You’ve seen your spaghetti Westerns. Here’s a ramen Western. Hope you like red sauce. “Sukiyaki Western Django” is as insane and referential as the title sounds. Japanese cult director Takashi Miike’s ...
Fifty years ago today, the No. 1 song in America was an import from Japan: a song about young love called "Sukiyaki," sung by Kyu Sakomoto. Ian Condry, who teaches Japanese culture at MIT, says ...