(Police 12) I was going to write

about funeral practices in Japan. But that's a major buzz-kill. Besides, this clip morbidly coincides with the tragedy of an actor/comedian Itsuji Itao, who in this clip, plays a dead person. RIP Itao's daughter.

Let's discuss how to eat ramen noodles properly. First of all, I grew up slurping the hell out of ramen noodles thus, I have zero issues. But there's still some around me in the States who has issues with it. I guess it sounds gross or something.

The ramen noodles are not considered a gourmet meal, but rather, meant for people to eat it quick and go about their business. Not only that, you want to consume ramen noodles before they get soggy in a hot broth. I would say the gross-ness factor of soggy noodles is equivalent to the skunked beer.

Um, here's a movie (went straight to DVD) starring Brittany Murphy about a girl going to Tokyo to learn how to cook ramen.....


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(Police 11) Some guys just won't go away

If you've seen the Hospital Batsu Game Series, you'd remember this actor named, Tatsuo Umemiya, who appears at the very beginning(of hospital series) screaming "Claudia!" as his wife gets wheeled into the hospital. Well, he was a big time actor back in the 60's into the 70's, mainly playing the bad-ass yakuza type of roles in the majority of Japanese films. And I mean lots of films. I counted about 80 films this man was involved in that time era.

And we have this comedian Shoji Murakami who has been kind of known as the "one hit punchline" jokester who, apparently, is still punching with the same/similar jokes for the past 25 years. In this clip, he stays away from his usual one-liners, yet, if you're not familiar with his style, it's hard to make him funny in an English language.
One sad note, Itsuji Itao's daughter suddenly died earlier this week. I believe she was very young(like 1 or 2 year old young.) RIP


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(Police 10) I know English is cool and everything but

As I subbed/translated this clip (half way by the way,) I couldn't help but notice that there's been way too many English words and phrases that Japanese never bother to translate it in their own language: Japanese.
The word D.V. comes up in this clip. It stands for Domestic Violence. Now, the last time I checked there was Japanese phrase that means exactly that 家庭内暴力(reads: Katei Nai Bouryoku)What the hell happened to it? Is it because it's easier to say D.V. than 家庭内暴力?

I understand that many of the IT related words are pretty much left in English for the convenience, but I've recently heard some words that I know that they have it in Japanese like; reasonable, cost, moral, consultant, restructure, status, and etc...there's way more.
Use Japanese and be proud!

Now, I'm going to cause some 家庭内暴力 (jk)

Ah, the mighty Jimmy Onishi. In case you haven't read about him on my blog, here
http://www.shibatabread.com/2009/05/you-just-cant-have-everything-in-your.html

Enjoy,

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Here are some extracted sound effects

Some of you wanted the sound effects from Gaki series to use for their ringtone(?)
Here's a set of four in mp3 format.

--"Matsumoto OUT"
--"Matsumoto Thai Kick"
--"Hamada OUT"
--"Yamasaki OUT"
--"Itsuji Itao presents, Black Jack!"

http://rapidshare.com/files/265982485/Gaki_SoundFX.rar

Some has a little bit of noise(little laughs here and there)but this is the best I can do for now.

Enjoy

(Police 09) Perseverance

Sometimes, it takes three decades to get your break in the entertainment business. 30 freakin' years~!
That is exactly how long it took for this Manzai duo, Uehara Haruka and Kanata.
To be honest, I don't know how they're doing now since this batsu game series is about 3 years old? I understand that the Haruka, who appears in this clip, had a role in the Matsumoto's directorial debut film "Dai Nihon Jin" or "Big Man Japan(US release)"
I always enjoyed Itsuji Itao's humor ever since the late 80's. He has this weird off-beat awkwardness to him that was always intriguing. He gazes at you with that blank stare, ever soliciting your smile or laughter. Matsumoto actually believes in him so much that back in 1994 when Itsuji got into trouble with the law (he had sex with a minor)and he went MIA, Matsumoto petitioned to have Itsuji come back on TV. And I believe Itsuji did come back after a year or so. His employment from Yoshimoto Co. was also saved based on the investigation which revealed that the girl had insisted that she was 18 years old and their affair was under mutual consent.By the way, this Brazilian girl, whom Itsuji portrays as his wife in Gaki series, is not Itsuji's wife in real life. Just so you know...


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(Police 08) Thanks Mom! for the Bento

Bento is definitely an integral part of Japanese culture.
You can purchase different style of Bento called the "Eki Ben"(literally means meals at the station) at most of the larger train stations. And each station would usually have their specialty bento box. I did a little research and holy crap, there's hundreds of different kinds of bento boxes throughout Japan.

When I was attending the middle-school in Osaka, my Mom would get up every morning to prepare bento boxes for me and my brother. And this is not slapping some lunch meat between two slices of bread, folks. She'd have to cook rice, fry this, fry that, and had to actually cook a set of meals so that I can huff it down in like 5 minutes, choke a bit, then wash it down with tea so that I can go outside to kick ass in the afternoon dodge ball session.

Bento is also readily available at all the convenience stores in Japan. By the way, convenience stores are ubiquitous in Japan is an understatement times 2. Convenience store (or konbini) is like Starbucks in the States. Almost in every other corner, you'd see either 7 Eleven, or ever-so-popular Lawson.
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