new year's day is an important holiday for japanese people. to celebrate, i've posted this delightful japanese movie (w/subtitles). it has been reissued by janus films (the criterion collection), which is a company that restores/upgrades a film's audio/video to the highest quality possible. janus only selects films for this possess that it considers important cinema that needs to be preserved. pokes fun at things japanese among other things. highly rated on rottentomatoes.com: 100% of critics made favourable reviews for an average score of 8.5/10 and 93% of viewers liked it, scoring an average of 4.4/5. shinnen omedetou gozaimasu (happy new year 2022)!