Asian Cinema Film Club

Elwood and Stephen look at the wonderfully bonkers Shaw Bros. curiosity "The Battle Wizard"  featuring giant snakes, a man eating gorilla, demonic henchmen and an evil wizard on telescopic bird legs!!

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Review:00:22:15

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Elwood and Stephen look back at the month which was as they run down the last movies of this month long event to watch 30 Takashi Miike Movies in 30 Days

Making up the final picks were the following films which we discuss on the episode

* Visitor Q
* Dead Or Alive: Final
* Lesson of the Evil
* Ley Lines
* Like A Dragon
* The Great Yokai War

Elwood also reveals the hits, the misses and the first time watches which have knocked it out of the park!!

Throughtout September Elwood is attempting to watch 30 Takashi Miike movies in 30 days which considering that Miike has to date directed over 100 movies means there is plenty to choose. On this bonus episode Elwood and Stephen recap what Elwood has watched so far. 

Throughout september we are raising money for Marvels and Meltdowns Family Support Centre. If you'd like to toss a buck in the donation you can via our justgiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-smethurst2

In this special bonus episode, Stephen interviews Dr. Fraser Elliott, co-curator  of the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh 2021 

find out more at https://taiwanfilmfestival.org.uk/

Elwood and Stephen check out thier first Yasujirō Ozu movie with the critically acclaimed "Tokyo Story" in which an elderly couple visit thier grown up children in what is frequently seen as one of the best japanese movies of all time, while regularly topping critical polls for best movies....but is it actually any good?

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Elwood and Stephen check out Satoshi Kon's tribute to the careers of Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine in one of his more overlooked films which sees him take a depature from his usual themes to tell the story of actress Chiyoko Fujiwara. Living as a recluse for thirty years a pair of documentary filmmakers set out to tell her story, only to soon find themselves becoming more immersed in the story of her life and career. 

Author note: Apoligises for the ending of this episode which Elwood's audio was lost thanks to a laptop crash giving us a disjointed ending.
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Review: 00:18:02

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Elwood and Stephen correct a great oversight by finally looking at a Johnnie To movie as they check out the Traid thriller "Election" as Simon Yam and Tony Leung Ka-fai star as two gang leaders battling to become chairman of the Wo Luen Shing. 

Also on this episode Food Wars, Japanese game shows and the changing face of anime plus more!!

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What better way to mark such a milestone than checking out Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" which would not only be remade in the west as "The Magnificent Seven" but also layed the foundations for many of the action movie tropes so commonplace now.

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On this episode we check out Kim Jee-woon's revenge thriller "A Bittersweet life" as Kim Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) goes after his former boss when his refusal to do a job lands him with dire concequences. 
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Review:00:37:25

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Elwood and Stephen check out a Hong Kong cinema classic as Chow Yun Fat stars as Ko Chun the titular God of Gamblers, a high stakes gambler with a fondness for chocolate and jade pinky rings, who after being knocked unconcious suffers amnesia while being gets taken in by Andy Lau's mediocre gambler Little Knife who sees an oppotunity to exploit Ko Chun's abilities. 

We also look at the film making legacy of Wong Jing and the numerous spin offs the film inspired, attend a virtual Babymetal concert with The Vern and much more!!

Review: 00:42:23

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