I watched the first episode and it was great! The episode was directed by Michael Mann and has the feel of a film. I recommend it!
I met Jake on Facebook in 2010 right after Tokyo Vice came out and invited him (via FB messages!) to come give a talk to my students at UNH. And he did, even though I could only rustle up a pittance of a stipend for him. I loved how he came in and blew everyone's minds by telling them the whole θΈθ½η was under yakuza control. We've been friends since then.
Speaking of honor cultures, have you read Eiko Ikegami's "The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan" ? It's fascinating. (Even though we share a surname, unfortunately I have no relation to her. I think she's brilliant.)
Pam, thank you SO MUCH for this comment!! I got a big smile imagining him impressing the hell out of your students. I am quite awed by him myself--as you could tell. I have not reda the book and will order it today. Not so long ago, I wrote this essay/book review about ηΈ¦η€ΎδΌ and have thought of including something about this in my memoir (I might not get that far honestly) https://newramblerreview.com/book-reviews/philosophy/hierarchy-in-a-drowning-world
I watched the first episode and it was great! The episode was directed by Michael Mann and has the feel of a film. I recommend it!
I met Jake on Facebook in 2010 right after Tokyo Vice came out and invited him (via FB messages!) to come give a talk to my students at UNH. And he did, even though I could only rustle up a pittance of a stipend for him. I loved how he came in and blew everyone's minds by telling them the whole θΈθ½η was under yakuza control. We've been friends since then.
Speaking of honor cultures, have you read Eiko Ikegami's "The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan" ? It's fascinating. (Even though we share a surname, unfortunately I have no relation to her. I think she's brilliant.)
Pam, thank you SO MUCH for this comment!! I got a big smile imagining him impressing the hell out of your students. I am quite awed by him myself--as you could tell. I have not reda the book and will order it today. Not so long ago, I wrote this essay/book review about ηΈ¦η€ΎδΌ and have thought of including something about this in my memoir (I might not get that far honestly) https://newramblerreview.com/book-reviews/philosophy/hierarchy-in-a-drowning-world