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Japanese Songs from the 1930s – Music of the Reiko/Aizawa Series

April 17, 2021 by Matthew Legare 2 Comments

I am often asked if the musical references and songs that I include in the Reiko Watanabe/Inspector Aizawa series are real. Well, the answer is ‘yes’ and I have the reciepts to prove it. [Read more…] about Japanese Songs from the 1930s – Music of the Reiko/Aizawa Series

Tagged With: Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Military

China Dawn by Robert L. Duncan Novel Review

April 18, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

China Dawn Robert L DuncanChina Dawn by Robert L. Duncan is a historical epic novel from 1988, spanning the years of 1931 to 1981, moving through various locations, from Tokyo to Shanghai, to Manchukuo, to Singapore, to Paris.

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Tagged With: Book Reviews, Forgotten Fiction, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Military

Winter Raven Review & Adam Baker Interview

January 25, 2020 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Winter Raven by Adam Baker is a thriller novel mixed with espionage, philosophy, martial arts, and war, all set against the backdrop of Winter Raven by Adam BakerJapan’s chaotic Sengoku Era.

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Tagged With: Author Interviews, Book Reviews, historical fiction, Japan, Japanese fiction, Japanese History, Thrillers

5 Japanese War Movie Recommendations

December 15, 2019 by Matthew Legare 4 Comments

Japan's Longest Day DVDJapanese cinema has never gained widespread acceptance in the West, save for Godzilla and Kurosawa films. But those are only a tiny pinprick of Japanese films, which cover all genres, including war. Aside from Tora Tora Tora and Letter From Iwo Jima, there haven’t been many movies that show war from a Japanese perspective that have gained traction in the West. I’d like to change that with 5 Japanese war movie recommendations.

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Tagged With: History, Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Military, movie reviews

Memoirs of Japanese Assassins (1969) Movie Review

October 29, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

Memoirs of Japanese Assassins Movie PosterMemoirs of Japanese Assassins in an anthology film from 1969 and directed by Sadao Nakajima, which dramatizes famous assassinations in modern Japanese history. Needless to say, I loved it.

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The March Incident of 1931 – Japanese History

March 20, 2019 by Matthew Legare Leave a Comment

General Ugaki reviewing troops

1931 was an important year in Japanese history. Casual research of this era will have a brief overview of the invasion of Manchuria in September, and vague references to a coup d’état which put the Army in charge. In truth, there was no armed coup d’état in 1931, at least none that were successful. However, the March Incident (Sangatsu Jiken 三月事件) came close.

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