Japan admiration thread

**The Lawspeaker** · 11-26-2012, 02:04 PM

The old Japanese of today were the guys that survived Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Okinawa, Iwo Jima etc. and who went back to work the day the war was over, putting in their strength, their fanaticism, their work ethic, sacrificing family, their own lives and everything they had to rebuild their country. Twelve hours, sixteen hours a day. For them they had lost the war but a new war was taking place: this time an economic war and one can say they thrashed the U.S.A completely and utterly in that war. Because those polite salarymen in their suits were effectively samurai behind desks. They are not Japan's self-absorbed generation of today (their post-1985 version of our baby boomers): they were hardcore.

**Querubín** · 11-26-2012, 02:09 PM

Peoplo from okinawa aren't true ethnic japaneses. Okinawa was a independent kingdom

**Superbia** · 11-26-2012, 05:25 PM

BTW, apparently a new film about Mishima was made this year:

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/canne...chose-his-fate

**The Lawspeaker** · 12-30-2019, 02:38 PM

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京都府京都市東山区東福寺 Tofukuji, Higashiyamaku,Kyoto city,Kyoto https://japan-geographic.tv/kyoto/kyo...

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**The Lawspeaker** · 01-06-2020, 07:14 PM

Come along as I ride the trains of Tokyo from first to last train!

Steady-ish shots:
For those wondering, the stabilizer used is the Zhiyun Crane. It allowed me to capture scenes I normally wouldn't as I was walking from one place to another. It's not completely smooth though, as a lot of footage has some bounce if you pay attention. If I would have walked with a more ninja-like step, I probably could have cut it down somewhat.

People not staring:
The nice thing about the handheld stabilizer, is that it wasn't as obvious when I was filming, due to way I was holding it. People did look at the camera here and there, but not as much as if I would have used a tripod, or if I stuck my face behind the camera at all times. Depending on where I was, I would just hold the camera at stomach level and not look at the camera, so you wouldn't know I was filming. It probably looked like I was carrying my camera going from one place to the next as opposed to looking like I was actively filming.

Face masks:
Totally anecdotal, but I hear half the reason is to wear while sick to prevent spread of germs, half is to not get sick, and if a lady is wearing, it may be because she didn't feel like putting on makeup. Air quality is fine, no problem there.

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-06-2020, 07:25 PM

Old worn film dating back to 1957 showing the onset of industrialisation in Japan, its worries about the future having to import all raw materials the country lacks.