Music

Mai Yamane's [in J: 山根麻以] incredible cover of "House of the rising sun" [the New Orleans focused folk song recorded most famously by the band The Animals in 1964] is featured in the movie trailer for Japanese film "The World of Kanako".

Other excellent covers of the song are a minimalist one with with strong vocals by Holly Henry, and an incredible version with extensive instrumentation [violin and guitar] and great singing by Lettice Rowbotham and James Smith.

Shiina Ringo has a very interesting music video in "Kamisama, Hotokesama"--Asian music really has every style on hand, with a huge variety among countries, regions and genres. Another great piece is the Thai piece by Louis[e] Kennedy's "Poo Yai Lee", from a record of 1960's pop music in Thailand [this song sounds like a cover of Booker T & the MG's "Green Onions"].

Another great set of music of that collected by Sublime Frequencies, like the "Shadow Music of Thailand" and the "Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 1".