Podcasts about Seijun Suzuki

Foreign Film Month goes out with a bang—literally—as we dive into Seijun Suzuki's chaotic cult classic Branded to Kill. This episode, we're joined by special guest Chuck Horack—film critic, cinephile, and stylish noir aficionado—to break down the film's surreal narrative, killer aesthetics, and why it was way too weird for the studio execs of the '60s.We talk rice fetishes, butterfly assassins, and how this ultra-cool fever dream of a film became a cinematic cult legend. Buckle up—this one's a trip.

Neste episódio do PFC, Fred e Alexandre recebem o cinéfilo e podcaster Marcos Damiani  (Podcast Cinemaventura) para conversarem sobre um tema pouco explorado entre os cinéfilos, o filme criminal japonês. Batizado pela distribuidora Criterion como Nikkatsu Noir, deste conjunto de filmes destacamos "A Juventude da Besta" (Yajû no seishun, 1963) e "Tóquio Violenta" (Tôkyô nagaremono, 1966), ambas produções dirigidas por Seijun Suzuki, um dos expoentes do gênero. Para completar o episódio, trazemos o excelente "Um Colt é Meu Passaporte" (Koruto wa ore no pasupôto, 1967) de Takashi Nomura. Ao longo deste áudio, traçamos também um panorama deste pedaço do cinema japonês da década de 60, a chamada era de ouro do Cinema Yakuza.Crédito da Foto: Nikkatsu Corp.----------------------Acesse nosso site: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.filmesclassicos.com.br⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Acesse nossa página no Facebook : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/podcastfilmesclassicos/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Dans cette nouvelle enquête on prend la direction du Japon de l'après guerre pour suivre le parcours sanglant du chien fou Rikio Ishikawa, yakuza autant impitoyable qu'incontrôlable et honni de tous les clans de Tokyo avec Le Cimetière de la morale réalisé en 1975.  Soit l'un des sommets de la riche carrière de Kinji Fukasaku véritable cinéaste artisan et touche à tout. Une émission placée sous le genre du yakuza eiga donc entre son histoire, ses tropes et ses plus illustres représentants. Et c'est Hakim Fdaouch, réalisateur de courts métrages, conférencier en cinéma et animateur de l'excellente émission Radio Days, qui passe cette fois en confession avec son oeil aussi affuté qu'un katana. Retrouvez la photo signalétique de l'invité en début d'émission ainsi que les complices (un film dans le même giron) en toute fin de podcast. Avec dans cet épisode un retour sur le dérangeant Ichi the killer de Takashi Miike (2001), Doberman Cop pour rétablir l'équilibre entre flics et voyous toujours de Kinji Fukasaku (1977), le lugubre Les Copains d'Eddie Coyle de Peter Yates (1973) et Gonin la perle noire de Takashi Ishii (1995).  Un dossier mené par Rafael Lorenzo.

Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.Film critic Eamon Tracy returns to the show to discuss Renny Harlin's mountain-bound Die Hard riff Cliffhanger starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, and Michael Rooker. A taut, well-staged action thriller that served as a revitalization effort for Stallone's leading man bonafides in the early 90s after a rough patch of box office and critical bombs, the film sports a refreshingly lean premise and a host of jaw-dropping setpieces that were rewarded with a massive $255 million worldwide box office haul and a quietly outsized influence on the past three decades of action cinema.We begin with a discussion of Stallone and how the film makes use of both the actor's surprising capacity for subtlety in performance as well as his much more conspicuous and impressive physique. Then, we pull apart the film's broadly apolitical plot mechanics, including the intricate ways the script navigates around giving John Lithgow's Eric Qualen an explicitly partisan or geopolitical motive. Finally, we talk broadly about the sport of mountain climbing, the colonial ideology perpetuated by notions of conquering forbidding terrain, and the ways that indigenous communities are seeking to problematize imperialist narratives and perspectives within arenas of outdoor sport and recreation.Read Eamon's recent reviews for Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain and Seijun Suzuki's Underworld Beauty at Irish Film Critic.Follow Eamon Tracy on Twitter.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish

In this episode of the show we are taking our Ritchie-Statham conversations into a whole new dimension as the universe of crime comedies complicated by their plot-related shenanigans make space for faux-philosophical musings about the nature of the self in the 2005 Revolver. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about Guy Ritchie trying to lean into Lynchian filmmaking and coming across as a little bit pretentions, Jason Statham rocking long hair in an act of artistic denial and just how much hiring philosophers to talk over the end credits can do to a movie. We also talk about Ray Liotta lounging in speedos, Ritchie looking past Tarantino and perhaps finding Seijun Suzuki against his better judgment and whether Revolver is an abstract painting or an exercise in waterboarding. Tune in and enjoy! Host: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Intro: Infraction - Cassette Outro: Infraction - Daydream Head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠uncutgemspodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find all of our archival episodes and more! Follow us on Twitter (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@UncutGemsPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), IG (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@UncutGemsPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Facebook (@UncutGemsPod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy us a coffee over at Ko-Fi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (ko-fi.com/uncutgemspod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our Patreon!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (patreon.com/uncutgemspod)

Emilio Occhialini ci racconta la sua esperienza all'ultima edizione del Cinema ritrovato un festival internazionale che si è tenuto nelle sale e nelle piazze di Bologna dal 22 al 30 giugno e che grazie alla Cineteca di Bologna ha riproposto il cinema d'autore per tutti, con un cartellone che comprende capolavori del passato e film sperimentali.Alcuni tra i tanti titoli citati:"Lo Squalo" di Spielberg (1975) (vintage edition)"Napoleon" di Abel Gance (1927) "Hellraiser" di Clive Barker (1987)"Lanterne Rosse" Zhang Ymou (1991)'I disperati di Sandor" di Miklos Jancsò (1964)"Sugarland Express " di Steven Spielberg (1974)'I compari" di Robert Altman (1971)"Tokyo Drifter - Il vagabondo di Tokyo" di Seijun Suzuki (1972)"Fase IV: Distruzione terra" di Saul Bass (1974)"Godzilla" Hishiro Honda (1954)"Bona" Lino Brocka (1980) "Camp de Thiaroye" di Ousmane Sembène (1988)

Hanna, James, and Brandon discuss a selection of films from the Japanese New Wave, starting with Seijun Suzuki's surreal pop-art hitman thriller Branded to Kill (1967) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 01:48 Shock Corridor (1963) 06:53 Point Blank (1967) 13:00 Mind Game (2004) 17:24 The Contestant (2024) 23:32 The Japanese New Wave 28:35 Branded to Kill (1967) 43:18 Giants & Toys (1958) 56:01 Woman in the Dunes (1964) 1:12:03 The Pornographers (1966)

En efemérides recordamos "Serpico" (1973) de Sidney Lumet. Un homenaje a la fimografía de Jim Jarmusch y para cerrar recomadamos "Tokyo Drifter (1966) de Seijun Suzuki

Could this be the worst family reunion ever? This week, Joe and Rob are joined by Dr Ethan Lyon to discuss Tokyo Drifter (1966), directed by Seijun Suzuki, and then Seeds (1968), directed by Andy Milligan. We will call out Spoiler Territory so if you want to skip ahead from that point in Tokyo Drifter, you can rejoin the conversation at the 1:15:44 mark to avoid spoilers, and for Seeds, Spoiler Territory ends at 1:55;46. Theme music: "The Cold Light of Day" by HKM. Check out HKM on #SoundCloud or Bandcamp

Bom dia, cinéfilos!Hoje, o Tiago, o João Neto e o Wilmerson conversaram sobre a vida e a obra do grande diretor Seijun Suzuki, e, em especial, dois de seus filmes: Portal da Carne, de 1964, e A Marca do Assassino, de 1967.Siga o João no twitter: https://twitter.com/Joao_Neto93No instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_joao_neto_e no letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joaoneto93/Siga o Wilmerson no twitter: https://twitter.com/WilmersonSilvaNo instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilmersondasilva_/e no letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/wilmerson/e siga Diários de Cinefilia no twitter: https://twitter.com/diariocinefilia

It is neither a question of where Seijun Suzuki got his ideas from nor who got their ideas from him.  Rather it is simply the plain fact that there were the movies that came before his 1967 art/hitman freak-out masterpiece and then there were the movies that came after. Join our  Patreon and support the podcast!  Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server here! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store.  T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Bernardo Bertolucci's La Commare Secca (1962).

 Two dear friends and Film Festival colleagues attempt to bridge the gaps of their long-distance relationship AND their own film educations through a bi-weekly screening and discussion project of the gap films that have eluded their cinematic discovery.On this week's call, Scott and Jack explore the stylish and TRAGICALLY cool masterwork from Japanese cult auteur Seijun Suzuki- BRANDED TO KILL (1967)Join us as we discuss the legacy of the Japanese New Wave, yakuza cult offerings, and why there would NEVER have been a Tarantino without Seijun Suzuki...

Seijun Suzuki was one of the finest directors of the Japanese New Wave. Eric and Jason thought this was a good time to look at perhaps Suzuki's most famous works, Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill, and have a great time talking about why these are such special and fantastic films. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-sacks/message

1985.  Sammo Hung.  Jackie Chan.  It sounds like we have all of the ingredients for the perfect action/comedy.  And we do.  We definitely have those ingredients.  Hung directs a rag tag group of orphanage buddies, now older, as they are recruited to travel to Japan and infiltrate (via slapstick) a notorious Yakuza gang. Join our  Patreon and support the podcast!  Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server here! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store.  T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing NoirVember with Japanese Noir courtesy of Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (1967) and Americanized Nordic Noir courtesy of David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). And joining me in the conversation is Brett the Wiz!  [00:00] INTRO [02:06] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [02:50] RANDOM CONVERSATION [28:32] Branded to Kill (1967) [01:05:14] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) [02:14:46] FEEDBACK [02:25:31] ENDING MUSIC: Immigrant Song by Karen O, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross Buy Branded to Kill (1967) Buy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

In this episode Sam and Alana continue to explore the foreign film movements that served as precursors to New Hollywood. The focus is on Japan and its studio-mandated ‘New Wave' which allowed for salacious sex, violence, and a more anti-nationalistic worldview. In the spotlight are two very different films: Crazed Fruit directed by Kō Nakahira and Tokyo Drifter by Seijun Suzuki. Topics include: the Sun Tribe phenomenon and Japanese youth culture, pop art stylism, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and whether two brothers can romance the same lady and still remain “chill".Click Here for show notes

“Nobody said I'm not in. We're just out of cognac.”    With Lupin the 3rd Part III, Lupin officially the enters the 1980s and he's got a new attitude, a new look, and a new jacket – a pink one! The Pink Jacket Adventures, as this series has come to be known, is one of the weirder and wilder chapters in Lupin history, with Yuzo Aoki leading a talented team of animators to create a take on Lupin that's both uniquely stylish and highly varied, with character designs shifting from episode to episode and sometimes scene to scene, and the series' second half employing a particularly cartoon-y, Looney Tunes-esque approach to motion and mayhem. Meanwhile, iconic Japanese New Wave director Seijun Suzuki wrote one of the boldest and most bonkers Lupin episodes of all time, and co-directed The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, the Part III film released in 1985, which we also discuss on today's show alongside 20 episodes from Part III (see the full list below). It's one of the most memorable periods for Lupin the 3rd, and also one of the most rewarding.    Enjoy, and come back next week as we look at a transitionary period in the history of Lupin with a selection of films and specials from 1987 to 1995 – The Fuma Conspiracy, Bye-Bye Lady Liberty, Voyage to Danger, and Farewell to Nostradamus!     Time Chart: Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:20 Intro & History: 0:01:20 – 0:10:44 Lupin VIII: 0:10:44 – 0:22:46 History Continued: 0:22:46 – 0:50:06 Eyecatch Break 1: 0:50:06 – 0:50:38  Episode-by-episode Review: 0:50:38 – 3:01:47 Eyecatch Break 2: 3:01:47 – 3:02:14 The Legend of the Gold of Babylon: 3:02:14 – 3:52:09  End Credits: 3:52:09 – 3:53:24   Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff   Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWeeklyStuffPodcast   Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!  https://weeklystuff.substack.com   Visit our website and subscribe to Japanimation Station on all podcast platforms: http://japanimationstation.com/   Subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcast platforms: http://www.weeklystuffpodcast.com   “Welcome to Japanimation Station!” Lyrics by Sean Chapman, Music by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com   Full list of episodes watched:    1 - "The Gold Is Beckoning Lupin" 3 - Greetings to Hell's Angel  7 - The Man Called Death Gurve  11 - The Ruby Sheds Bloody Tears 13 - Variations on Getting Carried Away 18 - Showtime Reeks of Death  23 - Operation: Beirut Mobile Bank Robbery 24 - Sleep Peacefully, Friend 27 - Codename: Star of Alaska 28 - The Star of Alaska is a One-way Ticket to Hell 30 - A Cocktail Named Revenge 31 - A Turnabout, a Comeback, and a Reversal 34 - "Manhattan Crisis" 37 - "Pops Boils over with Rage" 38 - Leticia who Loved Lupin 40 - A Lotto Ticket to Riot 44 - "Our Papa's a Thief" 46 - Soaring on Scrap Wings 49 - The Day Pops Got Adopted  50 - "Orders to Destroy the Atomic Sub Ivanov"

Dans ce second épisode de Plan Tatamix, Corentin vous propose d'explorer en musique la filmographie de Suzuki Seijun. 45 et quelques minutes de BOs variées dans un podcast conçu pour vous rafraîchir les esgourdes et vous souhaiter un bel été !

Podcaster, pop-culture writer and three-time and reigning Ms. Noir City AUDRA WOLFMANN joins us to talk about defending her Ms. Noir City crown, and one of her favorite sub-genres: Beatsploitation. We kick things off with Seijun Suzuki's psychedelic yakuza noir, TOKYO DRIFTER (1966). This isn't Beatsploitation per se, but there are plenty of dudes in mod suits and the film is so incomprehensible that it's gotta be poetry man. Plus it's got jazz, rock and roll, 60s bubblegum pop, and haunting Japanese torch songs. Audra asks if this movie is really a noir, and Bob wonders if it's actually a musical. Either way, Cory gets it right when he says it's a "trip factor 10." Our next film is Roger Corman's dark, beatnik satire A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959), where Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) becomes a coffee house arts sensation by killing pets and people and covering up his victims with clay. It's one of Roger Corman's best and Hollywood everyman Dick Miller's only lead roles. We also talk about the unexpected dominance of Gweneth Paltrow's new weed brand, the return of Taco Bell's Volcano Menu, how Covid drove Bob to binge on Hostess Ding Dongs, and how the movies are back baby--but at what cost? Audra also discusses her history with Noir City, her all Weird Al burlesque troupe, and her podcasts: SPEAKEASILY VS. THE 80s and RETROPHILIA. If you're digging OMFYS, you should definitely check out and subscribe to Audra's amazing pods: http://www.audrawolfmann.net https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/retrophilia-the-90s-in-music-film-culture/id1598247675 Philena also joins us later on for "The Strike Tok Report," a now regular feature on OMFYS until those cheap studio bastards pay the actors and writers some decent wages and royalties for keeping our asses at home watching Netflix, Hulu and Max (It's not HBO; it's just Max). We had to shelve our BARBIE EPISODE because Philena is a SAG AFTRA member and there is no more struck work than BARBIE. We'll be sure to post this ep as soon as the strike is over and it's no longer relevant. Yay. Join us in August as we keep things jazzy with ALL NIGHT LONG (1962) and KING CREOLE (1958). Special Guest: Audra Wolfmann Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar and Greg Franklin PHILENA FRANKLIN IS ON STRIKE. Trailers and movie audio courtesy of ARCHIVE.ORG. Twitter: OM4YStoners Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com

Habituellement, j'utilise le petit sommaire ici pour résumer les films discutés dans un épisode, mais cet épisode-fleuve avec Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau (La conquête du cosmos, La pitoune et la poutine, Balado 24 images) couvre tellement de films que c'est un peu futile. Il est cependant impossible de passer sous silence que l'on parle de Derek Jarman, de giallo, de Seijun Suzuki, de Jennifer Lawrence, de La bête lumineuse de Pierre Perrault, du nouvel opus d'Indiana Jones, de George Lazenby, de la Nouvelle Vague, de Gong et FINALEMENT de Speed Racer des soeurs Wachowski, un film adoré par deux des trois personnes assises autour de la table.

It's June, which means it is Pride Month! Bad Gay Movies is one of my favourite podcasts and love hearing Bil Antoniou talk about gay themed movies, but I wanted to hear his thoughts on movies that are actually good. We decided to focus on movies that were influential to Bil as he was coming of age. We discuss Madonna: Truth or Dare, Jeffrey and Clueless. Listen to our last Pride themed episode 112: Celebrating Queer Cinema. Read Examining the Politics of Madonna's 'Truth or Dare,' 30 Years Later. Follow Bil on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ and read his latest Criterion Shelf blog post covering movies directed by Seijun Suzuki. Check out more great Contra Zoom content on ⁠⁠⁠⁠That Shelf⁠⁠⁠⁠! Listen to Contra Zoom on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Anchor⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Google Play⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Overcast⁠⁠⁠⁠,  ⁠⁠⁠⁠RadioPublic⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Breaker⁠⁠⁠⁠, Podcast Addict and more! Please ⁠⁠⁠⁠rate and review⁠⁠⁠⁠ the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Send a screenshot with your 5-star rating and review to contrazoompod@gmail.com and we will send you free stickers! Thank you to Eric and Kevin Smale for the original theme songs, Jimere for the interlude music and to Stephanie Prior for designing the logo. Support the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ko-Fi⁠⁠⁠⁠ by sending us a tip! Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and visit out ⁠⁠⁠⁠official website⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/contrazoompod/message

On this supersized episode, James and Allan discuss their favorite first-time watches from 1963 and welcome Rebecca to the Cinema Shame family. And speaking of family... the gang's all here -- Liz and Richard, Carroll, Sidney, Seijun, Akira, and even a very special appearance from Buddy Love.  Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki. I decided to cover three of his films from different time in his filmography with three different guest. Kanto Wanderer 1963: Guest Host J.Stephen Thompson of JAFMP Youth of the Beast 1963: Guest Host Lee Russell of They Must Be Destroyed on Sight! Capone Cries a Lot […]

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and the New York Times's Jamelle Bouie @jbouie discuss the battle between President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling; the courtroom drama of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump; and the power of Republican supermajorities in state legislatures.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Nick Mourtoupalas and Derek Hawkins for The Washington Post: “Washington is running out of workdays to strike a debt ceiling deal”  Jacob Bogage for The Washington Post: “Debt ceiling showdown: 5 possible outcomes” Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Lola Fadulu for The New York Times: “In Trump Trial, a Lawyer Pushes, and E. Jean Carroll Pushes Right Back” Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: “A Sinister New Page in the Republican Playbook” and “Republicans Did Something Most People Don't Like, So They're Changing the Rules” Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States Movement Advancement Project: “Snapshot: Democracy Ratings By State” Michael Waldman for the Brennan Center for Justice: “The Great Resignation … Of Election Officials” James Madison: “Federalist No. 10”    Here are this week's chatters: Jamelle: the films of Seijun Suzuki, including Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill John: using ChatGPT to simplify text, such as statements by the Federal Reserve and George Washington's farewell address Emily: Eleanor Klibanoff for The Texas Tribune: “Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication” and “Women accused of facilitating abortion in Galveston wrongful-death lawsuit file countersuit”   Listener chatter from Ted Hogeman: Community Media Center, Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Jamelle, John, and Emily discuss cooking, including roast chicken with bread, Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin, broccoli and cauliflower salad with curried dressing, broccoli salad with peanuts and tahini-lime dressing, and Soom tahini.   In the next Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Curtis Sittenfeld @csittenfeld about her latest book, Romantic Comedy.   Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Make an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and the New York Times's Jamelle Bouie @jbouie discuss the battle between President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling; the courtroom drama of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump; and the power of Republican supermajorities in state legislatures.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Nick Mourtoupalas and Derek Hawkins for The Washington Post: “Washington is running out of workdays to strike a debt ceiling deal”  Jacob Bogage for The Washington Post: “Debt ceiling showdown: 5 possible outcomes” Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Lola Fadulu for The New York Times: “In Trump Trial, a Lawyer Pushes, and E. Jean Carroll Pushes Right Back” Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: “A Sinister New Page in the Republican Playbook” and “Republicans Did Something Most People Don't Like, So They're Changing the Rules” Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States Movement Advancement Project: “Snapshot: Democracy Ratings By State” Michael Waldman for the Brennan Center for Justice: “The Great Resignation … Of Election Officials” James Madison: “Federalist No. 10”    Here are this week's chatters: Jamelle: the films of Seijun Suzuki, including Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill John: using ChatGPT to simplify text, such as statements by the Federal Reserve and George Washington's farewell address Emily: Eleanor Klibanoff for The Texas Tribune: “Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication” and “Women accused of facilitating abortion in Galveston wrongful-death lawsuit file countersuit”   Listener chatter from Ted Hogeman: Community Media Center, Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Jamelle, John, and Emily discuss cooking, including roast chicken with bread, Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin, broccoli and cauliflower salad with curried dressing, broccoli salad with peanuts and tahini-lime dressing, and Soom tahini.   In the next Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Curtis Sittenfeld @csittenfeld about her latest book, Romantic Comedy.   Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Make an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and the New York Times's Jamelle Bouie @jbouie discuss the battle between President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt ceiling; the courtroom drama of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump; and the power of Republican supermajorities in state legislatures.    Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Nick Mourtoupalas and Derek Hawkins for The Washington Post: “Washington is running out of workdays to strike a debt ceiling deal”  Jacob Bogage for The Washington Post: “Debt ceiling showdown: 5 possible outcomes” Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Lola Fadulu for The New York Times: “In Trump Trial, a Lawyer Pushes, and E. Jean Carroll Pushes Right Back” Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: “A Sinister New Page in the Republican Playbook” and “Republicans Did Something Most People Don't Like, So They're Changing the Rules” Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States Movement Advancement Project: “Snapshot: Democracy Ratings By State” Michael Waldman for the Brennan Center for Justice: “The Great Resignation … Of Election Officials” James Madison: “Federalist No. 10”    Here are this week's chatters: Jamelle: the films of Seijun Suzuki, including Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill John: using ChatGPT to simplify text, such as statements by the Federal Reserve and George Washington's farewell address Emily: Eleanor Klibanoff for The Texas Tribune: “Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication” and “Women accused of facilitating abortion in Galveston wrongful-death lawsuit file countersuit”   Listener chatter from Ted Hogeman: Community Media Center, Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University   For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Jamelle, John, and Emily discuss cooking, including roast chicken with bread, Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin, broccoli and cauliflower salad with curried dressing, broccoli salad with peanuts and tahini-lime dressing, and Soom tahini.   In the next Gabfest Reads, Emily talks with Curtis Sittenfeld @csittenfeld about her latest book, Romantic Comedy.   Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or Tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)   Podcast production by Cheyna Roth  Research by Julie Huygen Make an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach welcomes back the Ballyhoo's International Cinema champion Rashmi Menon to break into a Japanese double bill of the erraticContinue readingEp. 91: Wonders of World Cinema- Double Trouble with Seijun Suzuki feat. Tōkyō nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter) (1966) & Koroshi no Rakuin (Branded to Kill) (1967)

In this episode we talk about two films from director Seijun Suzuki. Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter. Link is below for all our social media. https://linktr.ee/silverscreenvideo Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to email at silverscreenvideopodcast@gmail.com with any comments or thoughts. Also be sure to follow us on Instagram @silverscreenvideopodcast or Twitter @SilverVideo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/support

Mike talks with Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta and guest curator Will Carroll (Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema) and Peter Tatara, the brand-new Director of Film at Japan Society and founder of Anime NYC about the Japan Society's Seijun Suzuki Centennial.Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), a singular force in Japanese cinema whose radical stylistic vision and unpredictable narratives shaped the B-movie genre, Japanese cinephilia and the political New Left, Japan Society and The Japan Foundation present Seijun Suzuki Centennial—a selection of six films from across the filmmaker's nearly 60-film body of work, all on imported 35mm prints straight from Japan. Covering ground from his earliest yakuza feature (Satan's Town) to his unbridled return to studio filmmaking after being blacklisted for 10 years (A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness) and his subsequent independent success (Kagero-za), this special series offers a rare glimpse into the core of Suzuki's creative genius.For complete information visit japansociety.org.

Mike talks with Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta and guest curator Will Carroll (Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema) and Peter Tatara, the brand-new Director of Film at Japan Society and founder of Anime NYC about the Japan Society's Seijun Suzuki Centennial.Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), a singular force in Japanese cinema whose radical stylistic vision and unpredictable narratives shaped the B-movie genre, Japanese cinephilia and the political New Left, Japan Society and The Japan Foundation present Seijun Suzuki Centennial—a selection of six films from across the filmmaker's nearly 60-film body of work, all on imported 35mm prints straight from Japan. Covering ground from his earliest yakuza feature (Satan's Town) to his unbridled return to studio filmmaking after being blacklisted for 10 years (A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness) and his subsequent independent success (Kagero-za), this special series offers a rare glimpse into the core of Suzuki's creative genius.For complete information visit japansociety.org.

Editor's Note: Apologies for the audio flaws throughout this episode, if you don't listen, we understand. I know it sounds like Max Headroom guest hosted, but unfortunately it is just us.  Score your theme songs and come drift away with us this week, dear listener! We're continuing our 2023 AntiTrash Crime Wave marathon with Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter. The surreal new wave-y movie propels us to Japan with the story of a guy trying to get out but getting dragged back in. We're talking characterization, leit motifs, westerns, pioneering cinema, and much, much more as we move on down the road. Join us now! TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introductions and Synopsis 03:53 - Quick Tokyo Drifter Reviews 14:53 - Expanding the Syllabus 30:57 - Analysis 50:22 - Shelf or Trash 53:35 - Wrap Up and Next Week's Film

This Noirvember, we are taking a look at some Yakuza Noir films from Japan. On this episode we're gushing over Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966). Follow us at: Patreon / Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd / Facebook 

The sixth and final film in our Absurdist Action cycle is Seijun Suzuki's masterpiece, Branded to Kill (1967) When we decided to do Absurdist Action as the theme of this cycle, we both struggled to find a starting point. Over-the-top action movies were the lingua franca of 1980s American cinema, and we had dozens of Reagan-era films to choose from as an origin. But as we tried to trace the theme back further, things became quite murky: Kung Fu, James Bond, Micheal Cimino, heist movies, cop movies, military shoot 'em ups. Chris wisely choose this yakuza B movie as our starting point, and it rings incredibly true to the theme. The undercurrent that connects Bullet Train to Bad Boys to 48 Hrs can be seen clearly in Seijun Suzuki's surrealist gonzo hitman film. Branded to Kill was shot in 25 days and edited in the three days before it was released. It was a factory film. The studio hated it and fired Suzuki. It was mostly unseen outside of Japan until the late 1990s when it was released on home video. Branded To Kill is a fever dream that runs solely on poetic logic. It is definitely absurd, and intoxicatingly provocative. Explicit sex, epic violence, and free verse plotting make this the missing link of Absurdist Action films. For our chaser film, we beat back the current of modern cinema to explore Beat the Devil (1953), a lark from John Huston and Truman Capote that became kitsch for the coastal elite set.

Guest curator/cuckolder Nick joins Clive to talk some Seijun Suzuki oddities. MMW Theme by Mike Powell Musical breaks include: Trampled Under Foot by Led Zeppelin Golf Girl by Caravan

Durante Venezia79 per la categoria Venezia classici abbiamo intervistato Ludovica Lancini, cafoscarina e membro della giuria che ha dato il premio al film "La farfalla sul mirino" del regista giapponese Seijun Suzuki. Ludovica ci ha raccontato la sua esperienza durante le giornate del festival e descritto i criteri di valutazione che hanno portato al film vincitore della categoria classici restaurati

Leave a comment below and tell us what you think about the movie, Tokyo Drifter!The bros are reviewing Tokyo Drifter! The 1966 film was directed by B-Movie turned Movie Auteur, Seijun Suzuki. The bros discuss the movie in detail and discuss how a lowly movie made in 40 days turned out to influence many directors! Listen in as the boys analyze and critique this film and much more.Chapters:0:00 Intro2:48 Let's talk Seijun Suzuki!17:53 What the bros thought about Tokyo Drifter41:55 Random Topics! (HBOMax News, Industry, Beyonce's New Album)

Welcome to episode 52 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I'll be discussing Naozumi Yamamoto's 1973 album, “Xmas Home Party.” Over the past two years, I've bought a few albums that didn't live up to my expectations. Most of them were still thoroughly enjoyable albums. In each case, though, an overzealous, ill-informed, or even dishonest review or blog post led to me expecting something other than what I received. In the case of the blogger who sung Yamamoto's praises and gave the impression that everything he did sounded like “Branded to Kill,” I suspect he didn't listen to anything other than that score. The scores I listened to sounded wildly different from one another, ranging from the sort of Jazz you find in “Branded to Kill,” to Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western-esque soundtracks, traditional Japanese music, and more standard orchestral scores, similar to what you'd hear in Hollywood dramas and melodramas of the same era. He was a remarkably talented composer and conductor, so at the end of the day, I'm just happy he produced a Christmas album so that I was able to enjoy it and learn more about him. I hope you've enjoyed Naozumi Yamamoto and his music as much as I do, all expectations aside. I also hope at least a few of you make an effort to check out some of Seijun Suzuki's movies, particularly “Branded to Kill.” It's a wild, challenging film. It might not be for everyone, but if it sounds like the sort of thing you enjoy, you'll Join me back here on the 25th for Naomi Sagara's 1975 album, “White Christmas.” Contrary to Naozumi Yamamoto, it's one that really exceeded my expectations. You don't want to miss it. As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If have any suggestions, or if you'd like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I've also opened a Redbubble store. I only have a couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I'll be trying to add more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!

Movie Noir Extravaganza continues with Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter

Welcome back TWGTF faithful to our next cycle of episodes. We have had a great little break but we are back now to entertain as well as inform you about great cinema new and old and today we have one that is truly special! Today Tyler has brought us two films from the catalogue of the late great Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki! Suzuki is now regarded as one of the greats of his time in not just Japanese but filmmaking period. However our two films find him at what might be his most difficult period where art was clashing quite heavily with studios and all that comes with that. Up first is what can only be described as a Japanese Western with his 1961 balls out take no prisoners The Man with a Shotgun! Following that we dive into an even crazier time for the filmmaker just before he would go into exile for nearly a decade with one of his now most celebrated works in the incredible looking and moving Tokyo Drifter! Spoiler Alert: We recorded this without knowing until after on Suzuki's actual birthday! That is some spooky stuff!

1961; Seijun Suzuki

In this episode, Nate and Matt decipher the indecipherable yakuza film "Youth of the Beast", directed by Seijun Suzuki and released in 1963.

“Who speaks of realism here?” This is it: our mammoth exploration of the work of Japanese iconoclast Seijun Suzuki. Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by poster illustrator and peerless cinephile Tony Stella to examine the legendarily idiosyncratic and uncontrollable director. From Suzuki's start as an impossibly lazy assistant director at Shochiku to his his period as a relentlessly prolific genre filmmaker at Nikkatsu to his second act as an esteemed independent artist. His films long-suppressed by Nikkatsu and unknown outside of his native country, Suzuki's reputation took off in America in the 90s when filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Jim Jarmusch sang his praises (Jarmusch's Ghost Dog is famously an extended homage to Suzuki's career-breaking Branded to Kill); after a few tumultuous decades, Suzuki finally achieved the international renown he deserved. Join us as we follow the director's journey, beat by beat, film by film; from his early “youth in revolt” films like Everything Goes Wrong to his wild genre experiments like Youth of the Beast & Tokyo Drifter to his notorious “flesh trilogy” that caps off his early career with the brilliant Carmen from Kawachi. We go after it all: the Taisho trilogy, his Lupin III anime, his golf comedy, his late-period curtain call. It's here, the most comprehensive podcast study of a filmmaker like no other. Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Tony Stella on Twitter: twitter.com/studiotstella Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

On this episode we look at the cinema of cool with Seijun Suzuki's "Tokyo Drifter" which along with "Branded to Kill" saw him blacklisted by the Nikkatsu as he set out to create somthing alot more diffrent than the typical Yakuza fare he'd previously been associated with as here enforcer Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo is forced to become a drifter when his boss disolves the gang and a real estate scam orchestred by thier rivals sees him soon having to evade the hitman "Viper" Tatsuzo in a yakuza movie quite unlike anything which came before and certainly after it. Recorded on Oscar night we discuss the chances of "Parasite" claiming the top prize aswell as Stephen Chow's "Love on Delivery", the K-Pop factory and much more!!

We've dedicated an entire episode to the film that, for many many months, has been infecting audiences more than any other. Created by South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, Parasite has spread its way to box office success, BAFTA nominations and even a nomination for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.Over the course of the show, you'll get expert insights on Bong Joon Ho's career up to this point, we'll hear from the people behind the frenzied #BONGHIVE fangroup on social media, we've got an insider on insiders here to tell us about the art of the Parasite con, and we're luckily enough to bring you a conversation between Director Bong and one of his great friends and collaborators, Tilda Swinton.The podcast is hosted, scripted and produced by regular Curzon Podcaster, Jake Cunningham.It is edited by Mark Towers, and produced by Ryan Hewitt.With thanks to our special guests:Bong Joon HoDirector Bong has quickly become one of favourite people. Parasite is his seventh feature film, preceded in reverse order by Okja, Snowpiercer, Mother, The Host, Memories of Murder and Barking Dogs Never Bite.Tilda SwintonNo introduction necessary. Tilda Swinton is one of the finest actors working today. Her collaborations with Bong Joon Ho include Snowpiercer and Okja, and she is a total queen.Helen O'HaraFilm journalist for Empire Magazine.Tony RaynsTony Rayns is a film critic, commentator, festival programmer and screenwriter. He has written extensively for Sight & Sound, and its predecessor the Monthly Film Bulletin, and previously contributed to Time Out and Melody Maker.One of the world's leading experts on Asian cinema, he coordinated the Dragons and Tigers competition for Asian films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 1988-2006 and has provided many DVD commentaries and English subtitle translations for films from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Thailand.He has written books about Seijun Suzuki, Wong Kar-wai and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and has been awarded the Foreign Ministry of Japan's Commendation for services to Japanese cinema.Maria KonnikovaMaria Konnikova is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Confidence Game, winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, an Anthony and Agatha Award finalist. Her new book, The Biggest Bluff, will be out from Penguin Press on June 23, 2020.Maria is a regularly contributing writer for The New Yorker whose writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. While researching The Biggest Bluff, Maria became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings—and inadvertently turned into a professional poker player.Maria's writing has been featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been translated into over twenty languages. Maria also hosts the podcast The Grift from Panoply Media, a show that explores con artists and the lives they ruin, and is currently a visiting fellow at NYU's School of Journalism. Her podcasting work earned her a National Magazine Award nomination in 2019. She graduated from Harvard University and received her PhD in psychology from Columbia University.Find out more about Maria at her website www.mariakonnikova.comIana MurrayFilm critic and #BONGHIVE founding member. Contributing writer at GQ. other publications include i-D, Little White Lies and The Skinny.Parasite plays in our cinemas from Friday 7 February Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thom and Tom wrap Seijun Suzuki month by discussing Youth of the Beast, Toyko Drifter, and Branded to Kill side by side in their Wall To Wall Carpet segment (26:40). But first, your Carpeteers assess Takashi Miike's infamously brutal cult classic yakuza gore-fest Ichi the Killer in perhaps their ickiest Carpet Cleaning job yet (3:10).

Just when you thought Suzuki month couldn't get any weirder, Thom and Tom watch and discuss the film that got Seijun Suzuki blacklisted from the Japanese film industry for a decade, the utterly bonkers Branded To Kill (26:40). But first, Siblo takes Whalen deep for a Hole In The Carpet segment on Disney's 1954 FX landmark 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2:50).

The Carpet unfurls across Japan's technicolor streets and snow-kissed valleys as Tom and Thom whistle their way through Seijun Suzuki's wild 1966 film Tokyo Drifter (41:40). But first, your Carpeteers are joined by Rad design man and Fringe Drinking co-host Ryan Williams to play a little In or Out?, dishing takes on Zack Snyder, found footage films, and watching movies with subtitles(2:30).

Siblo and Whalen begin a month immersed in Seijun Suzuki's esoteric crime films with 1963's Youth of the Beast (30:40). In Rad Ticket, your Carpeteers wrestle with the puerile pleasures and harsh critical reception of Brian Henson's The Happytime Murders (4:25) while Siblo dishes quick takes on Andrew Bujalski's latest, Support the Girls (22:20).

This week, to mark the on-going Seijun Suzuki retrospective at the Grand Illusion and the Northwest Film Forum, we discuss the idiosyncratic Japanese director's career and one of his more famous and influential gangster films, 1963's Youth of the Beast. We also talk about the Yakuza film in general, and all the crazy things Suzuki did to it, and take a look at actor/director Takeshi Kitano's own take on the yakuza film in his 1993 film Sonatine. All that plus more goings on around town, including an upcoming tribute to a great director at the Film Forum and the novelty of the Cinema showing something on film.