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Opera Review: “Iris,” A Powerful Vision of an Imaginary Japan — Six Years Before “Madama Butterfly”

The composer of Cavalleria rusticana brought his sense for characterization and drama to the all-too-plausible tale of a woman victimized by a cad.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Berlin Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, Felix Krieger, Iris, japanese, Japanese dance, Oehms, Pietro Mascagni, Ralph P. Locke

Visual Arts Review: “Then They Came for Me” — Pictures of Deportation

Then They Came for Me is an invaluable exhibition that packs a considerable  (and necessary) wallop.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American photography, International Center for Photography Museum, japanese, Japanese Americans, Then they Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II

Book Review: A Provocative Memoir about Growing up Gay in Japan

American readers will be intrigued by a language for sexuality that is plain but understated, neither vulgar nor coy.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: Culture Vulture, Homoeroticism, Homosexual, Japan, japanese, Mutsuo Takahashi, translation, Twelve Views from the Distance

Film Commentary: The Cinema of Japanese Mikio Naruse — Pitfalls of Desire

By Betsy Sherman The films of the neglected Japanese master Mikio Naruse spotlight the plight of women on the margins of society. “Mikio Naruse: A Centennial Tribute” will be screened from Sept. 28 through Oct. 30, 2005 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and from Sept. 30 through Oct. 10, 2005 at […]

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Film Tagged: Film, japanese, mikio-naruse

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