same dude over a long period of time – until the actor passed away. The films are retro and feel good. They came out twice a year. The still I shot is called “Torasan meets the Songstress, Again”. It was number 15, and it showed at the Hawaii Film Fest. If you get a chance, I’d jump at seeing them and you’re in luck since they’re playing in NYC. Tora-san Meets the Songstress AgainFriday, November 21 at 7:30 pmEpisode 15 / 1975 Tora-san Goes Religious?Friday, December 5 at 7:30 pmEpisode 32 / 1983 Tora-san’s Love CallFriday, January 23 at 7:30 pmEpisode 8 / 1971 Tora-san’s Dear Old HomeFriday, February 13 at 7:30 pmEpisode 9 / 1972 Tora-san’s Dream Come TrueFriday, March 13 at 7:30 pmEpisode 10 / 1972 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-sanFriday, April 17 at 7:30 pmEpisode 29 / 1982 Tora-san, My UncleFriday, May 22 at 7:30 pmEpisode 42 / 1989 For trailers, and more details of the series, visit www.japansociety.org/film. TICKETS$11/ $7 Japan Society members, students & seniors. LOCATIONJapan Society | 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (at First Avenue).
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Surfing. It's not that tough to get started, but I guess it's a slippery slope when you do. That's the surf teacher. Are you going to slip off that board the first time you get on? No. Are you going to paddle harder so you don't look too lame. Yes. There's plenty of coral and rock right underneath where you paddle out. Why aren't people snorkeling there instead? Either way, I did catch a wave for...
Surfing. It’s not that tough to get started, but I guess it’s a slippery slope when you do. That’s the surf teacher. Are you going to slip off that board the first time you get on? No. Are you going to paddle harder so you don’t look too lame. Yes. There’s plenty of coral and rock right underneath where you paddle out. Why aren’t people snorkeling there instead? Either way, I did catch a wave for the first time, and actually stood up and watched as the rock and coral flew by under my feet. The water is clear enough so you can see everything. I’m half excited and half worried that I’ll fall in and hit one of the rocks which looks like it’s just a foot or two below. But all that went away, I passed over it all until I went to slow and had to jump off. Jokes aside, kids in Hawaii are interesting. She’s 24 maybe 23. The kid next to her is 15. They’re best friends. For some reason, people have little homies friends in Hawaii, why is that? They hang out like bro and sister, and I hear that’s common in Hawaii. That’s Phil. Hawaii and Phil are almost synonymous. He’s part of the RVCA group in Hawaii and has his hands in setting up concerts for tons of bands who pass through. He belts out a good version of Photograph by Def Leppard, which David can air drum with one arm.
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Ok, not the best pics. My bad, especially to the folks who'll be bummed they're photographed. That's Conrad, he wrote a little something about the Obama campaign, he's the fella on the upper photo left. Arm extended. He's married to Mr Obama's sister. The dude with the menu out is Anderson, who's part of the Hawaii Int'l Film Fest. I can't begin to the remember the dude's name, but he's part of...
Ok, not the best pics. My bad, especially to the folks who’ll be bummed they’re photographed. That’s Conrad, he wrote a little something about the Obama campaign, he’s the fella on the upper photo left. Arm extended. He’s married to Mr Obama’s sister. The dude with the menu out is Anderson, who’s part of the Hawaii Int’l Film Fest. I can’t begin to the remember the dude’s name, but he’s part of the UH, South East Asia studies department. The woman is a filmmaker from Indonesia. That’s Jodi Long she has a crazy imdb list. She also has a film, “Long Story Short” about her family that’s making some rounds. To her right is Risa Morimoto who’s film Wings of Defeat was in GR.
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