In this episode we cover Koji Shima’s Warning From Space (1956), the first Japanese Sci Fi film in color, and one…
Apr 1, 2021
46 min
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) is the first samurai film that we’ve covered, and is also the first we’ve covered of…
Jan 8, 2021
54 min
We’re back after a little break! We discussed Tokyo Drifter (1966) as a somewhat-delayed tribute to the recently departed star…
Dec 7, 2020
1 hr 10 min
In this episode we cover the heartwarming, strange and hilarious Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami and it’s absolutely essential viewing. …
Sep 7, 2020
1 hr 3 min
We’ve decided to do back-to-back episodes on the same director for the first time, and with that in mind, in this…
Aug 7, 2020
43 min
We have finally covered a Shinya Tsukamoto film. Tokyo Fist (1995) is an important part of Tsukamoto’s filmography, as it…
Jul 21, 2020
56 min
Episode 12 brings us to the very strange, very unique, very confounding film Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) directed…
Jul 6, 2020
49 min
This film is a humdinger. The one-and-only Takashi Miike decided to make a musical in a way that only he…
Jun 13, 2020
1 hr 4 min
Cited as an influence by both Michael Moore and Errol Morris, Kazuo Hara’s documentary, released in 1987, is at times…
May 15, 2020
1 hr 3 min
This is the first of what we can only assume will be many of Nagisa Oshima’s films the podcast will…
May 1, 2020
1 hr 2 min
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