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An American student in 1970s Kyoto rambles among the city's
beauties and traditions, learning as he goes. Don Ascher is a young
American living in Kyoto in the 1970s. He is a student of Japanese.
He also teaches English, works at a shabu-shabu restaurant, and
hangs out in the company of gangsters, hostesses, housewives, tea
teachers, and fellow foreigners. Set amidst the timeless beauty of
the ancient capital and its garish modern entertainments, this
collection of fanciful episodes from Don's life is a window into
Japanese culture and a chronicle of romance and human connections.
This highly entertaining business memoir describes what it was like
to work for Japan's premiere animation studio, Studio Ghibli, and
its reigning genius Hayao Miyazaki. Steve Alpert, a
Japanese-speaking American, was the "resident foreigner" in the
offices of Ghibli and its parent Tokuma Shoten and played a central
role when Miyazaki's films were starting to take off in
international markets. Alpert describes hauling heavy film
canisters of Princess Mononoke to Russia and California,
experiencing a screaming Harvey Weinstein, dealing with Disney
marketers, and then triumphantly attending glittering galas
celebrating the Oscar-winning Spirited Away. His one-of-a-kind
portraits of Miyazaki and long-time producer Toshio Suzuki, and of
sly, gruff, and brilliant businessman Yasuyoshi Tokuma, capture the
hard work and artistry that have made Ghibli films synonymous with
cinematic excellence. And as the lone gaijin in a demanding company
run by some of the most famous and influential people in modern
Japan, Steve Alpert tackles his own challenges of language and
culture. No one else could have written this book.
This highly entertaining business memoir describes what it was like
to work for Japan's premiere animation studio, Studio Ghibli, and
its reigning genius Hayao Miyazaki. Steve Alpert, a
Japanese-speaking American, was the "resident foreigner" in the
offices of Ghibli and its parent Tokuma Shoten and played a central
role when Miyazaki's films were starting to take off in
international markets. Alpert describes hauling heavy film
canisters of Princess Mononoke to Russia and California,
experiencing a screaming Harvey Weinstein, dealing with Disney
marketers, and then triumphantly attending glittering galas
celebrating the Oscar-winning Spirited Away. His one-of-a-kind
portraits of Miyazaki and long-time producer Toshio Suzuki, and of
sly, gruff, and brilliant businessman Yasuyoshi Tokuma, capture the
hard work and artistry that have made Ghibli films synonymous with
cinematic excellence. And as the lone gaijin in a demanding company
run by some of the most famous and influential people in modern
Japan, Steve Alpert tackles his own challenges of language and
culture. No one else could have written this book.
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The Wind Rises (Japanese, DVD)
Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Steve Alpert, …
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Discovery Miles 3 240
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Hayao Miyazaki writes and directs this Japanese animated feature
from Studio Ghibli. As a young boy, the bespectacled Jiro Horikoshi
(voice of Hideaki Anno) dreams of flying a plane but when he learns
he will be unable to become a pilot due to his poor eyesight, he
instead decides to be an aircraft designer. On September 1st 1923
Jiro is travelling by train when the Great Kanto earthquake
strikes. He assists fellow passenger Naoko (Miori Takimoto) and her
maid who suffers an injury. He doesn't meet Naoko again till many
years later after he has graduated university and has worked on
various designing jobs, without finding much success. The two fall
for each other and become engaged but Naoko is suffering from
tuberculosis. While they try to enjoy the time they have together
Jiro continues to work on designing his first successful plane.
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