Podcasts about Tokyo Drifter

For the last three years we've observed the month long celebration know as Noirvember, and this year is no exception. In 2021 we recorded an episode called Film Noir & Capitalism. For 2022 we went over to Japan and did two episodes looking at Yakuza Noir via Tokyo Drifter (1966) and A Colt is My Passport (1967). Last year we focused in on Neo-Noir with and episode on Killing them Softly (2012) and the roll of the 2008 economic crisis on modern American crime.  This year, we're returning to the well of Film Noir & Capitalism by discussing Abraham Polonsky's Force of Evil (1948). Written and directed by an eventual victim of the Hollywood Blacklist, this film perfectly encapulate Polonky's own statement that "all films about crime are about capitalism, because capitalism is about crime".  Follow us at: Patreon / Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd / Facebook 

Charles Taylor is the author of one of our fave film books, “Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You,” so he joins us to discuss the “hinge year” of 1966, which included late films from old masters (“El Dorado”), manifestos from provocateurs (“Masculine-Feminine”), and electric shocks from cinematic wild men (“Tokyo Drifter”). For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttondown at https://buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYear. https://plus.acast.com/s/a-very-good-year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to week 2 of our deep dive into Japanese New Wave cinema of the 1960's. This week we continue to explore the themes of youth and ideology, the Japanese film industry and American occupation in post war Japan. Yeah, it is a lot to cover so we went over 2 hours this week. The main film in discussion is Pigs and Battleships (1961) by director Imamura Shohei, and some supplemental discussion of Tokyo Drifter (1966). Pigs, Yakuza and QQ, Oh my! Next week we move onto the theme of identity with Woman in the Dunes (1964). Email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com

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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

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

Kon'nichiwa, minasan, Makkusu, Maiku, eiga, soshite watashitachi no sirīzu `u~ōku za dāku sutorīto' e yōkoso. Ok, that was supposed to say “Hello, folks, welcome to Max, Mike, Movies and our series, Walk the Dark Street.” However, apparently what it actually says is: “Hello, everyone. Welcome to Max, Mike, the film, and this series, Walking on … Continue reading "Episode 265 – Tokyo Drifter (1966)"

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

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

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

Brady, Josh and Alison cruise with Beach Rats - the 2017 closeted drama by Eliza Hittman starring Harris Dickinson.Plus!Extreme Prejudice, Smokey and the Bandits, Succession s04e03, Tokyo Drifter, Prince of Darkness and dreams of Sedona!Send submissions to our Child Throwing and Man on Fire lists!Leave us a voicemail! We'll play it on the show. Check out the Solid Six Store!Letterboxd: Alison, Josh, BradyEmail us - podcast@solidsix.netFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TwitterLeave a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Scream VI, The Land of Steady Habits, Swarm, Tokyo Drifter, Yes Madam, and John Wick 4

Susanne Williamson previews Tokyo Drifter, screening at the Suter Theatre on Tuesday March 28 at 6.00pm.

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

Original Air Date: Monday 20 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with a cold open wherein Dean and Phil discuss Phil's 4th wedding anniversary, 100 years of Disney, and 16 years of Chillpak, while also celebrating the life and cultural legacy of Burt Bacharach. Dean then reveals his plans to see 80 for Brady (!) before he and Phil compare notes on Pearl, the sequel to X. Phil then sings the praises of a little-known noir-ish detective story starring Lucille Ball and directed by Douglas Sirk, and the jazzy 1966 exercise in style, Tokyo Drifter. After that, it's time to open the Chillpak morgue for a handful of truly fascinating “Celebrity Deaths” as screen icon Raquel Welch, Award-winning director Hugh Hudson, former child star Austin Majors, and one of the greatest production designers of all time, Eugene Lee, get remembered.

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 

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)

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!

Nick and Dan drift into the eastern hemisphere without a prayer in the world or a gun in their suit jacket pocket. We discuss Seijun Suzuki's TOKYO DRIFTER from 1966. TIMECODES 00:00:00 / Intro (w/ clips from interviews with Seijun Suzuki) 00:02:06 / Theme Song 00:03:24 / Episode Start 00:05:25 / Film discussion: Tokyo Drifter (1966) 00:53:42 / Intermission 00:54:51 / Film discussion continues 02:11:55 / Segment: The A-List NOTES/LINKS Would you like to know more . . . about Seijun Suzuki? Click here to find Tom Vick's comprehensive & fully-illustrated book "Time & Place Are Nonsense: The Films Of Seijun Suzuki": https://www.amazon.com/Time-Place-Are-Nonsense-Occasional/dp/0934686335 Click here to read more of Howard Hampton's delirious prose on Suzuki in "Born in Flames: Termite Dreams, Dialectical Fairy Tales, & Pop Apocalypses": https://www.amazon.com/Born-Flames-Termite-Dialectical-Apocalypses/dp/067402317X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=16QIDTG28238G&keywords=termite+dreams&qid=1642645509&s=books&sprefix=termite+dreams%2Cstripbooks%2C143&sr=1-2 Click here to read Chris D's irresistible brainstorms on how Suzuki developed his style: https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Masters-Japanese-Chris-Desjardins/dp/1845110862/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1V0VPTZ7W0DRW&keywords=chris+desjardins&qid=1642645630&s=books&sprefix=chris+dejardins%2Cstripbooks%2C128&sr=1-1 Click here to experience firsthand the unbelievable comedic brilliance of Craig Ferguson on "The Late Late Show" [04/29/2010]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWQppibh-4 Here's the translation from the Japanese of Seijun Suzuki's statements that are sampled in the intro of this episode: "The question is: What do I think about my own films?             — I make movies that make no sense & make no money. So I tried a lot of different ideas & styles to accomplish that.             — I make movies that make no sense & make no money. I guess that's the strength of entertainment movies. You can do anything you want to, as long as those elements make the movie interesting. That's my theory of the grammar of cinema.             — I make movies that make no sense & make no money. I just didn't want to follow everything the company ordered me to do. That's another reason I sued." Listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, and wherever podcast feeds are pulled. Rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to it, to help us out. We appreciate your support! Follow us on Twitter (at) @projexpod and email us at projexploitation@gmail.com if you want to hit us up with your thoughts, reviews, suggestions, personal fears, social security number, or just want to talk film. We'd love to hear from you.

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Adventures Through Asian Cinema; a podcast dedicated to exploring films from different Asian countries. Join us as we tackle different country's cinematic outputs, from Hong Kong to Iran, Japan to Thailand, Egypt to Russia, we're excited to watch and talk about all sorts of world cinema. Seeing as it is currently Japanuary (a month long event dedicated to watching and discussing Japanese cinema) we're covering two incredibly important Japanese films - 'Tokyo Drifter' and 'August In The Water'. Join your hosts Ben and Jack as they journey through the exciting world of Asian cinema, two films at a time. https://twitter.com/AsianCinemaPod https://letterboxd.com/jckdvnprt https://letterboxd.com/brazybenjamin/

We are here this week to talk about the single greatest movie ever made, the real reason this podcast exists, Tokyo Drifter. Mostly we are here to make a case for watching the damn movie cuz it really speaks for itself haha. We also talk a bit about Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, The Green Knight, and very very very briefly about [checks notes] Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Q & Evangelion Shin Gekijōban:|| Next week we will be back to talk about In The Mood for Love! If folks are not familiar, Wong Kar Wai recently did some restorations of his films, which you can find by going to the Criterion channel to stream! We are kind of obtuse assholes and will be seeking out the older home video releases and watching those, but the changes are strictly visual if you're wondering. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io. You can see how we rated this stairwell and all the other stairwells by going to exportaud.io/stairwellquality You can also get listen to this podcast a week early by giving us a dollar on the patreon!!! Find out more at https://ornate-stairwells.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

This episode is a weird one. So we are back at last to talk about Akira, and we had a good time. But perhaps is the bulk of the episode is spent on something else entirely lol. Niamh and I watched the Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance and had a lot of thoughts. If you're averse to spoilers about these two movies, we start talking about them in vague details at 11 minutes, we start really getting into spoiler territory at 21 minutes, and the discussion wraps up at 1 hour and 4 minutes. Sorry to surprise you with that if you're just here to talk about Akira. To be fair, much as we both love Akira, there isn't a ton to say beyond "that's one hell of a movie" haha. Next time we will be continuing to explore the yakuza genre by watching one of the absolute classics, Tokyo Drifter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also, forewarning, there's a reasonable chance we dive into 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 there. i'm not going to make any promises because i haven't had time to watch movies this week, but it may happen. You can follow Niamh on twitter @FoxmomNia and listen to faer other podcast, Ghost Divers, by going to exportaud.io/ghostdivers You can follow Autumn on twitter by going to @Autumnal_Coffee and listen to all of their podcasts by going to exportaud.io. You can see how we rated this stairwell and all the other stairwells by going to exportaud.io/stairwellquality You can also get listen to this podcast a week early by giving us a dollar on the patreon!!! Find out more at https://ornate-stairwells.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this episode, Brandon debates the term "Latinx" and discusses the California recall. Other topics include identity and the history of Mexico. Guest(s) include Mexican American Tik Tok influencer "Tokyo Drifter" and Mestizo Coffee founder Carlos Aguilar. Become a subscriber: https://bit.ly/3BaNMesSubscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/35L5YxHSubscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nJSxEnFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonLMaxwellFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BrandonLMaxwellFollow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrandonLoranMaxwellSupport the show

Dan's brother Will phones in from Japan to discuss the outrageous B-movie Tokyo Drifter. Dan, Brian, and Will discuss the film's off-kilter storytelling and low-budget roots, breaking down both the stylistic chutzpah and thematic underbelly of the cult-hit Yakuza flick. Will revels in the film's "bombastic" visuals and dark humor, while Brian and Dan draw comparisons to some previous Goods selections. The three play a round of "Does It Make Sense?" (as a spinoff to our signature "Is It Good?"). Lastly, the group discusses the director's follow-up, Branded to Kill, and Will shares a couple of stories from life in Japan. Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A smorgasbord of content swept neatly off the floor of the cutting room and into The Dirtbag. Marvel as Brandon discusses film, Tim discusses video games, and Jaffe discusses television (The Moving Image Trinity). Can Frank hunt down the specter of a basketball legend haunting the code of a game? Tips, tricks, reviews, previews and more abound in Bonus Credit 8! A SMALL DESCRIPTION OF EPISODES PULLED FROM: (Ep. 179) Brandon, Jaffe and Special Guest Tyriq Plummer discuss anime, volleyball anime, and volleyball. Frank would love to do a clap. (Ep. 180) Tim makes a joke about normal podcasts and brings back a beloved feature of the show. (Ep. 180) Brandon uses Frank's time to pee. Frank is going to see a chiropractor for his shoulder thing he's had for like four years. Special Guest Patrick Miller and tim rogers know all about that. Jaffe makes a pretty good Batman joke. (Ep. 180) Brandon confesses he doesn't know what makes for a good episode of Insert Credit Show. Special Guest Patrick Miller has gotta get back to work, yall. tim has not watched that Tokyo Drifter recently. (Ep. 181) Brandon is having trouble getting a clean cartridge of Contra: Hard Corps. Frank explains that the CGC doesn't grade games, kind of. (Ep. 181) Frank has been living in the NBA Jam source code, Searching For The Ghost Of Michael Jordan. Ash Parrish doesn't remember Horace Grant. Jaffe gets another killer joke at the end of this one. (Ep. 181) Brandon got his Sega CD working again. (Ep. 181) Jaffe recommends Infinity Train to Brandon. (Ep. 183) Brandon watches Infinity Train and reviews most of the first season. Jaffe is not surprised. (Ep. 183) Frank does not have an answer regarding The Marios for Brandon. Jaffe does. Special guest Jim Stormdancer has a theory about further lineage. (Ep. 183) Extended outro. Brandon and Jaffe reminisce on one year since the show's return. Jaffe got Ristar for his birthday. Frank tells Jaffe not to make a loud noise because he's been clipping the whole show (we're working on figuring out Jaffe's mic situation, everybody). Special Guest Jim Stormdancer gets a little friendly griefing over the format of his podcast.

“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”

While the release date fate of #F9 remains in limbo, the Tokyo Drift lap marches on with the appropriately-named Tokyo Drifter! Before we tussle with the yakuza, we catch up on the mailbag and begin our minute-by-minute breakdown of the Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious, which yields far more detail than you may think. Then, we welcome back our new resident yakuza expert, Garrett Smith (I Like to Movie Movie, Moviejawn), to talk about all things Tokyo Drifter! We talk about the movie's beautiful visuals, semi-incomprehensible story, and how each of those serves the other. We also talk about Tokyo Drifter's influence on modern filmmakers (like Quentin Tarantino), the wonder of weird/genre films, the apparent benefits of being in the yakuza, and the dangers of blind loyalty. (Movie conversation begins around 43:00.) Email us: family@cageclub.me Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/2fast2forever.  Show your support at the 2 Fast 2 Forever shop! Extra special shout-out to Ben Milliman, Jake Freer, Alex Elonen, Nick Burris, Brian Rodriguez (High School Slumber Party), Hayley Gerbes, Christian Larson, and Justin Kleinman for joining at the “Interpol’s Most Wanted” level or above!  Intro music by Nico Vasilo. Interlude and outro music by Wes Hampton.

Happy New Year everyone! Ring it in the right way by listening to your favorite perverts Juan (they/them) and Isabelle (she/her) talk about the science fiction porno classic from 1978, recently lovingly restored by the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome (who your hosts simp for, 100%). There's ambiguously problematic sexual content, killer set design (Tokyo Drifter is invoked, natch), and a funky fresh theme song, so what could really go wrong? (Most of the things that don't involve lesbians, turns out, but that's true in the real world too.) Purchase Sex World from Vinegar Syndrome once they reopen their storefront (they are currently temporarily shut down to have time to handle Black Friday orders): https://vinegarsyndrome.com/ Links: The podcast can be followed @foragoodtimepod and you can send any questions or comments to foragoodtimepod@gmail.com. Isabelle can be found at @spacejamfan (her sfw main twitter) and @enionsgirldick (her nsfw personal twitter). Her writing can be found at dimthehouselights.com. Juan can be found at @woahitsjuanito. Information about their film series is at flamingclassics.com, and their writing can be found at dimthehouselights.com, Miami New Times, Hyperallergic, and more.

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

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Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest film critic Kambole Campbell kick off Noirvember by taking on existential undercover cop movies with a double feature of Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE (1987) and Bill Duke's DEEP COVER (1992). Next week's Noirvember episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on Seijun Suzuki's TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) and BRANDED TO KILL (1967), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast Intro // 00:00-13:23 CITY ON FIRE // 13:23-1:04:08 DEEP COVER //1:04:08-2:20:33 Outro // 2:20:33-2:23:52 Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/ Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

The Tokyo Drifter of electric skateboards Andrew - Average Eskate Reviews Podcast S2 Ep.7Follow Andrew! Instagram.com/andrew_mcguinnes

Part 1: Zach, Jessica, Cam and Michael discuss movies they saw this week, including:  Color Out of Space, Night Moves and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.Part 2 (41:25): The group continues their Young Critics Watch Old Movies series with 1966's Tokyo Drifter.See movies discussed in this episode here.Also follow us on:FacebookTwitterLetterboxdSpotifyStitcher RadioRadio Public

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing the Patreon Picks with a duo of Yakuza flicks: 1966's Tokyo Drifter (as selected by TWoRP Legionnaire Reno Dee) and 1997's Hana-Bi (as selected by me).  [00:00] INTRO  [01:47] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [02:31] RANDOM CONVERSATION [15:33] Tokyo Drifter (1966) [48:34] Hana-Bi (1997) [01:12:29] FEEDBACK [01:20:24] ENDING MUSIC: Theme from 'Tokyo Drifter' Buy Tokyo Drifter (1966) Buy Hana-Bi (1997) Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

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!!

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Despite its signature bombast, THE KILLER doesn’t actually reinvent many of the tropes of action cinema. There’s plenty of gunpowder, gore, and squibs to be found in its 110-minute runtime. What makes it different – and what keeps it feeling fresh more than 30 years later – is how it uses those tropes to service a subversive story. Pitting hitman Ah Jong against Detective Li Ying and tossing an innocent blind woman into the mix, THE KILLER builds tension not through highlighting the differences between the cop and the criminal, but by reveling in their compatibility. Once both characters realize the senselessness of their cat-and-mouse relationship (foist on them by the bureaucracies that would betray them), each finds himself in the other’s stories and motivations. If it sounds a little gay, that’s because it’s pretty gay. Recommended media: - BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) - POINT BREAK (1991) - WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967) - HANNIBAL (2013 - 2015) - TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) - YAKUZA 0 (2015) - LE SAMOURAI (1967) - LE CIRQUE ROUGE (1970) - ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX… (1995) Follow us at @trylovepodcast on Twitter and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.

This episode covers #38 and #39 in the Criterion Collection, Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter by Seijun Suzuki, featuring special guest Michael Stittle. Listen to it here: BRANDED TO KILL REVIEW TOKYO DRIFTER REVIEW

**NOTE: there might be some audio trouble in this episode, sometimes things just go a little sideways. thanks for understanding!**We take on a double feature to close out the year as we watch two of the most famous movies of Japan’s infamous B movie director Seijun Suzuki! What does it mean to earnestly make a movie, how much can you cut a budget and still make the picture work, and why don’t more people have theme songs? All this and more in this episode all about killers and the hard lives they lead.Send us any email questions and comments about the movies we cover or movies in general to podcast@abnormalmapping.com! Also, we're a patreon supported show, please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to see our many shows and support us.Next Time on Repertory Screenings:Love & Basketball

We're kicking off our series on Quentin Tarantino's favorite films with a double feature of Taxi Driver and Tokyo Drifter! Tarantino's much anticipated ninth film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits theaters this weekend.

EPISODE #219-- Today we talk about Ishiro Honda's spooky monster moive Matango (AKA "Attack of the Mushroom People"). We also rap about weird stories, horror, as well as The Long Watch, Tokyo Drifter, and a certain other big Toho star! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit or on gildedterror.blogspot.com. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag (http://www.juliustanag.com) and Sef Joosten (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Next week: Princess of the Moon (1987)! #MonsterMovie #TohoFilms #JapaneseMovies #1960sMovies #60sFilm #IslandStories #HorrorFilm

We revoke Reed's excommunicado status as he joins us to review John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and discuss Robert Pattinson as Batman plus we also talk The Wandering Earth, Urban Legend, Tokyo Drifter and The Twilight Zone. 0:00 - Intro 11:10 - Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 46:40 - Headlines: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer #2, Robert Pattinson as The Batman 1:05:50 - Other Stuff We Watched: The Wandering Earth, Urban Legend, Game of Thrones, The Twilight Zone (Spoilers from 1:39:00-1:39:40), Veep, Tokyo Drifter, Borgen 1:54:00 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray 1:55:25 - Outro 2:01:40 - Spoiler Discussion: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

We revoke Reed's excommunicado status as he joins us to review John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and discuss Robert Pattinson as Batman plus we also talk The Wandering Earth, Urban Legend, Tokyo Drifter and The Twilight Zone. 0:00 - Intro 11:10 - Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 46:40 - Headlines: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trailer #2, Robert Pattinson as The Batman 1:05:50 - Other Stuff We Watched: The Wandering Earth, Urban Legend, Game of Thrones, The Twilight Zone (Spoilers from 1:39:00-1:39:40), Veep, Tokyo Drifter, Borgen 1:54:00 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray 1:55:25 - Outro 2:01:40 - Spoiler Discussion: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Films about characters driven by the absence of agency. Tokyo Drifter returns as Jee-woon Kim’s A Bittersweet Life. A loyal enforcer who fails to do his job by doing the moral thing. Flexing on ’80s street thugs. Dudes be fighting … Continue reading →

De nuevo Victor Santos vuelve a los micrófonos de Scanners para repasar esa lista de películas que se hizo famosa en twitter durante la promoción de Polar, la película de Netflix que adapta sus cómics. El repaso comienza en los años sesenta para recordar a todos esos fríos asesinos del celuloide que tanto han influenciado en la obra de Santos: John Woo, Seijun Suzuki, Jean Pierre Melville o Walter HIll son algunos de los protagonistas de este viaje que tiene paradas por todo el mundo. Las películas comentadas son: 1. Tokyo Drifter, Seijun Suzuki (Japan, 1966) 2. Le Samurai, Jean-Pierre Melville (France, 1967) 3. Branded to kill, Seijun Suzuki (Japan, 1967)4. Get Carter, Mike Hodges (UK, 1971) 5. The Mechanic, Michael Winner (USA, 1972) 6. The Day of the Jackal, Fred Zinneman (UK-France, 1973) 7. The Driver, Walter Hill (USA, 1978) 8. The Killer, John Woo (Hong Kong, 1989) 9. León, Luc Besson (France, 1994) 10. Ghost Dog, the way of the samurai (USA,1999) 11. A bittersweet Life, Kim Ji-Woon (Korea, 2005) 12. Exiled, Johnnie To (Hong Kong, 2006) 13. Vengeance, Johnnie To (Hong Kong, 2009) 14. The man from nowhere, Lee Jeong-Beom (Korea, 2010) 15. The American, Anton Corbijn (USA, 2010)

When you try to go straight-laced, but find yourself under constant threat from your previous crime syndicate contacts, what should you do? Fight back? Become a pacifist? Or wander through a surreal Japanese landscape, get in a wild west brawl, and then take your climatic battle to the heart of your sometimes girlfriend’s club? If you chose the third option, then you’re ready for Tokyo Drifter.

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).

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Tokyo Drifter (1966) 7.11.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx

Every year, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas shows selections from Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. This year's festival looks beyond those traditional hotbeds, by including a movie from Kashmir. We preview this year's event, which also includes the repertory favorites "Tokyo Drifter and "Yi Yi."

  American Greed Factory-Episode 285: For your convenience the suicide will be televised. Going out on top, War casualties, Girl trip, Animation, Halloween reboot, Edward Norton movies, Point of impact entertainment, dialogue from the mouths of babes, Tokyo Drifter.

In this episode, Kayla and Matt talk about Tokyo Drifter (1966). They discuss movies inspired by songs, the greatest betrayal, surreal set pieces, and Kayla's intuitive film genius while drinking Block 3 Brewing Company's The Legend saison. 

      In which our intrepid trio sings each others life songs to each other as we travel the country side and discuss this 1966 Japanese film.  Yay/Nay (0:49) Santa Clarita Diet • Ben Hur • Best F(r)iends Vol 1 • In the Heat of the Night • Jacobs Ladder • Whiplash • Amores Perros • Ready Player One • Star Wars the Last Jedi •  Main Review (27:12)  Spoilers (49:25)  Email: firsttimewatchers@gmail.com Twitter: @1sttimewatchers Tumblr: firsttimewatchers.tumblr.com Back Catalogue: firsttimewatchers.podbean.com Donate: Patreon.com/firsttimewatchers Buy stuff: zazzle.com/firsttimewatchers

Warning: The profanity in this episode is the Russ Meyers of cussing while talking about Suzuki! The Finleys discuss a couple of flicks by director Seijun Suzuki: Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) and Tokyo Drifter (1966). Please consider supporting us on Patreon (link on our homepage: www.finleysonfilm.com)

1922, Tokyo Drifter and The Teacher were discussed. With Lisa Kovacevic, Cerise Howard and Emma Westwood.

It’s yakuza action, avant-garde set design, frenetic editing, and musical numbers that may or may not be breaking the 4th wall! The Toho Guys do their best to make sense of TOKYO DRIFTER! Directed by Seijun Suzuki, Starring Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara and Hideaki Nitani. The post Toho Yaro #14, “Tokyo Drifter” appeared first on Toho Yaro.

We discuss the career of director Seijun Suzuki, discuss his films TOKYO DRIFTER and BRANDED TO KILL, and run down the films we're excited to see this summer. SPOILER: Will is not excited for anything. The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. You can join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode every week! WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

In our thirty-second episode we're talking spines #38 and 39: Seijun Suzuki's BRANDED TO KILL from 1967 and TOKYO DRIFTER from 1966. First we talk about what else we've creeped on this past week, including RJ going through the Aliens Quadrilogy, he finished a Joe Hill novel, and Jarrett had a bad run of movies with the likes of Chuck Norris, Tom Hiddleston, and early 2000s Arnie movies. Introduction is 'Criterion Creeps Theme' by petite petite, and musical interludes a melody of 60s Japanese Pop. Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/criterioncreeps/ Follow us on that Twitter! twitter.com/criterioncreeps Follow us on Instagram! instagram.com/criterioncreeps You can also subscribe to us on Soundcloud, iTunes, and Stitcher!

Seijun Suzuki estaba atrapado en una fábrica de salchichas cinematográficas, llamada Nikkatsu Films, lo que no le impidió aderezar sus típicas películas de mafiosos con elementos estilísticos radicales, perversiones sexuales y un pertinaz nihilismo que culminó con Branded to Kill, filme tan extremo que le valió el despido... y el comienzo de otra etapa en su filmografía. La descendencia de estas cintas ha sido grande y valiosa, lo que también abordamos en este podcast.

Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos talk about animation, comic book heroes, Seijun Suzuki, Bugs Bunny, video games and more. Phew! It's the second part of an extended chat with the Every Frame a Painting creators. Find out the contents of Tony's filmmaker's starter kit. Before that though, Alexander and William get ready for the 35th Vancouver International Film Festival. We'll have coverage of VIFF in future episodes.Download this episode here. (62 MB) Here are the IMDb links to some of the movies and short films discussed in this episode: Ernest & Celestine, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, The Danish Poet, Madame Tutli-Putli, Tokyo Drifter and Bambi Meets Godzilla.

This week the Game Boys headed back to the PlayStation arcade to play some of the latest and greatest indie titles.  Adding another title to the list of soccer-y games, Ryan and Tim jumped on Videoball.  Then, they ventured to the deepest and darkest dungeons, actually, the dungeons are kinda neon lit in this game, and that game is Brut@l.  Finally, continuing the neon theme, the Game Boys tried Hyper Light Drifter.  What did they think?  Listen and find out!  Or simply tune in for the music!  It sounds like the Stranger Things soundtrack.  While we’re off topic, is the title to this episode a Fast & Furious reference?  It’s all on this episode of Game Boys!

Gammalt! Den här gången har vi hoppat tillbaks i tiden ganska ordentligt.The Swordswoman of Huangjiang är den äldst bevarade wuxia-filmen som finns tillgänglig idag. En stumfilm från 1930,  där Sammo Hungs farmor spelar huvudpersonen! En film man mest ser för att studera, inte att njuta av. Helt klart intressant att se.Tokyo Drifter är en hipp yakuza-film från 1966. Stilistisk som fan, men ganska ojämn. För mycket tid spenderas på trams-handling. En visuell fest får man i alla fall.  

In this episode The Criterionist talks about Seijun Suzuki's TOKYO DRIFTER. He talks about how the crazy style and intentionally confusing story makes it a great movie and a great time.

A Double Feature episode for the records. Seriously, this is one of the best episodes. Go read Reunion at the Birthday Massacre on Medium. Tokyo Drifter’s punk rock style. The shifting landscape of the asian mafia film. The day petting … Continue reading →

Seijun Suzuki's 1966 film Tokyo Drifter is more comprehensible than Branded to Kill -- it does actually have a discernible plot for most of the film --  but barely -- there's an extended fight scene that plays like a Merry Melodies short. The studio didn't like this one either. While Tokyo Drifter didn't lead directly to Suzuki's firing, it did get his color film privileges revoked, which is why the later Branded to Kill is in black and white while Tokyo Drifter has, quite honestly, a really excellent integration of color and non-color footage.

Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill (as well as next week's film, Tokyo Drifter) is a B movie Yakuza film from a guy who could make a B movie Yakuza film in his sleep who wanted to do something different. Released in 1967 Branded to Kill led directly to Suzuki being fired for turning in a completely "incomprehensible" film. Considering that Suzuki is a director who doesn't believe there's even such a thing as "film grammar", on it's surface the studio's criticism may have a point. After viewing Branded to Kill it's obvious that they do. It's also obvious why this film is cited as influential by John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, Park Jan-wook, and Jim Jarmusch. It's a mess. But it's a fun mess.

Boil some rice and kick back with our discussion of Seijun Suzuki's madcap Yakuza film, Branded to Kill. We're joined by Coffin Jon of VCinema and Bill By Force of Outside the Cinema.