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  1. Ian Buruma _ A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir

    The Japanese have an expression for human relations that are sticky with the mutual obligations and dependencies of the collective life. They use the English word "wet." Traditional Japanese family relations are "wet." Yakuza gangs are "wet." Behavior that is more detached, more individualistic, often associated with a Western way of life, is "dry." Terayama Shuji was "dry." Kara was most definitely "wet.
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  2. Ian Buruma _ A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir

    In her prime, she bore a slight resemblance to Liberace, but in a more masculine way
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  3. Ian Buruma _ A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir

    I think that Ryu Chishu, or Tanaka Kinuyo, or to be more precise, the imaginary characters they portrayed, were more real to the film buffs than any existing human being. This is why cinephiles are spookier, on the whole, than music lovers or balletomanes. For they are creatures of the dark, getting off on the lives of others.
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