I understand and I complain

Chinese people are angry with Japan about the TV drama "Journey to the West 2". I wrote about "Journey to the West 1" before in this post. Now they are complaining about 2, in which Shingo Katori of the Japanese pop group Smap (Kimutaku's TV drama HERO will be made into the film) acts as the main character monkey. They say, "it’s too comedic!" "a woman plays Tripitaka!" etc. Here is a movie on youtube. I understand Chinese people would be proud of the story. Some Japanese wrote that he agreed with Chinese people's anger; we would feel something strange if the leader of Chushin gura (it's a very popular old story for Japanese, every year end it is made into a TV drama) were played by a woman. That is true. And I remember that we booed Hollywood Godzilla :-)

Well...Japanese love "Journey to the west" very much too. It's a great story. For example, "Sun Wukong" is the Chinese original name of that Monkey, called "Songoku" in Japan. Yes, it is used for the main character of Dragon Ball. And there are a lot of items about the story -- look at this! Oh cute. So it would be nice to make a file with China and Japan together in the future. By the way, that cat and other Sanrio characters have a musical, "Super adventure Journey to the West". What a big head you have, kitty chan!

I complained that Japanese media are so strict about copy right, and their way is always "delete it!" Yesterday JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) and 23 Japanese media companies, including a tv network, strongly urged youtube that 1.youtube write warnings such as "it is illegal to upload movies without the authorization of the right holder" and "you maybe be pursued for legal responsibility" in JAPANESE :-[ 2.youtube force users to register their name and address. 3. delete the accounts which uploaded files that JASRAC asks to delete. Booooooooooo. I won't say I don't care about copy right, but I will say that JASRAC’s way can't fit this Internet age. Of course, I am not the only person who questioned JASRAC. Ryuichi Sakamoto leads the call for improvements to JASRAC and the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Comments

[41nano]

I agree with you, JASRAC's way dosen't fit the internet era. It's too bad because for a foreigner like me with youtube I could find many japanese video...
Now we're forced to save flv.
For chinese, I think they shouldn't be angry because I don't know if the drama mock at the chinese personnally but shows like South Park in the US make fun of everything. This is free speech IMO.
I wish japanese and chinese could stop fighting all the time..

[Misha]

This determination reminds me of the Bushido code :)

[Mari]

Hi Misha
I did not save the flv before, but recently I saved the movies if I like it because I knew they would be deleted. JASRAC made things worse, ne!

[Misha]

"Booo" i say too! Do I miss something, or they just don`t get the fact their products are advertised at no charge ?!

:) I remeber i saw Nouriyouki Makihara on youtube singing in english Monkey Magic. Btw, the link with Hungry Spider, that i first found on your blog, might be broken since it was deleted once.... but the video reappeared :). I wonder what effect would have an on-line petition..