01 Mar 2012
Outsiders: Japan
Join Phil Morrison and James Robinson from Driftworks, Mitto Steele from MeiNoMai and Pieter Gouwy from Garage Portello on a mind blowing tour of the real drift scene in Japan and the culture behind it.
Being Japanese
Japan: One nation, one civilization, one language, one culture, and one race, the like of which there is no other on this earth?
A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.
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