Anyway for some interesting and easily available in English looks at early 20th century Japan from the inside, I strongly recommend Yukio Mishima's _Sea of Fertility_ series, particularly _Spring Snow_ most in the general timeframe of this film.

(The second, _Runaway Horses_ is for me the best of the set though. And the one that follows is the least, but it does set up the final novel in the series which ... isn't as even-keeled a novel as _Runaway Horses_ but the ending that caps off the entire series is stunning.)

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I've wondered occasionally if Chihiro being renamed "Sen" in Spirited Away had anything to do with the old sen monetary unit - akin to being renamed "Penny," but also akin to being renamed "Without value."

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Our leading actor genuinely reminds me of a young Martin Landau #TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #TokyoChorus

15 sen for the curry rice - before the war, the sen was 1/100th of a yen. and the yen was worth _dramatically_ more than it is now, it was much akin to a dollar, domesticallly in Japan, as opposed to like a penny

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("That's not your paw, your paw got killed by that train.") - mom, probably

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RECRUIT JAPANESE OUR GANG! They could be your greatest asset! #TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #TokyoChorus

oh right it's pre-war, that's why so much katakana #TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #TokyoChorus

"Daddy" was "Papa!" in the dialogue card #TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #TokyoChorus