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Theatre Scorpio: A Japanese Film Podcast is a podcast in which co-hosts Mark and Scott discuss a different film each episode (whether new, old, classic or obscure) and in doing so share their lifelong love of Japanese films with the listener in a style that is deep-diving without being overly academic, and stays conversational and loose throughout.

Theatre Scorpio


    • Apr 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Episode 18: Warning From Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 46:13


    In this episode we cover Koji Shima’s Warning From Space (1956), the first Japanese Sci Fi film in color, and one…

    Episode 17: Three Outlaw Samurai

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 54:39


    Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) is the first samurai film that we’ve covered, and is also the first we’ve covered of…

    Episode 16: Tokyo Drifter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 70:34


    We’re back after a little break!  We discussed Tokyo Drifter (1966) as a somewhat-delayed tribute to the recently departed star…

    Episode 15: Tampopo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 63:11


    In this episode we cover the heartwarming, strange and hilarious Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami and it’s absolutely essential viewing. …

    Episode 14: Haze

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 43:55


    We’ve decided to do back-to-back episodes on the same director for the first time, and with that in mind, in this…

    Episode 13: Tokyo Fist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 56:44


    We have finally covered a Shinya Tsukamoto film. Tokyo Fist (1995) is an important part of Tsukamoto’s filmography, as it…

    Episode 12: Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 49:40


    Episode 12 brings us to the very strange, very unique, very confounding film Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) directed…

    Episode 11: The Happiness of the Katakuris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 64:56


    This film is a humdinger.  The one-and-only Takashi Miike decided to make a musical in a way that only he…

    Episode 10: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 63:47


    Cited as an influence by both Michael Moore and Errol Morris, Kazuo Hara’s documentary, released in 1987, is at times…

    Episode 09: Cruel Story of Youth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 62:29


    This is the first of what we can only assume will be many of Nagisa Oshima’s films the podcast will…

    Episode 08: Violent Cop

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 77:00


    The show’s first mid-quarantine episode sees us covering Violent Cop (1989), which was the great Takeshi Kitano’s directorial debut and…

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    Episode 07: Doberman Cop

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 42:23


    Though Doberman Cop (1977) might not be the first film directed by Kinji Fukasaku that comes to mind when thinking…

    Episode 06: Horrors of Malformed Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 47:06


    Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) is really… something else. It needs to be seen to be believed, and…

    Episode 05: Perfect Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 44:29


    Released in 1997, Satoshi Kon’s instant classic Perfect Blue is a nonlinear, brilliant, mysterious, grisly and confounding descent into madness.…

    Episode 04: Cure

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 53:57


    Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, released in 1997, is a tragically obscure gem that walks a tightrope of being half horror and…

    Episode 03: Fighting Elegy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 55:19


    In this episode, the hosts tackle Fighting Elegy (1966) directed by Seijun Suzuki. Though less well known than Suzuki’s films…

    Episode 02: Funeral Parade of Roses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 43:28


    Co-hosts Mark and Scott discuss Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The first proper episode has the…

    Episode 01: Preview Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 21:34


    Preview/introductory episode.  Co-hosts Mark and Scott introduce themselves, give a brief summary of their long-running fandom of Japanese film, explain…

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