Neo Cro-magnon

There’s a saying, a Japanese person starts life as a Shintoist, marries as a Christian and dies as a Buddhist. Religion doesn’t seem to be as important as it is for us. They’re only a collective of traditions and rituals performed just for the mere act of ‘celebration’.

Discussing all the differences that the lack of fundamentalism creates between Japan and west would take me a book, but I think this quirky story will do for now.

A man married a video game character.

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I’ve been fortunate enough to have lived in Japan for two years.

During that time I watched many movies, I am not talking about the classics like the Kurosawa’s and such, I’m talking about going to the local rental video store and start picking movies without knowing anything about them. Just judging by the cover.

Find out some of my favourites after the jump.

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