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 芸能界 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.)
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 芸能界 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.)