Kuzu Has Arrived

A friend of mine has started a blog called Kuzu. He plans to write about Japanese pop culture.

Why pop culture? Well, through the morass of sugar-coated sailor-suited sweetness, blank faced tie and suited sarariimanism, and ultra-violent robo madness that we Americans know Japan for, lies a lot of Japan's values as well as hints on where the country has been, where it's at, and where it will soon be.

He's currently got a great review up of Nagisa Oshima's 1960 new wave flick Cruel Story of Youth up now. Check it out.