Review Haiku – Guilty of Romance
Posted on February 2, 2012
Obsequious wife
Tired of just making tea
Has sex for money
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Review Haiku – Kamikaze Girls
Posted on January 22, 2012
Living for cheap frills
Japanese Lolita Girl
Knows about courage
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There’s a great quote in the film, which inspired the haiku above: “Humans are cowards in the face of happiness. You need courage to hold onto happiness.”
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Review Haiku – Contact
Posted on January 9, 2012
A message from space
Contains plans for a machine
Who wants to ride it?
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Review Haiku – 13 Assassins
Posted on January 8, 2012
Brother of Shogun
Murders people for pleasure
Assassins stop him
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Review Haiku – Midway
Posted on December 30, 2011
Blind Man’s Bluff with ships
Where in the whole Pacific
Are the Task Forces?
Pacific Island
A turning point of war
With reused B-roll
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Review Haiku – Tora! Tora! Tora!
Posted on December 29, 2011
War plans being made
To wake the sleeping giant
And give him resolve
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Review Haiku – Tokyo Drifter
Posted on December 22, 2011
Gangsters going straight
Not as easy as it seems
When the boss sells out
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Review Haiku – Gonin 2
Posted on December 8, 2011
Failed jewelry store heist
Some shoppers took on robbers
Then left with the loot
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Review Haiku – Gonin 1
Posted on December 7, 2011
A small band of thieves
Steal from a bunch of gangsters
Two hitmen hunt them
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Review Haiku – Brother
Posted on December 6, 2011
Yakuza takes flight
Starts war in America
Dies there in battle
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