Okamoto’s

The young Shinjuku rock squad hits the big time

Short Circuit

Metropolis does the rounds of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia International Competition, happening this week

My Back Page

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2011Director Nobuhiro Yamashita’s film [...]

Campbell Gunn

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2011Expatriate Scot Campbell Gunn, [...]

Tezuka Osamu no Buddha – Akai sabaku yo! Utsukushiku

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2011Osamu Tezuka (1929-1989) revolutionized [...]

Untold

Phat bass underpins the Londoner’s multifaceted sound

Inductive

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2011New Tokyo-based intelligent hip-hop [...]

May 26, 2011

This week's required reading

Thee Phantom & Illharmonic Orchestra

Hip-hop meets classical at the Apple store

Back in the Game

Rugby in Japan is ready to blossom again

Okike no Tanoshii Ryokou: Shinkon Jigoku-ken

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2011Hot director Ryuichi Honda [...]

Mother’s Way, Daughter’s Choice

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2011TV Tokyo and later [...]