This one’s for the history books. Ishikawa Goemon is a semi-legendary Robin Hood-esque Japanese folk hero from the 16th century whose story continues to captivate and inspire people to this day. In fact, just Wednesday (Sept. 19) the history loving musician Rekishi released a music video for a new track named after this famous Japanese outlaw. Simply titled “Goemon,” the …

A totally spoiler free review of the “documentary” Top Knot Detective (2017). A little over a year ago I was roaming the internet and stumbled across a bizarre cigarette commercial featuring a samurai comically beating the snot out of a boy for smoking (see video below). Perplexed and very much intrigued I began to look into the origin of this …

The term “copycat” seems pretty appropriate here. A Japanese comedian is getting quite a bit of attention online for his impression of what may be one of the most famous cats in the world. Made to promote the NHK sketch comedy show LIFE!, the video below shows the Japanese comedian Murotsuyoshi sliding head first into an open box just like …

It’s crazy Japanese game show time! Japan has a bit of a reputation for having the most ridiculous game shows and variety shows around. Although for the most part this is a gross over-generalization based on clips from old game shows from 30 or more years ago, if you look hard enough, you can still find plenty of examples of …