In “Good Luck,” Shin Adachi spins anxiety, awkwardness and odd detours into a warm, feather-light road movie that sneaks up on the viewer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/11/film/good-luck/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #shinadachi #hirokisano #hanaamano
‘Good Luck’: A gently absurd road movie about filmmaker’s anxiety

Shin Adachi turns self-doubt and awkward encounters into a warm, feather-light comedy that sneaks up on the viewer.

The Japan Times
Sexual Drive review

If you want to read my review of Sexual Drive, read this post. In 舌尖上の高潮, Kurita is a man who has secrets about Akane, who suffers from panic syndrome, Megumi, who is addicted to natto, and Ikeyama, who hides from his lover that he have a wife.

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Actor Megumi stands out as the much better half of a sex-starved man-child in the theatrical cut of Shin Adachi’s autobiographical TV drama. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/22/i-still-want-to-do-it-with-my-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #japanesefilm #shinadachi #megumi #shunsukekazama
‘I Still Want To Do It With My Wife’: Hapless husband’s self-pity wears thin

Actor Megumi stands out as the much better half of a sex-starved man-child in Shin Adachi’s autobiographical film.

The Japan Times
Sexual Drive review

If you want to read my review of Sexual Drive, read this post. In 舌尖上の高潮, Kurita is a man who has secrets about Akane, who suffers from panic syndrome, Megumi, who is addicted to natto, and Ikeyama, who hides from his lover that he have a wife.

Japanese movies me
Sexual Drive review

If you want to read my review of Sexual Drive, read this post. In 舌尖上の高潮, Kurita is a man who has secrets about Akane, who suffers from panic syndrome, Megumi, who is addicted to natto, and Ikeyama, who hides from his lover that he have a wife.

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Chinese social media has been buzzing about Jia Ling's intense physical performance in the boxing film “YOLO” — think Robert De Niro’s metamorphosis in “Raging Bull,” but in reverse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/07/04/film/yolo-china-film-boxing/ #culture #film #yolo #china #jialing #shinadachi
‘YOLO’: A classic zero-to-hero story with a real-life body transformation

Actor and comedian Jia Ling dropped 50 kilograms for her role in a Chinese remake of a hit Japanese boxing drama.

The Japan Times