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Episode #20 – Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイヤル)
Perry spotlights Kinji Fukasaku's iconic thriller, Battle Royale, and explains why it's quite possibly the greatest Japanese film ever made!
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Episode #18 – Bloody Chainsaw Girl (血まみれスケバンチェーンソー)
Giko is just your average delinquent schoolgirl who cuts class to smoke, carries a chainsaw, and has an army of trendy poser mutant cyborgs on her trail. Wait…what?! Get ready to enter the world of Japanese grindhouse!
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Episode #17 – Lady Snowblood (修羅雪姫)
Yuki was born with only one purpose—to avenge her mother. After spending her entire life training, she’s now ready to pursue her mission. Dive into the gore-soaked world of the 1973 cult classic, Lady Snowblood!
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Episode #12 – The Magnificent Seven Samurai, Part 3 (七人の侍／荒野の七人)
The final installment of the three-part season finale! Listen to the rest of my conversation with Derrick as we discuss the music in both movies, the legacy they�ve left behind, and talk about the interconnected nature of both westerns and samurai films.
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Episode #11 – The Magnificent Seven Samurai, Part 2 (七人の侍／荒野の七人)
The three-part season finale continues as Derrick and I continue our conversation about Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, going a bit deeper into some of the things that make both these movies special.
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Episode #10 – The Magnificent Seven Samurai, Part 1 (七人の侍／荒野の七人)
In the first of this three-part season finale, I've invited fellow author and movie reviewer Derrick Ferguson to come on and talk with me about Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic, Seven Samurai, and to compare it with John Sturges' 1960 remake, The Magnificent Seven.
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Episode #1 – Yojimbo (用心棒)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival gangsters are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both sides to hire him as a bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two in order to rid the town of both criminals.
