Although the prudes at YouTube keep pulling it down because it is a bit NSFW, Teruo Ishii’s film “Brainstorming” was at No. 1 on JapanYouTube today. Grab this classic of “Ero guro” (erotic-grotesque) subgenre now before it disappears.
If the video disappears again, use the following search terms to find it:
“Teruo Ishii” Brainstorming
石井輝男監督、痛快エログロ時代劇
Thanks to the always educational Erosblog NSFW, here is a great still photo from the Japanese Ministry of Education….
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According to the Erosblog, the Japanese Ministry of Education made two movies on a ‘girl Tarzan’ theme. The above photo comes from the book Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema
Order it now via Amazon.com…
Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema by Jasper Sharp (author), 2008
Labeled “Japanese girl’s weird dance,” this video is proof of truth-in-advertising.
The video is semi-NSFW if you work for the Mormon Church….
Note that the dance style is from the late 90s/early 90s and the “girl” could easily be well over 30. Also note that the terrible kitchen design in the background is the norm in Japan as is the ridiculous step up into her “unit bath” cum stage door.
The Japanese weather forecasting company Weathernews is deploying nationwide 500 of these “Pollen-Robo”—pollen counting robots to monitor to pollen levels as the allergy season begins in Japan.
The Weathernews will ask volunteer monitors to place the Pollen-Robo robots outside their dwelling to record in real-time the pollen, temperature, humidity and barometric pressure, which will then be relayed via the Internet back to the Skynet company. To a “benefit” to the volunteer monitors, the Terminators Pollen-Robo will light up through a range of five colors to indicate pollen levels and for added fun it will have two glowing LED eyes.
Prime Minister Taro Aso laughs it up with Carlos Ghosn of Nissan/Renault about the loss of 100,000 jobs last week in Japan at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 31, 2009 (daylife.com).
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The ultimate in geekness, adult chanbara…
Google Street View Captures Your Shame*
alleyinsider.com – January 25, 2009 8:48 PM
By now, we all know if you write something embarrassing on the Internet under your own name, it’s your own fault if your missive lives forever on Google’s (GOOG) search engine. But what if you do something embarrassing outside? Should there be a right to protection against Google’s roving cameras, integrated into Google Maps? The residents of 8 Sampsonia Way in Pittsburgh, PA …more…
These freakaziod pseudo-samurai claim they were doing performance art to, “explore the boundaries between virtual and real worlds.” Ri–i-i-i-ght.
Watch Sony’s cool/stereotypical depiction of Japanese life (that ends at age 26)…
Click to go to Sony’s ‘Cam With Me’.
Over on the Rinkya Blog, they are offering Obama Action Figures in “characteristic” Japanese poses, hee, hee.
Obama takes on evil doers.
Obama rests up afterwords in Japanese kotatsu heat table (because Japan hasn’t invented central heating yet).
The always informative blog, Robots.net, today is reporting on : Amazon Box Bots Invade Japan.
Of course, the 3Yen reported on this years ago in November of 2007: Japanese breakthru: Biodegradable Bot!
However, the new version includes glowing eyes, w0oT!
Amazon Japan is selling this toy robot
Sadly like most most k-cool products for sale online on Japanese websites, the “Cardbo” cannot be sold and shipped overseas. Meh. Never fear, this cardboard robot is available via preorder at Rinkya.com and will be released December 1st. You can pre-order such items here.
The first kiss of President Barack and first “lady” Michelle Obama…in Tokyo. In the world of Japanese comedy impersonation (“mono-mane”) is high art. Meh.
AP Photo –Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009
Japanese comedian group “The News Papers” members Akira Matsushita, left, and Takeshi Ishizaka impersonating U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama perform during a news conference in Tokyo.
Not even farking close to the above blackface crap ….
LA Times photo–the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball
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