On today's MAS, I talk with director Kurando Mitsutake about his film Maniac Driver. We get into how he ended up making his first Pink Eiga film as a way to make a "Japanese Giallo" film. We also talk about growing up in Tokyo, moving to America, Japan's samurai identity, intimacy coordinators, making a film in 4 days, manga, otakus, Takashi Ishii, Kihachi Okamoto, AI art, breaking the 4th wall, Shinzo Abe's assassination, the Tokyo subway gas attack, art influencing violence with art, and his next film Lion-Girl. I had a great time talking with Mitsutake san and think this is the best episode to date of the podcast.