⁹ Now Then

What I’m reading, watching and listening to — and what’s waiting on the shelf.

Updated Oct 2026

Books

Open Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami · 1985

reading Japanese-literature
Open Notes of a Crocodile

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin · 1994

reading Taiwanese-literature
Open The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves

Yukio Mishima · 1954

want to read Japanese-literature

Movies

Open Terrorizers

Terrorizers

Edward Yang · 1986

rewatching Taiwanese-New-Wave
Open Lady Snowblood

Lady Snowblood

Toshiya Fujita · 1973

want to watch Jidaigeki
Open When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Mikio Naruse · 1960

want to watch Drama

Music

Open Different Class

Different Class

Pulp · 1995

on loop Britpop
Open Popstar

Popstar

Tinashe · 2026

on loop Pop
Open Addicted To You

Addicted To You

Hikaru Utada · 1999

want to hear J-Pop