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Eiga Night
by Chris & Aruba
We are a podcast dedicated to exploring the unbridled aesthetic wonders and cultural idiosyncrasies of Japan’s national cinema. Our aim is to cover everything from the lauded classics like Ozu and Mizoguchi, to the cult favourites such as Tsukamoto and Suzuki, all the way up to the contemporary gems like Sono and Miike. Join us as we deconstruct what make Japan’s cinema unlike any other, one film at a time.
Episodes
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Ep. 15: Ringu
Happy Halloween! Reflecting this spooky day, Aruba and Chris tackle the most famous examples of J-Horror to ever grace the cinema, Nakata Hideo's Ringu (1998). We chat about the film's legacy, its theme of technophobia, the questionable gender politics, its updating of Japanese folk tradition…
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Ep. 14: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
It's classic week, and Aruba and Chris take on the Master Ozu Yasujiro with one of his less exalted features, Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941). We discuss its reputation as a National Policy film, its strange place in Ozu's filmography, how it attributed to the development of his...
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Bonus Ep: TIFF Coverage - True Mothers/Under the Open Sky
The Toronto International Film Festival had its first ever online festival, and Aruba and Chris checked out what contemporary Japanese cinema was being offered this year. We took a look at the latest offerings from Kawase Naomi with True Mothers, and Miwa Nishikawa with Under the Open Sky (kind...
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Solo on Sono Ep. 3: Hazard
Venturing back into Sono's films after a tiny hiatus, Chris rambles about the eclectic director's New York based crime drama, Hazard. If you like the episode, make sure to rate it wherever you get your podcasts and share it around to help us grow. Also, make sure follow the Sono themed twitter...
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Bonus Ep: JAPAN CUTS - Interview with Kazu Watanabe
JAPAN CUTS is a New York based film festival hosted by the Japan Society dedicated to celebrating new Japanese film. Their 14th edition is currently streaming online from July 17 -30th. Deputy director of film for the Japan Society and programmer/organizer for JAPAN CUTS Kazu Watanabe sat down…
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Solo on Sono Ep. 2: The Virgin Psychics
For the second installment of the series dedicated to exploring Sono Sion's eclectic filmography, Chris rambles a bit about the raunchy fun of The Virgin Psychics (映画 みんな!エスパーだよ!, 2015). If you like the episode, make sure to rate it wherever you get your podcasts and share it around to help us grow.
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Solo on Sono Ep. 1: Balloon Club, Afterwards
From the utterly mind numbing existence of quarantine comes a new Eiga Night side series! A personal exploration of one of Japan's most audacious filmmakers work, Solo on Sono is Chris exploring the films of maverick iconoclast (and his personal favourite director) Sono Sion. For the inaugural...
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Ep. 13: Sukiyaki Western Django
Alright varmints, from our self-imposed quarantines Aruba and Chris breakthrough the monotony to say "Howdy" and "wtf" to this weeks episode, Miike Takashi's Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). We talk the film's legacy in a long continuation of cross-cultural exchange of the Western film between...
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Ep. 12: Branded to Kill
Checking in from our quarantines, Aruba and Chris correct the mistake made by the Academy when they snubbed the legendary Joe Shishido (1933 - 2020) from their In Memoriam montage with a lively discussion of his best work as an actor, Suzuki Seijun's Branded to Kill (1967). We discuss his intense...
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Ep. 11: 100 Yen Love
On this week's episode, we lace up our gloves and punch our lives back into shape with Take Masaharu's 100 Yen Love. We talk the inimitable acting talent of Ando Sakura, the depressing nature of Japan's convenience store culture, the difficulty in "uglying" up your main actress, and the strange...
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Ep. 10: Carmen Comes Home
This week for our classics episode, Chris and Aruba watch tradition clash with modern times in Kinoshita Keisuke's Carmen Comes Home (1951). We talk this film's legacy as the first post-war colour film ever produced, the tonal clash of its musical numbers, the complex, nuanced portrayal of…
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Ep. 9: Akira
In our latest episode, Chris and the returning Aruba ramble on about one of the most important and influential anime films of all time, Otomo Katsuhiro's Akira (1988). While trying to sort through the visceral affect of watching this film, they briefly touch on the films legacy, its historical...
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Ep. 8: Ikiru
We return to our exploration of the absolute classics with one of the most crushingly human stories of mortality and seizing life in the face of untimely death, Kurosawa Akira's Ikiru (1952). Joined this time by special guest Anthony Moss, we get into Kurosawa's masterpiece and its philosophy of...
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Ep. 6: Shoplifters
For our triumphant return from our LONG unplanned break, Aruba and Chris question what it means to be a family with Koreeda Hirokazu's Palme D'or winning masterpiece Shoplifters (2018). We chat about Koreeda's career as the critical darling of the contemporary period, analyze the complex, nuanced...
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Episode 5: A J-Horror Primer
In honor of the Halloween season, we are breaking down the jhorror phenomenon in an extensive history lesson. From the beginnings of horror in Japan in the form of folklore and mythology, to the postwar boom of ghost story cinema, all the way up to the global saturation in the 90s and 2000s, we...
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Bonus Episode: Trends in Recent Live Action Anime Adaptations
Chris flies solo once more! In lieu of the much awaited new episode, Chris has thrown together a quickie episode of live action anime reviews to tide you over till our hosts can get back together in studio. He mumbles reviews of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Part 1, Fullmetal...
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Ep. 4: Sisters of the Gion
On this weeks episode, Aruba and Chris venture into the sleazy Gion district to talk Kenji Mizoguchi's early masterpiece and seminal contribution to the industry, Sisters of the Gion (1936). We get into Mizoguchi as one of the "Masters of Japanese Cinema," the progressive politics on display at…
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Ep. 3: Paradise Kiss
In the latest episode of Eiga Night, Chris and Aruba walk the catwalk against their wills and probe the prominent fashion culture of Japan with the manga adaptation Paradise Kiss. We discuss the work of Ai Yazawa and the intersection between Josei manga and fashion, why George Koizumi sucks so...
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Ep. 2: Woman in the Dunes
In this week’s episode, Chris and the returning Aruba wander the arid deserts of entrapment and identity with Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Woman in the Dunes (1964). They talk about the influential Japanese New Wave and Teshigahara’s place in it, the themes of identity and obligation within an uncaring...
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BONUS EPISODE 2018 NYAFF and JAPANCUTS Coverage
Due to a scheduling conflict between our intrepid hosts, Chris is flying solo this week with a mini bonus episode about all the Japanese films he covered at the New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts. This coverage was done for Film Pulse (https://filmpulse.net/) and you can check out all…
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Ep. 1: Battle Royale
The debut episode of Eiga Night is here! On this episode Chris and Aruba are pitted against their classmates and friends in a desperate struggle to survive. It is Kinji Fukusaku's Battle Royale. We talk the controversy, the director's style, and wonder what would happen if we were put in the same...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are a podcast dedicated to exploring the unbridled aesthetic wonders and cultural idiosyncrasies of Japan’s national cinema. Our aim is to cover everything from the lauded classics like Ozu and Mizoguchi, to the cult favourites such as Tsukamoto and Suzuki, all the way up to the contemporary gems like Sono and Miike. Join us as we deconstruct what make Japan’s cinema unlike any other, one film at a time.
HOSTED BY
Chris & Aruba
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We are a podcast dedicated to exploring the unbridled aesthetic wonders and cultural idiosyncrasies of Japan’s national cinema. Our aim is to cover everything from the lauded classics like Ozu and Mizoguchi, to the cult favourites such as Tsukamoto and Suzuki, all the way up to the contemporary...
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