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Exhibition: Hiroshi Teshigahara

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Hiroshi Teshigahara, who died in 2001, is chiefly remembered as the avant-garde film director who gave celluloid form to author Kobo Abe...
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Exhibition: Taro Okamoto

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The second part of the 100th anniversary show honors the legacy of an artistic phenomenon Visiting the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art is...
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Photo: Game Show Hostesses

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These two lovely ladies were snapped at the Tokyo Game Show 2011, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. Along with Gamescom in G...
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