The Twilight Samurai (2002), a Japanese movie about a low-ranking samurai in the years just before the Meiji Restoration that focuses more on his home life--he's a single father struggling to make ends meet--than battle scenes. Creator and all characters are, of course, Japanese. It's an amazing movie in and of itself, and also a great antidote for The Last Samurai (2003).
Michelle West -- The Sun Sword is a secondary world epic fantasy series. It's long and twisty and full of complicated politics and cultural clashes. The author is Japanese-Canadian, and one of the major cultures in the novel seems to draw heavy inspiration from both Japan and the Middle East.
RPF - 20th Century Arts & Sciences, specifically Joseph Needham, Dorothy Needham, and Lu Gwei-djen, a triad of scientists who worked at Cambridge in the mid-20th century. Yes, I mean triad in that way. Most biographical material focuses on Joseph, as the "Great Man," with the women mentioned only as his sources of inspiration/support, but I would love to see something from the view of Gwei-djen.
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The Twilight Samurai (2002), a Japanese movie about a low-ranking samurai in the years just before the Meiji Restoration that focuses more on his home life--he's a single father struggling to make ends meet--than battle scenes. Creator and all characters are, of course, Japanese. It's an amazing movie in and of itself, and also a great antidote for The Last Samurai (2003).
Michelle West -- The Sun Sword is a secondary world epic fantasy series. It's long and twisty and full of complicated politics and cultural clashes. The author is Japanese-Canadian, and one of the major cultures in the novel seems to draw heavy inspiration from both Japan and the Middle East.
RPF - 20th Century Arts & Sciences, specifically Joseph Needham, Dorothy Needham, and Lu Gwei-djen, a triad of scientists who worked at Cambridge in the mid-20th century. Yes, I mean triad in that way. Most biographical material focuses on Joseph, as the "Great Man," with the women mentioned only as his sources of inspiration/support, but I would love to see something from the view of Gwei-djen.