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Yukako Morikawa at the Berliner Philharmonie tonight

October 27, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin Andreas Wittmann Conductor Yukako Morikawa Piano Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan Overture in C minor Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/konzerte/calendar/details/4439/

Koichi Imaizumi – Angel In The Toilet (1999)

October 12, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

An angel encounters a series of men in a public toilet. [Source]

Daisuke Gotô – Blind Love (2005)

October 12, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Gotô is one of the masters of Japanese Pink Cinema which features open-minded and experimental low-budget films with innovative sex scenes. BLIND LOVE tells the story of three screwball characters who stumble into a bizarre ménage à trois. The protagonists are absurdly funny but never ridiculed. This hilarious, gentle sex comedy moved its audience at […]

Koichi Imaizumi – The Family Complete (2010)

October 12, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A highly contagious incest virus induces several generations of a Japanese family to have sex in all possible constellations and across gender boundaries – and with that man in a bear costume who suddenly appears? Only in Japan! Come and discover Koichi Imaizumi, an upcoming new filmmaker who gives sexual lunacy in this porn grotesque […]

Sushi in Suhl – Japan in the DDR

October 12, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sushi in Suhl is a 2012 German feature film about the history of the only Japanese restaurant in the GDR and its chef Rolf Anschütz. Directed by Carsten Fiebeler. The leading roles played Uwe Steimle and Julia Richter .

Rinko Kawauchi nominated for Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012

October 12, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nominated for her publication Illuminance, published by Editions Xavier Barral (France, 2011). Hailed for her ability to turn the mundane into the extraordinary and poetic, Kawauchi’s work explores themes of life, death and the everyday. Illuminance, the result of both commissions and personal projects, spans fifteen years of her practice. Using a soft palette of […]