Jessica Oreck's debut documentary, <i>Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo</i>, is opening in the San Francisco Bay Area soon and I saw it on DVD screener. As a wide-eyed film "about" Japan, it has its share of essentializing and typical images of trains, pedestrian crosswalks, neon and guys with pompadours in Yoyogi Park in addition to its main focus on the Japanese hobby of keeping crickets and beetles and its connection to bonsai, haiku, cherry blossoms and <i>mono no aware</i>. <div>
<br></div><div>Can you point me to any reviews of the film from Japan, whether in English or Japanese? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot,</div><div><br></div><div>Frako Loden</div><div>Berkeley, CA</div>