"Tale of Two Sisters" welcomes "The Uninvited"

Looking forward to the next fright flick The Uninvited? It's a remake of director Kim Jee-woon's Tale of Two Sisters. Like a lot of other Horrorwood movies these days. Check out more about Kim, Two Sisters, and other Asian fright movies in Patrick Galloway's Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, & Thailand.

Today the New York Times had a front-page article on the outcast "burakumin" in Japan and their changing fortunes. For more insight into buraku communities in Japan and their social problems of generational violence, see Eve Zimmerman's translation of Kenji Nakagami's The Cape and Other Stories. Powerful and insightful, these grim yet energetic stories present a little-seen view of modern Japan. We used to have more information about this book on our website, but it seems to have been replaced by a shorter listing. I'll see if we can restore the older version. Readers, this is an amazing story collection. Kawabata fans, hmm, maybe this isn't for you.

Here's the link to the Times' story. And here's a link to the Times' review of The Cape when it was first published.

You can obtain The Cape online or at booksellers worldwide.