New Osamu Tezuka Manga
The Japan Times reports on an unpublished manga created by Osamu Tezuka in his teens.
RIP, Isuzu Yamada
Actress Isuzu Yamada has died. Yamada worked with a range of directors including, Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Yasujiro Ozu and Kinji Fukasaku. The New York Times has an obituary. The Gutter remembers her with a scene of her performances as Lady Washizu in Throne of Blood. […]
Most Anticipated Asian Films of 2011
Wildgrounds breaks down their most anticipated films of 2011.
The Iwai Detective Agency
Slouching Towards Bethlehem has found tantalizing evidence of a detective agency operating in Meiji Era Japan, The Iwai Detective Agency.
Portrait of the Artist (with the Sound of Cicadas)
Tatsumi Yoshihiro’s A Drifting Life is all the proof anyone would ever need that comics can be serious art. It will show up at the top of year end lists and on syllabi. The fanciest of blurbs will be written about it. Comic fans will hound the unsuspecting […]
10 Comics I Liked in 2008
Here they are, ten comics I liked in 2008 that I haven’t written about yet. All ready? Alright.
The Cultural Gutter 