Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #56: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Patrick Macias Edition!
Matt Alt and Patrick Macias bring you pop culture news from Japan!
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author and editor Patrick Macias 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 Patrick’s picks for the Japanese Movies That Made Him!
Shogun Assassin (Kenji Misumi / Robert Houston, 1980)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
Street Mobster (Kinji Fukasaku, 1972)
Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike, 1999)
Utamaro's World (Akio Jissoji, 1977)
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I liked that Utamaro’s World music. Hard to believe it isn’t even on YouTube! Nice find!
Going to listen today.
If I had to pick the Japanese movies that opened up a world beyond anime and Godzilla, #1 would definitely be Late Spring.
Then probably Kwaidan, Ran, Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, The Island (The Naked Island), Tampopo.