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Taichi Sakaiya

• 1975: Yudan! (Oil Cut-off!)
• 1976: Dankai no sedai (A Generation of Clods)
• 1988: Senken kōko
• 1991: Nihon kakushitsu: shakai no shitsu o kaeneba hanʾei wa nai (Lifestyle Revolution: Prosperity Demands New Norms)
• 1991: The Knowledge-Value Revolution, or, A History of the Future 1985: Chika kakumei: kōgyō shakai ga owaru, chika shakai ga hajimaru)
• 1992: Magma of Civilization (and Fire and Wind)
• 1993: Atarashii Nihon no tame ni
• 1994: Manzokuka shakai no hōteishiki: ranki o toku! (The Satisfactory Society: an Answer to Todayʾs Confusion)
• 1995: Taihen na jidai
• 1995 What is Japan? Contradictions and Transformations (1991: Nihon to wa nani ka)
• 1999: Mirai e no josō: arubeki sugata no Nihon o motomete (The Runway to the Future) http://www.loc.gov/fedsearch/metasearch/?cclquery=taichi+sakaiya&search_button=GO#query=%28taichi%20sakaiya%29&filter=pz:id=lcweb|ammem|catalog|ppoc|thomas

updated 2011-01-02 22:10:31

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Learning Japanese with Akira Kurosawa

Note: The following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• If you enjoyed using these films to practice speaking Japanese, here are some suggestions for further viewing:
  • Yoji Yamada's Twilight Samurai (2002)
  • Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967)
  • Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (2001)
  • Katsuhito Ishii's The Taste of Tea (2004)

• Some of these films are distributed through The Criterion Collection, and all are available through Amazon.com and Netflix.

updated 2010-07-17 13:20:58

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How to Speak Japanese

1. Australia's Griffith University has kanji and grammar resources online, which provide answers to basic grammatical questions and a way to check kanji meanings.http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/lal/japanesemain/JP_Res/JP_Res_home.html
2. Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server has a great an online dictionary.http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C and a kanji look-up page lets you look up a Japanese word (in kanji, kana, or romaji) to see its meaning in English.http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1B
3. Kantangohttp://kantango.com/index.php
4. Rikai.com provides translations into hiragana and English for kanji. If a site has Japanese characters you need translated, you can type in the web address. The page will reappear, but this time you can hover over any Japanese word and get an English translation!http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl
5. Mahalo's Guide to the Japanese language

updated 2010-10-29 20:21:50

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How to Ask for Directions in Japanese

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updated 2010-07-28 15:53:59

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How to Pronounce Japanese Words

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14. How to Ask For Help in Japanese
15. How to Say I Want to in Japanese
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19. How to Ride the Train in Japanese
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updated 2010-07-28 15:58:40

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How to Ask Questions in Japanese

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7. How to Ask Questions in Japanese
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9. How to Greet Somebdoy in Japanese
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13. How to Say Thank You in Japanese
14. How to Ask For Help in Japanese
15. How to Say I Want to in Japanese
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18. How to Say Common Hotel Phrases in Japanese
19. How to Ride the Train in Japanese
20. How to Buy Something in Japanese
21. How to Say Cheers in Japanese
22. How to Read Basic Japanese
23. How to Say Good Morning in Japanese
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updated 2010-07-28 15:59:41

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How to Order Food in Japanese

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14. How to Ask For Help in Japanese
15. How to Say I Want to in Japanese
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updated 2010-07-28 15:57:37

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How to Flirt in Japanese

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7. How to Ask Questions in Japanese
8. How to Count in Japanese
9. How to Greet Somebdoy in Japanese
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11. How to Say Excuse Me in Japanese
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14. How to Ask For Help in Japanese
15. How to Say I Want to in Japanese
16. How to Say This and That in Japanese
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18. How to Say Common Hotel Phrases in Japanese
19. How to Ride the Train in Japanese
20. How to Buy Something in Japanese
21. How to Say Cheers in Japanese
22. How to Read Basic Japanese
23. How to Say Good Morning in Japanese
24. How to Say Good Afternoon in Japanese
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updated 2010-07-28 15:55:36

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How to Say Goodbye in Japanese

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4. How to Ask For Directions in Japanese
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7. How to Ask Questions in Japanese
8. How to Count in Japanese
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11. How to Say Excuse Me in Japanese
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13. How to Say Thank You in Japanese
14. How to Ask For Help in Japanese
15. How to Say I Want to in Japanese
16. How to Say This and That in Japanese
17. How to Say I Don't Understand in Japanese
18. How to Say Common Hotel Phrases in Japanese
19. How to Ride the Train in Japanese
20. How to Buy Something in Japanese
21. How to Say Cheers in Japanese
22. How to Read Basic Japanese
23. How to Say Good Morning in Japanese
24. How to Say Good Afternoon in Japanese
25. How to Say Good Evening in Japanese

updated 2010-10-03 13:19:20

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