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Cast & crew photos on the set of Rashōmon (1950)

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NJPW NEW YEAR DASH!! 2024 Review (Jan 5th, Sumida Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo)

NJPW World TV Championship - Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi **1/2

Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa ***

El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube **1/2

Tama Tonga, Shota Umino, El Desperado, Master Wato, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo *1/2

Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, HENARE, TJP & Frencesco Akira vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Conners & Drilla Moloney ****

Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinku **1/4

KOPW 2024 Championship ~ Pinfall Only 10 Minute Sprint - Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan vs. YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori *1/2

Kazuchika Okada, Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita ***3/4

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This was your typically fun, brisk NEW YEAR DASH!! show, that was as always was more about the angles and story progressions into the year ahead (or indeed, lack there of) as opposed to great matches or anything. Debuting in the Sumida Ward Gym, the show was a mystery card, with the matches only becoming apparent once the participants entered. Things kicked off with Tanahashi defending the World TV Title against Ryusuke Taguchi, in an inoffensive, but totally superfluous opener. It only went 5:40, and was pretty much all your typical Taguchi comedy bout, which Tana obviously won with a cradle. The post match was eventful as a video aired of none other than Matt Riddle challenging Tanahashi, so that's certainly an interesting development. Tana claimed to have no idea who Riddle was. Next up, NOAH Ace Kiyomiya and NJ Young Lion Oiwa put in a losing effort against former tag champs Bishamon. This was a nice little match which saw Goto pin Oiwa after the Shoto in 7:40.

The next outing was Young Lion's Nakashima and Leube's official last match before their excursion. They took on the new Tag Champs, ELP and Hikuleo in a standard tag match. Phantasmo pinned Yuto at the 8 minute mark with Thunder Kiss 86. After bidding the Young Lions farewell, Chase Owens attacked the champions, and announced himself and KENTA as their next challengers. Fab. It was 12 man tag action next as the entire House of Torture took on the New Japan Babyface All-Stars. This was pretty bad, and devolved into the usual HoT nonsense. Umino pinned Togo in 8 minutes after a Death Rider, then the heels beat everyone down in the post match. Narita focussed on Shota, so their feud continues, Kanemaru laid out Despy with a whiskey bottle, so there's his next Jr. Title challenger, and EVIL laid out Tama, cut his hair, and posed with the NEVER Title, which he then stole. I can't possibly pretend that any of these pairings interest me in the slightest, but if there's one positive, it's that at least EVIL isn't anywhere near the main event scene.

United Empire battled the Bullet Club War Dogs next in a 10 man. This was all excellent. The match itself only went 5:10, but it was all-action and super intense; they brawled around the building, Akira hit a balcony dive, Connors Speared and beatdown the referee, Gabe Kidd juiced a gusher after hitting the exposed buckles, the War Dogs all threw chairs and guardrails from the crowd into the ring, and the match was thrown out, ruled a No Contest. There was a crazy post-match beatdown, which included the heels trying to gouge Akira's eye out with a metal object, and he juiced too. Just when it looked like they were done, the UE fought back and cleared house, only for Gedo to blindside Ospreay with a lowblow. They were about to take him out when TJP made the save by Misting Finlay, and Ospreay hit Gedo with a running Powerbomb through an upright table in the corner. Ospreay then said his last night in New Japan is New Beginning in Osaka on February 11th, and challenged all 5 guys to 10 man war fare, and he'd let Finlay choose the stipulation. The new Global Champion chose a Cage Match, so that should be outstanding stuff. This was the highlight of the show by far.

LIJ and Just Five Guys faced off next in a total House Show affair. It wasn't bad, but certainly wasn't good, and the post match didn't fill me with much excitement. TAKA scored his first win in maybe 15 years when he pinned BUSHI with a Michinoku Driver II at 8:47. The post match saw SANADA challenge Naito to a rematch (meh). I'd much rather someone else challenge for the World Heavyweight belt at this point, maybe even Taichi, but this was the inevitable issue with putting the belt back on Naito. There just aren't many/any fresh matches for him. The 2024 KOPW Champion was decided in the next match, which was a pinfalls only 10 minute sprint. This sucked, the crowd was dead, the action uninspired and even though it only went 10 minutes, it felt 30. After O-Khan pinned everyone, Ishimori snuck in, stole a pin, then ran away to beat the clock and win the Championship. Whatever. I think this belt is way past its Use By date now.

And then it was main event time, as the Dream Team of Okada, Ishii, Mox and Danielson took on the TMDK guys. This was lots of fun, everyone looked great and all the individual stories made for a compelling watch. Ishii tore the house down every time he got in there, and Danielson and ZSJ's exchanges were the best wrestling on the show. Obviously. The finish saw Haste and Nicholls put Ishii away with the Tank Buster whilst Sabre had Danielson tied up in a Manjigatame at the 13:50 mark. The post match saw Zack challenge Danielson (now THAT'S a rematch I can get behind!), with both guys promising to tap each other out (despite all the talk of submissions, their last match ended in a pinfall), then Fujita said he, Nicholls and Haste were next for the NEVER 6 Man Titles. Okada was very annoyed at this, saying Fujita was in no way ready to face him, then they stared down Tanahashi on commentary to end and eventful show.

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The New Beginning big matches

With all the changes and all the wrestlers getting ready to exit the company, I'm having trouble keeping track of all the key matches coming up. So I thought I'd list out all the important stuff coming up over the next few weeks.

January 20 (Nagoya)

NEVER title: Tama Tonga vs. EVIL

STRONG tag title: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. KENTA & Chase Owens

KOPW title: Taiji Ishimori vs. Great-O-Khan

DespeWato reunion: El Desperado & Master Wato vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

January 23 (Korakuen Hall)

IWGP jr. title: El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Master Wato vs. SHO

January 24 (Korakuen Hall)

Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita

NEVER trios title: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita

Tama Tonga's last NJPW match: Tama Tonga & El Desperado & Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma vs. EVIL & Yoshinobu & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi

February 4 (Korakuen Hall)

IWGP jr. tag title: TJP & Francesco Akira vs. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors

David Finlay vs. Callum Newman

Jeff Cobb vs. Alex Coughlin

HENARE vs. Gabe Kidd

February 11 (Osaka)

Steel cage/Ospreay's last NJPW match: Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb & HENARE & TJP & Francesco Akira vs. David Finlay & Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd & Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

IWGP tag title: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. KENTA & Chase Owens

Okada's last NJPW match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

After that comes Fantastica Mania, the annual CMLL showcase, on February 12-19, and The New Beginning in Sapporo on February 23-24. They haven't announced the full cards for the Sapporo shows, so they're probably waiting on some storyline developments in Nagoya, Korakuen, and Osaka.

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Rashomon, 1950 Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, Noriko Honma, Daisuke Katō

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NJPW Match Card Set for June 17 + Match Predictions for NOAH's Green Journey in Nagoya 2023

Earlier today, NJPW announced match cards for their televised events in Chiba (for June 10th and 18th) and Hachioji (for June 17th). Down below is the official match card for their June 17th which is part of their "New Japan Road: Road to Strong" tour which starts in Chiba on June 10th. There will be a total of 8 matches on the card 4 of them are pictured down below:

Opening Match: Kosei Fujita vs. Master Wato

Match #2: Yuto Nakashima and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Boltin Oleg and Tomoaki Honma

Match #3: EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Dick Togo vs. Hirooki Goto, Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Match #4: Dan Moloney, Clark Connors, and Gedo vs. Great O-Khan, TJP, and Francesco Akira

Match #5: Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd vs. Oskar Leube and YOSHI-HASHI

Match #6: Shota Umino, Ren Narita, El Desperado, and Tiger Mask vs. Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOH

Semi-main Event: Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI vs. Taka Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Taichi

Main Event: Yota Tsuji and Hiromu Takahashi vs. SANADA and DOUKI

"New Japan Road: Road to the Strong" in Hachioji airs on NJPW World at 6 PM Local Time/5 AM Eastern/4 AM Central/2 AM Pacific.

But before that, we will have Pro Wrestling NOAH's "Green Journey in Nagoya 2023" which will air on ABEMA and Wrestle Universe at 5 PM Local Time/4 AM Eastern/3 AM Central/1 AM Pacific on the same day as "New Japan Road" in Hachioji in which right now I will give you my full match predictions for the NOAH event as promised when the match card was officially announced last week.

Opening Match Prediction: I can understand that Hiroki wants to prove himself but by leaving Kongo, he has left a big hole. Already knowing he'll lose to Kenoh, losing to Hajime Ohara is not a option but...with the way he's been going, can't see him beating Ohara. Hajime Ohara will win the opening match.

Match #2 Prediction: This match is very intriguing but if I'm to pick a side then I'm going with the team of Mohammed Yone, Super Crazy, and Alejandro for the win.

Match #3 Prediction: Apparently Hideaki Suzuki is not happy about this match and based on how he is. I'm expecting this singles bout against Shuhei Taniguchi to be a brawl. Hideaki Suzuki will dominate and win in easy fashion.

Match #4 Prediction: When this match was originally announced, I thought that this would be used to determine Hijo del Dr. Wagner's next challenger for the GHC National Championship. But with Kaito Kiyomiya's participation in the G1 announced, this is his chance to show his 7 block opponents (which will be announced on June 10th) what he's made of. I still see Kiyomiya winning and at the same time make a statement as G1 Climax 33 looms for him.

Match #5 Prediction: This is no typo everyone, Naomichi Marufuji is actually teaming up with Eita against Daiki Inaba and Atsushi Kotoge in which I see the crumbling of Kotoge continue. Eita and Marufuji with the surprise victory.

Match #6 Prediction: Welcome back Jack Morris, we missed you. GLG vs. Stinger and Sean Legacy is sure going to be something. My prediction on this match will be very interesting for I have Stinger and Legacy continuing that momentum they've been having since May 4th in Ryogoku. Stinger and Sean Legacy with the win.

Match #7 Prediction: A rematch from May 14th and a preview match for June 22nd all in one match. AXIZ returned on May 14th in a losing effort as Go Shiozaki was pinned by Kenoh in the main event. Since that loss, AXIZ has won their next two matches and it is expected by the time they get to Nagoya they will be 4-1 since reuniting. My prediction is that AXIZ will get the win here but it will be interesting to see if this match will be for the AJPW World Tag Team Championship by then. Also, note...Go Shiozaki has never defeated Kenoh in singles competition. A win here in Nagoya could boost his confidence to get that first win over the Kongo leader in Korakuen Hall five days later.

Match #8 Prediction: Very hard match to predict here but one thing is clear, Dante Leon will do whatever it takes to win back the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship and though I can see him winning somehow I don't. HAYATA will retain but how though remains to be seen.

Semi-main Event Match Prediction: My expectation here is that whoever wins between Kongo and AXIZ two matches earlier will be the next challenger team for the GHC Tag Team Championships. This match is hard to predict because when you have Saxon Huxley in the ring, he's out of control. He's the true definition of being the savage David Finlay wants in his Bullet Club. Anyway, this match...I'm predicting as of right now new tag team champions with AXIZ coming out as the next challenger team. However, should the champion team retain, this could be the chance for Go to exact some revenge because it was Timothy Thatcher that put him on the shelf in Osaka back in September. Nonetheless...here I see new champions but always expect the unexpected when it comes to Saxon Huxley.

Main Event Prediction: There's a saying, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. My prediction here is a very intriguing one for I see Jake Lee retaining despite being dominated by the challenger Takashi Sugiura throughout most of the tour. Jake Lee's toughest challenge will result in his toughest victory and should he emerge victorious be interesting to see who' will be next.

So, those are my predictions for Pro Wrestling NOAH's "Green Journey in Nagoya 2023". Sorry but no predictions for "New Japan Road". The next NJPW event that I'll do predictions on will be their "Forbidden Door" event at the end of June and their two Independence Day Events during the 4th of July 2023.

"New Japan Road: Road to Strong" in Hachioji airs on NJPW World this Saturday at 5:00 AM Eastern while "Green Journey in Nagoya 2023" airs the same date at 4:00 AM Eastern on ABEMA for Japanese Commentary and Wrestle Universe for English commentary.

Go to timeanddate.com, type in the city you live in to find out the start time to these 2 events in your area.

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Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Spy x Family’s Yor, recommends brutal revenge manga

Enako slips on the dress of the Thorn Princess. On Wednesday, Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV aired an episode of its Honma Dekka!? TV variety show with manga as its focus and a panel of celebrity guests coming on to talk about series they’ve been following and recommend. Most of the panel, like comedian Akira Kawashima and idol group Snow Man member Daisuke Sakuma, were dressed in fairly casual…

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Zodiac Boys - Honma Akira

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Usagi Otoko Tora Otoko

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January Shopping - Part 1

Actually, these were supposed to be part of the December shopping, but they did not get here on time, so here we go. It’s been a while since I got a package from Honto.jp - this time the batch was waiting for the Yoneda Kou releases to be shipped. I did not even have time to flip them over so I cannot even tell anything about them apart from these are new titles from a few mangakas I tend to follow: Yoneda Kou, Hidaka Shouko, Honma Akira, Kano Shiuko, Enzou, Asou Kai and Takasaki Bosco. I am actually a bit surprised by the size of the Yoneda Kou artbook - all my previous artbooks/mooks are much bigger in size. But it is still gorgeous and it’s better than nothing, right? ;)

The English ones were presents from anime friends - I am pleseantly surprised at the Your Name novel being hard cover and I love Shinkai Makoto’s afterwords. I got the second volume of Welcome to the Ballroom - I must have this series since I much-much-MUCH more prefer the manga to the anime adaptation. Last but not least, a second attempt to own the whole series of A Strange and Mystifying Story - I hope SuBLime won’t drop it. XD

Now to the merch. No surprises here - more YOI stuff. XD The Sanrio manjuus are cute, especially that they came in their special cases. The new rubber strap set is yet again adorable with many cute anime moment. I think my fav is the clothes swap of Yuuri and Yurio, but of course I love the Victuuri and Otayuri ones, too. ♥

The HQ!! Xmas acrylic charms were a must-have. I did not order all kinds (resisted the temptation), just the 4 first-years and I am more than happy with them. These are big and adorable. :3

Uchouten Kazoku is a bit underrated series (I was a late bloomer myself but I adore it ever since, especially that the story is located in Kyoto), so it has only a few merch, but these desktop figures which can be actually used, had to come to me. XD These are mobile holders, cup decorations, paper clip and pen holders.

As usual, I will have separate posts with the close-ups. ;)

To be continued…

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Usagi Otoko Tora Otoko Vol.5 (end)

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Niji MariKart Qualifiers Results:

Recently the Qualifiers Round for the Niji MariKart Tournament just passed and along with it means next week will consist of the Main Tournament itself. While there were some mishaps like Akira losing his connection during the tournament, please remember that this is all for fun. 

The top five players will proceed to the main tournament next week on the 18th, with the exception of division C because Kanda can’t participate on that day meaning Mao gets to qualify despite coming in 6th.

Division A:

1. Kanae 2. Honma Himawari 3. Ex Albio 4. Watarai Hibari 5. Yamagami Karuta --- 6. Fumi 7. Asahina Akane 8. Todoroki Kyoko 9. Eli Conifer 9. Mononobe Alice

Division B:

1. Kaida Haru 2. Ars Almal 3. Kitakoji Hisupi 3. Ratna Petit 5. Kurusu Natsume --- 6. Umise Yotsuha 7. Levi Elipha 7. Amagase Muyu 9. Sister Claire

(Shikinagi Akira didn’t participate due to his internet connection)

Division C:

1. Kanda Shoichi* 2. Fura Kanato 3. Onomachi Haruka 3. Belmond Banderas 5. Seraph Dazzlegarden 6. Matsukai Mao* --- 7. Higuchi Kaede 7. Akabane Youko 9. Emma☆August 9. Suzuya Aki

(Because Kanda can’t take part in the Main tournament on the 18th, 6th place, Matsukai Mao will take his place)

Division D:

1. Lauren Iroas 2. Uzuki Kou 3. Naraka 4. Hakase Fuyuki 4. Takamiya Rion --- 6. Sakura Ritsuki 7. Luis Cammy 7. Suzuka Utako 9. Tsukino Mito 10. Lain Paterson

Division E:

1. Shellin Burgundy 2. Makaino Ririmu 3. Yorumi Rena 4. Hanabatake Chaika 5. Ponto Nei --- 6. Lize Helesta 6. Dola 8. Yaguruma Rine 9. Debidebi Debiru 10. Gilzaren III

Division F:

1. Kenmochi Toya 2. Aizono Manami 3. Yuhi Riri 4. Ienaga Mugi 5. Shirayuki Tomoe --- 6. Oliver Evans 7. Gundo Mirei 8. Suzuki Masaru 9. Gwelu Os Gar 10. Kuroi Shiba

Division G:

1. Ibrahim 2. Harusaki Air 3. Leos Vincent 4. Furen E Lustario 5. Amamiya Kokoro --- 6. Elu 7. Fushimi Gaku 8. Yumeoi Kakeru 9. Shiina Yuika 10. Fumino Tamaki

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Usagi Otoko Tora Otoko / 兎オトコ虎オトコ by Honma Akira / 本間アキラ .

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Rashômon (1950) Director: Akira Kurosawa, Actores: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda, Daisuke Katô, Noriko Honma.

La hombría, la valentía, la verdad y la justicia son los valores que explora esta escalofriante historia, la mano cuidadosa de Kurosawa es la indicada para transportar este cuento sobre el siglo XII hasta nuestros días, y la más apta para que, setenta años después de su estreno, siga siendo tanto sorprendente como relevante.

En el siglo XII, durante el Período Kamakura, tres hombres están reunidos en las ruinas de un templo para discutir los acontecimientos recientes: la cereza del pastel que colma un año de desgracias y calamidades; uno de ellos ha encontrado, en el bosque, a un hombre muerto, al reportarlo con las autoridades rápidamente se esclarece una línea del tiempo: el hombre viajaba a caballo con su esposa, han sido emboscados por Tajômaru, el legendario bandido de esas tierras, cuando lo detienen da su versión de los hechos, aclara lo que hizo con el hombre y con la mujer, pero conforme avanzan las indagaciones los testimonios no coinciden: la historia de dobla y se tuerce mientras todos dan su versión: Tajômaru, la mujer, el muerto, y hasta un testigo oculto que se acerca casi a la verdad. Un relato contado en flashbacks que confronta realidad con ilusión, aún cuando muchas veces dependa de los ojos de quien esté a cada lado del escenario.

Una historia clásica y fascinante, Rashômon es, en el centro, una historia sobre desastre y fe, un intento constante por encontrar luz en la oscuridad y ver, en este mundo al borde del colapso, si aún se puede tener fe en la humanidad.

El significado de esta historia flota en la superficie con tanta elegancia que es imposible no tomarlo, la habilidad de Kurosawa para adaptar esta historia a la pantalla con tanta delicadeza, humor, y habilidad es increíble. Rashômon es la historia cruda y titubeante de un crimen horrible que logra que no quitemos la vista de la pantalla ni un segundo, cada momento es hipnótico, y la música y las fantásticas actuaciones logran que, poco a poco, como si cayéramos en la madriguera de un conejo, nos adentráramos en un mundo tan peligroso y oculto como emocionante y misterioso.

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Bu sefer insanlığa olan inancımı galiba kaybedeceğim. Bu haydutlardan da, salgın hastalıklardan da, kıtlıktan da, yangından da, savaştan da beter bir durum.

Rashomon