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Happy to report that Radiance Films is releasing the Bluray of 明治侠客伝 三代目襲名 [Blood of Revenge] (Tai Kato 1965). My thanks to Tom Mes for commisioning my essay, "Passion Plays in a Brave New World."

i have never made it through the act of seeing either.

And an older woman in the seminar said, "I'm never having children, after seeing that," to which I replied, "But you have two children." "Yes but I didn't know it looked like THAT!"

When I was at Korea University in a grad seminar I miscalculated the DVD and instead of playing the Brakhage film I intended I played Window Water Baby Moving. One student, a 24 year old man, fainted.

Arrived yesterday. I would like to thank all our dazzling contributors, everyone at Edinburgh University Press who saw us through the stages, Aaron Gerow for his generous endorsement, and most of all, David Desser for his guidance, generosity and commitment.

Glad to see Pazuzu is keeping up with times - this is a terrific adaptation of product placement. Literally placing yourself in the product.

Bringing Kinoshita Keisuke to Light The omission of Keisuke distorts the international picture of Japanese film history and impoverishes the options for a fuller appreciation its legacy.

EUP gave me a guest blog spot for our book The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow. euppublishingblog.com/2025/08/14/b...

Tokyo, Berlin, Kolkata,Krakow,Saigon

PS. It's interesting it's changed to a Tamil language film instead of Hindi - perhaps to avoid the anti-Muslim fervor Hindu nationalists of the north.

That is horrorific. In the 18th-Century in France they sometimes stages Shakespeare's tragedies with a rewritten last act where Romeo & Juliet live, Lear gets rescued, etc. Not a model to emulate of course.

OMG that is horrible! Are the alternatives handy?

Apologies for the double posting. EUP just sent me this banner for the 30percent discount, with the very generous words of Professor Aaron Gerow, for which David and I are deeply grateful

The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, coedited by David Desser and myself. 30% off with NEW30 code. Link to the order page below. Please ask your libraries to consider ordering, the first book in English on this major director.
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we have that in Taipei. the Eslite bookstore in the Dunhua neighborhood. It's terrific. Great chairs and couches too

Yusaku Matsuda: The Man Who Came Too Late, Part One Part 1 of the Yusaku Matsuda Tribute Yusaku Matsuda: The Man Who Came Too Late, Part One

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Proof of the Man Limited Edition Blu-ray Buy Proof of the Man Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Video.

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Very happy to see Arrow's September release, Proof of the Man (Sato Jun'ya 1977) that includes my video introduction to the film (Thank you to Jasper Sharp and Sarah Appleton for filming and editing it). The film stars Matsuda Yusaku and Okada Mariko. It is a rare look at issues of race in Japanese films of this time. Both in terms of people of color in Japan and US attitudes to the Japanese. I point out that this film about racial secrets had its own secret - Matsuda's Korean heritage. I discuss that in my Asian Movie Pulse essay on Matsuda. Sato is one of the most important Yakuza directors at Toei and is responsible for one of the best Jitsuroku films ever, 実録 私設銀座警察 [Private Ginza Police]. In the comments I provide a link to the Arrow official full description of the bluray and a link to my Matsuda Yusaku essay. A big thank you to Jasper Sharp for giving me this opportunity.

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Kurahara Koreyoshi's younger brother Kurahara Koretsugu was a pioneer in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno form. Jasper Sharp and I did a joint commentary on one of his early works, Sex Rider Wet Highway, for 88 Films, to be released in July. Link to full details in comments.

Also in the case of streaming, no physical object has crossed a border.

i wonder how this can be enforced?

that would be wonderful!

I'm not a Murakami fan at all, but I have always admired Underground and taught it the year it came out in English. That really important writing. I'm glad it's getting attention again.

Sounding smarter in Vietnamese

A consummate artist. Her contribution to Japanese cinema is immense.

Watching any British spy drama shows the CIA as an unwelcome guest at best and another threat at worst. At worst is more frequent too.

she was such a wonderful powerhouse and so accomplished, I will forgive her for Ishihara Yujiro. ;-)

Great artwork! I agree - Jasper has a gift for working well with the contributors and that pays off in the quality of the finished packages.

There have been 5 film versions of Gate of Flesh, the most famous now being Suzuki Seijun's 1964 version, which is a classic. But Gosha's version has its own terrible brilliance - the set design, the acting are searing in their hypnotic intricate horror and the sense of an apocalypse is palpable. Gosha's addition of an unexploded bomb embedded in the women's headquarters makes it especially catastrophic. Nattori Yuko is glorious in this film and Watase Tsunehiko is incandescent. I am so grateful to be part of Jasper Sharp's mission to get this fantastic and important film into the market and canon beyond Japan.

88 Films is releasing Gate of Flesh (Gosha Hideo 1988) in June. I filmed a video introduction to the film while I was in London. My thanks to Jasper Sharp, producer, Sarah Appleton, cinematography, and Hugo Wu for styling.