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.
In this episode we cover Koji Shima’s Warning From Space (1956), the first Japanese Sci Fi film in color, and one…
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) is the first samurai film that we’ve covered, and is also the first we’ve covered of…
We’re back after a little break! We discussed Tokyo Drifter (1966) as a somewhat-delayed tribute to the recently departed star…
In this episode we cover the heartwarming, strange and hilarious Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami and it’s absolutely essential viewing. …
We’ve decided to do back-to-back episodes on the same director for the first time, and with that in mind, in this…
We have finally covered a Shinya Tsukamoto film. Tokyo Fist (1995) is an important part of Tsukamoto’s filmography, as it…
Episode 12 brings us to the very strange, very unique, very confounding film Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) directed…
This film is a humdinger. The one-and-only Takashi Miike decided to make a musical in a way that only he…
Cited as an influence by both Michael Moore and Errol Morris, Kazuo Hara’s documentary, released in 1987, is at times…
This is the first of what we can only assume will be many of Nagisa Oshima’s films the podcast will…
The show’s first mid-quarantine episode sees us covering Violent Cop (1989), which was the great Takeshi Kitano’s directorial debut and…
Though Doberman Cop (1977) might not be the first film directed by Kinji Fukasaku that comes to mind when thinking…
Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) is really… something else. It needs to be seen to be believed, and…
Released in 1997, Satoshi Kon’s instant classic Perfect Blue is a nonlinear, brilliant, mysterious, grisly and confounding descent into madness.…
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, released in 1997, is a tragically obscure gem that walks a tightrope of being half horror and…
In this episode, the hosts tackle Fighting Elegy (1966) directed by Seijun Suzuki. Though less well known than Suzuki’s films…
Co-hosts Mark and Scott discuss Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The first proper episode has the…
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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