Due to a scheduling conflict between our intrepid hosts, Chris is flying solo this week with a mini bonus episode about all the Japanese films he covered at the New York Asian Film Festival and Japan Cuts. This coverage was done for Film Pulse (https://filmpulse.net/) and you can check out all his reviews there.

We will resume the regular episode format next week with an all new Japanese film to cover.

The debut episode of Eiga Night is here! On this episode Chris and Aruba are pitted against their classmates and friends in a desperate struggle to survive. It is Kinji Fukusaku's Battle Royale. We talk the controversy, the director's style, and wonder what would happen if we were put in the same position.

Technical Issue: Chris' microphone is constantly blowing out through this conversation. We are sorry about that but we could not fix the problem in post, so do not listen on full volume. It's not like that for the entire episode, but it's most noticeable in the first five minutes so please bare with us. We are new to this and sorry