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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thanks, @wweek.com, for the ink about our "Hidden Fortress" screening—May 4 at the @hollywoodtheatre.org! We're excited to announce PSU film prof @patrickterry.bsky.social will join us for a post-film discussion! www.wweek.com/arts/movies/...

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Get Your Reps In: See ‘The Hidden Fortress’ for Star Wars Day

Immediately upon firing up Kurosawa’s adventure epic, you can see its influence on Lucas.

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Jasper Sharp @jaspersharp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Some very say news just in, but Shozin Fukui, director of Pinocchio 964 and Rubbers Lover, passed away on 2 April. As some might know, in the midst of a resurgence of interest in his work that culminated with a 2025 retrospective at K's Cinema in Shinjuku, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Loved that view every day walking to Meiji.

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Of course this never popped up on my undergrad reading lists. Rectifying that miss now!

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Mamoru Oshii's first live-action feature, "The Red Spectacles" (1987), is coming back in Japanese theaters on March 21. The film, set in the same universe as "Jin-Roh" (and "Kerberos Panzer Cop"), was recently restored in 4K via a crowdfunding campaign. x.com/redspectacle...

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hard to process a loss like this

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Aaron Gerow @dengerow.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Top 10 films in Japan BO for 2024 are shaping up and it looks like not one live-action foreign film made it (2 animated films did). This is probably a first. Hollywood just cannot break into the Japanese market. news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Birnbaum’s translation is the only one of Murakami’s I found engaging. Rubin’s replication of Murakami’s syntax stutters the prose sentence to sentence. Although true Murakami fans should praise it as that has been my experience reading his work in Japanese.

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Powerful screening and grappling with leftist independent filmmaking from Adachi Masao and his most recent feature “Revolution+1” (2022). Looking forward to our class discussion Wednesday.

Still image of Revolution+1 with main subject holding his firearm poised to shoot.

Adachi Masao giving the middle finger at a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan meeting.

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Screening my favorite film of 2021 - Sode Yukiko’s “Aristocrats” for contemporary cinema this evening. Look forward to class discussion on this one :)

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I still need to obtain a copy of their internal company history text. I wonder what will happen with their physical media releases and the repertory screenings events?

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Excited to screen Miyake Sho’s “Small Slow, but Steady” in my contemporary cinema course tonight. Kinema Jumpo’s #1 film for 2022.

Promotional poster for Small, Slow but Steady

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hi Marc - I would be pleased if you could add me in as well. Great people in here :)

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Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

No matter what kind of enthusiast, you won't want to miss the Yanai Initiative's companion book for The Art of the Benshi world tour! 🎞️ Lavishly produced, it explores benshi history, ephemera, & the transnational journey of silent film! Ordering info at: yanai-initiative.ucla.edu/publication/...

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Thoroughly enjoying Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s “Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.” Compliments to Ryan Cook for this long needed translation and @dengerow.bsky.social’s insightful introduction. I must highlight the superb closing sentence to the prologue-

The dream of Directed by Yasujirō Ozu is that its hopefully many readers will be filled with desire to see the films and rush to the theater before they finish reading, or else will be reduced to trembling with anger whenever Ozu is not being screened and declare the situation unjust and inexcusable.

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Patrick Terry @patrickterry.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Woke up to some positive news - see you all in Boston! SCMS24

SCMS Paper Acceptance - Industry Studies through the Auteur: Morita Yoshimitsu and Japanese Bubble Economy Cinema

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