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...exploration project off the southern coast of Trinidad. Lacking the postcard beaches that draw tourists to neighboring islands, Trinidad depends mostly on oil and industry. The Trintomar venture stumbled over a series of drilling mishaps and in 1992 was in danger of defaulting on a loan to Nissho Iwai, a Japanese company that had financed the project. Three big international lenders submitted proposals to refinance the $61.5 million balance owed to Nissho Iwai. The plans were similar, but with its long history in Trinidad, Citibank emerged as the front runner...
...Three filmmakers suggest that Japan's rising sun is about to climb a little higher. Shunji Iwai has got pop-culture sensibility down pat and, in All About Lily Chou-Chou, his lens finds the gritty underside of young Japan. Yuichi, (Ichihara Hayato) a shy teen, is bullied by schoolmate Hoshino, (Oshinara Shugo). Among other trials, he is forced to masturbate in front of five other boys. For solace, Yuichi listens to pop idol Lily Chou-Chou and constructs his own identity in an online chat room devoted to her. Yuichi befriends a pianist named Yoko (Ayumi...
...think there's nothing but rubbish on the Internet, you're not a film director. First there was Stanley Kwan's Lan Yu, then Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou, two films inspired by stories on the Net. Three years ago, Korean director Kwak Jae-yong read a Web column tracing the ups and downs of a relationship between two college students: she eccentric, he naive. Kwak has turned it into My Sassy Girl, an esculent entr?e billed as a romantic comedy. In fact, it's harder to categorize: the movie is absurd, bizarre; it beats...
Loss of the "control tower," as the Japanese press has nicknamed Ozawa, would be a sharp blow for the coalition and for Hosokawa, who depends heavily on Ozawa's intimate knowledge of political hardball in the Diet and elsewhere. "Every pot has its perfectly matched lid," says Tomoaki Iwai, a politics professor at Tokiwa University. "It is heaven's dispensation. They are one system...
Both Guanglan and Iwai, who play Fang's wife and sister respectively, also seem to bring their own experience to their roles. In one particularly memorable scene, Grace and Mrs. Chao try to become acquainted even though neither can speak the other's language. Grace tries to make up Mrs. Chao's face, while Mrs. Chao measures Grace for a dress, Chinese style. Although no words are exchanged, this scene brings the two women and the two cultures noticeably closer...