Elwood and Stephen check out Tsui Hark’s  “Peking Opera Blues”an amazing piñata of a movie that combines more  genres and Hong Kong-specific themes than one could possibly imagine. A  historical and political intrigue, acrobatic action, screwball comedy,  and heroic gunplay elements are thrown together in an intoxicating mix. 

They also look at the key leading ladies of  Asian cinema, Viceland’s new Anime block and Takashi Miike’s “Dead of  Alive” trilogy plus much more!!

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Elwood and Stephen take a look at Wong Kai-War’s Chungking Express, a  film comprised of two rather untraditional love stories as Takeshi  Kaneshiro plays a cop who finds himself caught up Brigitte Lin’s  mysterious drug smuggler. At the same time Tony Leung (also playing a  cop) who in attempting to get over the loss of his girlfriend (Valerie  Chow) attracts the interest of the quirky snack bar worker Faye (Faye  Wong) who has become determined to improve his situation

They also share thier Asian cinema shames as they reveal the films  they perhaps should have seen but for whatever reason have yet to, while  also taking a look at the films of Kim Ki-duk

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 Elwood Jones and Stephen Palmer (Eastern Kicks /  Gweilo Ramblings) set out to provide an introduction to Asian cinema by  on each episode highlighting a title worth seeking out.

On this first episode we kick things off with "Ghost In The Shell" as  with the live action remake fast approaching what better time to go back  an revisit the 1995 original anime, widely considered to be one of the  best anime of all time after "Akira".

 Directed by Mamoru Oshii The film's follows the hunt by Section 9 for a  mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master. With the assistance of  her team, Cyborg team leader Motoko Kusanagi finds herself drawn into a  complex sequence of political intrigue and a cover-up as to the identity  and goals of the Puppet Master. 

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Elwood and Stephen check out Dante Lam's action thriller The Beast Stalker in which Nicholas Tse's tough Hong Kong Cop has to find the daughter of a Public Prosecutor who has been kidnapped by the henchman of the crime boss she is putting on trial. 

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Elwood and Stephen head to Mexico for this 2020 thriller set in a dystopian near future were the war between the social classes erupts in violence as a high society wedding is invaded by rioters while the military plan to regain control of both the country and government. Meanwhile Bride to be Marianne finds herself caught in the midst of the terrifying power shift as various parties attempt to exploit the situation for themselves.

Elwood and Stephen look at Ann Hui's horror comedy Visible Secret in which Peter an unemployed hair dresser, meets nurse June only for eerie events begin to begin to take place as June reveals to Peter that she is able to see ghosts.

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Elwood and Stephen look at this tale of revenge and Karaoke based on the novel by Ryu Murakami as a group of idle teens find themselves in an escalating battle of revenge against a group of middle aged women

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Elwood and Stephen look at Sex and Fury a bloody tale of revenge and gambling as pink cinema icon Reiko Ike plays Kyoko a pickpocket and gambler out for revenge against the men who killed her father only to become embroiled in an international conspiracy.

Timestamps

0:0:00 - Introductions

0:01:07 - What Have You Been Watching?

0:47:48 - Is That An Anime? - How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?

0:50:36 - Black Test Car Review

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Elwood and Stephen look at Black Test Car directed by Yasuzo Masumura who delivers another tale of waring companies as two car manufacturers race to unveiled a new sports car

Timestamps

0:0:00 - Introductions

0:01:07 - What Have You Been Watching?

0:24:52 - Is That An Anime? - Wanna Be The Strongest In The World

0:28:35 - Dragonball Chat - Dragonball Daima

0:47:40 - Goodbye Neo Magazine

0:54:51 - Black Test Car Review

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Elwood and Stephen look at Karel Zeman's "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen" a key inspiration for Monty Python's Terry Gilliam as astronaut Tommy lands on the moon only to find that Munchausen has beaten him to it and so begins a series of fantastical adventures which will take the pair into the belly of a whale aswell as the Baron taking a ride on a cannonball in this visually creative fantasy.