• February 25, 2010 → Sean starts a new blog at http://www.seanmcallister.com/blog/

• June 19, 2009 → 'Japan: A Story of Love and Hate' found on YouTube by mr rudeforth. According to the 'page info' it was uploaded on 18th April 2009.

• April 17, 2009 7:00pm → The Frontline Club. "As part of our successful 'Presents' strand, award-winning director Sean McAllister will introduce his 1998 documentary The Minders and take part in a post screening Q&A. Tickets £10 - To book for this event please call reservations on 020 7479 8940 or email events@frontlineclub.com".

• March 30, 2009 9:00pm → 'Japan: A Story Of Love And Hate' received it's UK broadcast première as part of the BBC4 'Hidden Japan' series on Monday 30th March at 9pm, and was repeated at 11:40pm on the same evening.

  © Will Hodgkinson, The Guardian 28/03/09 - "Initially planning to make a documentary on Tokyo, Sean McAllister ended up going to the village of Yamagata to meet Naoki, a former bomb-throwing anarchist and successful entrepreneur until the economic crash of 1992 and now a postal worker. This charismatic rebel is used to illustrate the crushing obedience of Japanese culture and the myth of the perfection of the materialistic life. "This is a part of Japan," says Naoki, among the country's new poor with his girlfriend Yoshie, who words as an escort to married men. In being a portrait of couple as well as the impossible pressure of Japanese culture, McAllister's film is compelling."

Films >>> Japan: A Story of Love and Hate | The Liberace of Baghdad | Hull's Angel | Settlers | The Minders | Working for the Enemy