Understanding Korean Popular Culture

Was born in Vietnam, I have interacted with the different form of Asian popular culture. To understand more about it, let’s trace back to the past when the roots of Asian cultural products were planned in Vietnam...

Gangster Genre & Asian Horror

One of the most interesting aspects of Gangster genre in Indian cinema is its relationship with Bombay underworld

Anime Cinema & Gangster Genre

If you are familiar with Japanese popular culture, you will have some understand about anime. The first part of this blog will be about anime in general and discuss the movie ‘Spirited away’

Transnationalism & Gender

In the previous blog, I have talked about transnational cinema yet this theme still continues to be the topic of discussion this week. Therefore, this blog theme would be transnationalism and gender.

Doraemon Goes Abroad

Doraemon is a robot cat character in Japanese anime, a virtual member of many families in Japan. It’s been loved by adults and children all over the country. Not only famous in Japan, this robot cat also...

The Spectacle of Transnational Cinema

Transnational has become the focus topic when talking about East Asian cinemas since more and more movies from Korean, Japanese, etc. have been remaking into Hollywood movies.  It is a tool for connecting differences, blur out the boundaries between nation, religion and local features...