Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #55: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #55: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt goes nuts and names the top five Japanese movies that blew his mind and opened his cinematic horizons beyond the realms of anime and giant monster movies! Listen below!
And as a bonus, here’s a poster gallery of Matt’s picks for the Japanese Movies That Made Him!
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
Ring (Hideo Nakata, 1998)
Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (Hasegawa Kazuhiko, 1979)
Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for about a year now. I still can’t believe we’ve made it all the way to episode 53.
Our show is a mix of Japanese pop culture news and features and some of our best episodes to date have been:
PURE TOKYOSCOPE usually comes out every week on Wednesdays (US time), but we’re experimenting with early launches of the latest episode a few days early right here via this newsletter on Substack.
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