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Podcaster Mike Lund visits the show to discuss Kwaidan, an adaptation of four of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japanese ghost stories. We discuss our favorite stories from this anthology, some of the impr…
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The Ghost of the Hunchback (怪談せむし男, Hajime Sato, 1965)
Morally compromised citizens of post-war Japan find themselves trapped in the purgatorial hell of a creepy old mansion in Hajime Sato’s gothic romp
The Passionate Spinster (結婚相談, Ko Nakahira, 1965)
A woman still unmarried at the comparatively late age of 30 begins to go out of her mind while on a hellish descent into vice and crime in…
Snake Woman’s Curse (怪談蛇女, Nobuo Nakagawa, 1968)
A venal landlord is haunted by the legacy of feudal injustice in Nakagawa’s eerie Meiji-era ghost story
Curse of the Blood (怪談残酷物語, Kazuo Hase, 1968)
Vengeful ghosts in Japanese cinema usually originate from some kind of injustice. Generally, they’ve met a bad end through no real fault of their own while the person…
The Pit of Death (怪談おとし穴, Koji Shima, 1968)
An ambitious salaryman murders his lover to marry the boss’ daughter only to find himself haunted by his transgression in Koji Shima’s eerie horror noir.
The Ghosts of Kagami Pond (怪談鏡ケ淵, Masaki Mori, 1959)
The ambitious manager of a kimono store gets a gets a ghostly comeuppance in Masaki Mori’s B-movie kaidan
YOTSUYA KAIDAN 四谷怪談 (1949) + NIJI OTOKO (THE RAINBOW MAN) 虹男 (1949)
YOTSUYA KAIDAN This is one of several film versions of Tsuruya Nanboku IV’s story, Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan. Nanboku wrote this tale...
Crest of Betrayal (忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談, Kinji Fukasaku, 1994)
An ambitious samurai finds himself corrupted by the times in which he lives in Fukasaku’s etherial fusion of Yotsuya Kaidan and the Chushingura
Episode 79 - Chihayafuru
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The Pit of Death / 怪談おとし穴 / Kaidan otoshiana (aka ‘The Ghostly Trap’, 1968)
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The Living Koheiji (怪異談 生きてゐる小平次, Nobuo Nakagawa, 1982)
An irresolvable love triangle between childhood friends seems set to echo through eternity in Nobuo Nakagawa’s haunting final feature.
Episode 79, "Deep Thoughts"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we return with interesting looks into Eichiiro Oda’s mind with the return of the Greg no Gougai segment. We also…
Episode 79, "Deep Thoughts"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we return with interesting looks into Eichiiro Oda’s mind with the return of the Greg no Gougai segment. We also…
Episode 79 - The Whistleblower
We are back from Canada and we got a lot to talk about. Mainly, what we ate while we were there. Sorry. We do, however, talk about our…
Episode 79 – What Now?
We are finally back for the new year! So, what did we miss? We saw that chapters 524-526 have been out for a bit so we got a…
TangleCast 79: The Throwback Episode
We have a treat for you on today’s TangleCast episode! As part of yearlong celebration of Beneath the Tangles’ tenth year, we brought back some of the original…
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Episode #98 (S12E08) – Monster [怪物] (2023)
It’s another film by Hirokazu Kore-eda! This time, Perry is joined by podcaster Sam Stokes to discuss the director’s latest film, Monster. With different perspectives, it’s an enl…
Abashiri Prison (1965) review
Teruo Ishii delivers an interesting exploration of the frailty of the social bond between criminals as well as the trauma that, in some cases, animates the criminal reflex.
Furin / 不倫 (1965)
Obscure Japanese Film #126 Ayako Wakao Saburi (Keizo Kawasaki) is a writer who has just won the Newcomer of the Year Award for…
Episode 79: 01: Piloting Spaghetti Monsters
In this episode of Boku No Stop! we discuss episodes 1-2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Content Warnings: all-around violence, suicide, racism, ethnic cleansing (those last two…
Episode 79 - Dr. Steven Ericson (Dartmouth)
In this episode, Dr. Ericson rethinks several common understandings of Meiji industrialization and economic modernization, reassessing ideas of fiscal retrenchment during the Matsukata Deflation, challenging assumptions of Tokugawa…
Another Abashiri Prison Story (1965)
An enjoyable thriller – a straight-forward yakuza flick with many pleasant moments, but not the sequel the first narrative deserved.
Tokyo Olympiad (1965) [Documentary Review]
Tokyo Olympiad or, Faster, Higher, Stronger The Olympics are a symbol of human aspiration When it comes to sports-oriented movies, ther...
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Episode #78 (S10E7) – Red Beard [赤ひげ] (1965)
In this episode, Ian Buckley joins the show to discuss Red Beard, one of Kurosawa’s most renowned films. With a lot of similar themes to Kurosawa’s earlier film,…
Case 79 – …I Guess
We have finally arrived to the Desperate Revival arc of the Detective Conan manga. We joined by artist and host of Comics On The Spot, Darren, to finish…
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Anibros Podcast Episode 79 – This Dumbwaiter is Meaningless
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Episode 79: Cardcaptor Sakura Anime ep. 33-46
Lucy and Robin discuss episodes 33-46 of the Cardcaptor Sakura anime.
Monster (怪物, Hirokazu Koreeda, 2023)
Gossip and petty prejudice give rise to a series of “misunderstandings” in Koreeda’s probing drama.
Mononoke / モノノ怪 by Ninagawa Yaeko
Once again, I am shamefully coming to you with a manga recommendation based on an anime. I had originally intended this blog… well, to be a podcast, but…
MHAP86 - Anime 79 & Chap 259
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79: The Sickos Work Retail
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Exploring the new kegøn album, MAX's breakthrough single, and the songs of the 2010 film Solanin
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Review Index: 70-79/100
Heres the index for all reviews rated 70-79 out of 100. Arte - 79/100 Ascendance of a Bookworm - 79/100 Astra: Lost In Space - 79/100 The Case…
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Sword Devil (剣鬼, Kenji Misumi, 1965)
A gentle samurai who just wants to grow flowers finds himself consumed by courtly intrigue and a cruel destiny in a visual tour de force from Kenji Misumi
A Story Written With Water (1965) review
An exquisitely layered psychological drama that unveils how a subject’s fixation on a phantasmatic image disrupts his ability to commit himself romantically to the female other
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Episode #82 (S11E2) – Dogora [宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ] (1964)
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#79 Sailor Jupiter Comes Thundering In
A fun Sailor Jupiter comic strip about her attack "Supreme Thunder!" and Sailor Moon's response during battle! A 4-frame comic by MoonSticks.
#79 Sailor Jupiter Comes Thundering In
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PODCAST: Ep. 79: Kowloon Generic Romance
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EP 79: Anime Frontier 2022 Aftermath
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Daughter-in-Law (민며느리, Choi Eun-hee, 1965)
A sense of female solidarity eventually develops between a dutiful young woman and her tyrannical mother-in-law in Choi Eun-hee’s lighthearted directorial debut