Show notes
Join Wally and Josh as they recount their adventures in Japan — including a pilgrimage to the grave of master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu — and share some of their favorite works of Japanese cinema.00:00:29 What we’ve been up to: Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas00:04:10 What we’ve been up to: Film Festivals00:05:00 Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea at Centre Film Festival00:07:47 Our trip to Japan00:29:03 Visiting Kita-Kamakura and paying respects to Yasujiro Ozu00:39:18 Our quest to find Machiko Soga and Kogo Noda’s graves00:45:44 The World of Yasujiro Ozu: Good Morning, Late Autumn, Tokyo Story, and more!00:50:40 Takashi Miike’s Audition00:53:22 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Cure, Tokyo Sonata, Cloud, Chime, and more!00:58:17 Obligatory Hayao Miyazaki nerd-out01:00:01 Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue01:02:36 Hirokazu Kore-eda: After Life, Shoplifters, Monster, and more!01:05:29 Shinichirou Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead01:09:01 Side tangent: Chris Smith’s American Movie01:09:45 Mikio Naruse: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Sound of the Mountain, Yearning and more!01:15:10 Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuichi’s Shin Godzilla01:19:25 Kinuyo Tanaka’s The Moon Has Risen01:24:14 Screaming Mad George’s The Guyver01:26:35 Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House (Hausu)01:32:22 The things we are thankful forCheck us out on YouTube:📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilmLike what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilmSubscribe to my newsletter:⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcomeFollow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/Learn more about Wally Films:🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/Get tickets for Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas at Open Stage:🎟️ https://www.openstagehbg.com/shows/emmetotter