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Podcast: CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies
Episode: XHM #727 - "Memories from a gaijin" (2025 January 27)
Description: gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting. For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & other skills. There's a misinterpretation that they also tackle less classy forms of entertainment due to mistranslations into English. 01. N.i.c.o.l.e: Geisha (2014) self-released 02. Phonogenic: Mizumono...