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Boulder Weekly, Reviews

IKIRU

August 23, 2018July 4, 2023 Michael J. Casey

Here dies Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura). For 30 years, he has been pushing pencils and stamping government documents inside the cluttered offices of Tokyo’s City Hall. He has 75 days left to live (stomach cancer), a son who pays him … Continue reading IKIRU

Boulder Weekly, Essays

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (隠し砦の三悪人)

January 14, 2016August 4, 2023 Michael J. Casey

If I have seen further,” Sir Isaac Newton wrote to his peer, Robert Hooke, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The line is well-known, but it isn’t Newton’s. Like many before and after him, Newton drew on … Continue reading THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (隠し砦の三悪人)

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