The Conformist (1970) | Bernardo Bertolucci
The Spider’s Stratagem (1970) | Bernardo Bertolucci
Last Tango in Paris (1972) | Bernardo Bertolucci
1900 (1976) | Bernardo Bertolucci
Apocalypse Now (1979) | Francis Ford Coppola
Reds (1981) | Warren Beatty
Ladyhawke (1985) | Richard Donner
The Last Emperor (1987) | Bernardo Bertolucci
The Sheltering Sky (1990) | Bernardo Bertolucci
Complete filmography
Japanese riot police guarding the Korean Embassy.
Inspiration?
Komainu (狛犬)
“Meant to ward off evil spirits, modern komainu statues are almost identical, but one has the mouth open, the other closed. This is a very common characteristic in religious statue pairs at both temples and shrines. This pattern is however Buddhist in origin and has a symbolic meaning. The open mouth is pronouncing the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, which is pronounced “a”, while the closed one is uttering the last letter, which is pronounced “um”, to represent the beginning and the end of all things. Together they form the sound Aum, a syllable sacred in several religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.” Wikipedia article.
Gokoku Shrine 護国神社. 
Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生 pumpkin パンプキン sculpture at Fukuoka Art Museum 福岡市美術館. Ohori Park. More Yakoi Kusama pumpkins (INHALE MAG).
Ohori Park.
Fukuoka Castle ruins 福岡城.
October 28, 2014.
Fukuoka Art Museum 福岡市美術館 at Ohori Park 大濠公園
Daimyo, Canal City, Tenjin, Hakata, Marinoa City article.
Back-street stores in Imaizumi.
Gyoza 餃子 (mandu)
Yuu Shin (restaurant | map )
Shin Shin (Ramen restaurant)
Eating and drinking in Tenjin | blog
Hakata ramen ラーメン with tonkotsu 豚骨
Tenjin and Daimyou area food.
Hakata Station and Nakasu Area food.
Fukuoka Ramen map.
Coffee at Manu coffee shop.
Bar Klug cave-like bar location & website
Oden, Yakitori (chicken skewers).
Ramen at Yatai Ajifu.
Yatai menu in Tenjin: Mentai Gyoza, Tomato roll with bacon, Yaki Ramen.
Boat tours on the Naka River
Dazaifu city (太宰府市) (25 mins outside the city)Tenmangu Shrine, Kyushu National Museum.
Ainoshima Island (stray cat island) 相島 near Fukuoka. Cat Heaven article.
Imazu stone fortification.
Fukuoka Food Guide (Mentaiko, Ramen, Motsunabe, Gyoza).
NYT article on Fukuoka.
Cool Fukuoka blog.
Fukuoka Japan guide website.
Lonely Planet Fukuoka.
10 things to do in Fukuoka article.
Robot building near the ferry terminal in Busan (Jung-gu).
I catch the Beetle JR to Japan.
Busan Hangdaegyo.
The open sea. 
Japan at dusk.
Tonkatsu 豚カツ.
Demon juice boxes.
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A 19th century statue of a sumo wrestler in a Sumiyoshi shrine in Hakata, Japan. See Sumiyoshi taisha 住吉大社 and Sumiyoshi sanjin 住吉三神.
Spiders. Underpass. Suyeong. Seokdaechon. Banyeo. Location scouting.
Pilgrimage around Mount Kailash གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ in Tibet
Pacific Crest (Mexico to Canada) | website
Appalachian Trail (US)
88 Temple Pilgrimage 八十八ヶ所巡り (Shikoku, Japan)
Santiago de Compostela (Europe)
Tour du Mont Blanc (France, Switzerland, Italy) (100 miles) NYT article
The Hajj (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Pilgrimage to Sanctuario Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (Guanajuato, Mexico)
Glastonbury Tor to Stonehenge (UK) (68 KM)
Books:
Bill Bryson ‘‘A Walk in the Woods’’ Appalachian Trail
Adapted into a movie:
Cheryl Strayed ‘‘Wild” Pacific Crest (Mexico to Canada) | website.
Adapted into a movie:
Paulo Coelho O Diário de Um Mago (The Pilgrimage) and O Alquimista (The Alchemist)
