Episodes
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Episode #24 – 13 Assassins (十三人の刺客)
Takashi Miike’s 2010 remake of Eichi Kudo’s 13 Assassins was a worldwide hit and featured some of Japan’s finest young actors. Bob Serrano of The Aging Hipster Podcast joins me this episode to discuss some of the parallels with Japanese society and war, as well as to figure out just what the hell Koyata was.
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Episode #23 – The Ring (リング)
Hideo Nakata’s Ring became an international sensation and Gore Verbinski’s American remake kicked off a whole slew of American remakes of Japanese horror. Special guest host Sam LeGassick of A New Winter: Cults & Culture podcast joins Perry to discuss both the original and the remake. Find out just how much effort and care was put into translating this very Japanese story into an American context and some of the different aspects of their respective societies both movies choose to highlight.
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Episode #22 – One Missed Call (着信アリ)
Takashi Miike’s One Missed Call is often dismissed as yet another Ring clone. And yet, it’s actually got a lot more to offer than many realize. Give this underrated J-Horror flick a fresh look!
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Episode #21 – Letters From Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙)
A more nuanced view of Japanese soldiers in World War II is the focus of Clint Eastwood’s 2006 Letters From Iwo Jima and why it’s one of the most powerful anti-war films ever made.
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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 #19 – Your Name (君の名は)
Anime makes its Japan On Film debut. 2016’s Your Name quickly became one of the top-grossing Japanese films of all time. But what is it about this movie that captured the imagination of the world? Find out as I take a deeper look at this modern classic.
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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 #16 – Sakuran (さくらん)
Enjoy a stylistic look at the old Yoshiwara red-light district in Mika Ninagawa’s 2006 film, Sakuran.
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Episode #15 – Rashomon (羅生門)
Akira Kurosawa’s classic adaptation of a story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa is the focus of this episode. You’ve no doubt seen it before. But what you may not know is some of the historical context for the story’s Heian setting and how that compares to postwar Japan.
