Thanks for the kind words about my film, Roppongi Crossing. I'm fascinated by Japanese cab drivers. They're comprised largely of laid-off white collar workers, and have this natural sense of being distinguished yet a little sad. I filmed the whole thing over about 20 minutes while waiting to meet someone in Tokyo's Roppongi district a couple years ago. If anyone's interested (and if this doesn't seem too much like shameless self promotion, you can see several more of my films at http://www.brianlibby.com/brian_films.htm.
Dammit! I meant to. Sorry, Mac1Mill. DVDs of this particular issue are available at http://store.thejsf.org/volume11.html, while DVDs from other issues are available at http://store.thejsf.org/index.html.
Thanks for doing this very nice review, I served as the Portland based Editor on this DVD Comp. and I am quite proud of it.
Karl Lind.