Last night we settled in to an evening of watching movies. Most of the day we spent walking around town shopping for this and that – so it was nice to sit down and relax during the evening.
The first movie we saw (“Locke”) wasn’t so great, despite having a good actor in the main (and only) role. So we were looking for something we could count on for good entertainment as a second feature. We took a risk with the movie “Rising Sun”.
It is based on a very dated book by Michael Crichton, written during the bubble economy years of Japan when the USA saw the Japanese way of doing business as a new model. Turns out this has changed quite a bit since then, but Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes navigating the ins and outs of international diplomacy using bad Japanese is something that shouldn’t be missed. Kuniko and I spent most of the movie laughing out loud at either the ridiculous situations, the horrible Japanese language skills (some it from the “Japanese” actors) and the 80’s campy feeling of the movie. It was one of the best rentals ever – after the movie Kuniko got on Amazon and promptly bought the DVD.
Tonight after work we are going to meet up with some old friends we haven’t seen in a long time. Micchi (and her family), Yuri (and her family) are going to meet us at a restaurant near our house to have dinner and catch up. They were all at our wedding and so the timing is perfect. Yuri lives in the USA now, and she’s married with two kids. It’ll be fun to see her family – I’ve never even seen a picture of them. Micchi lives nearby but since her husband is working so hard and her baby is keeping her busy we almost never get to see them. I’m looking forward to it.
