James and Andy are joined by Life Of Action and action co-ordinator Mike Fury to chat about Tokyo Gore Police director Yoshihiro Nishimura similarly-titled (but somewhat less gory) Tokyo Dragon Chef, as well as looking back on the career of Japan's 'Tom Savini'. We also discuss the latest from frequent Nishimura collaborator Tak Sakaguchi, Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1, aka Crazy Samurai Musashi, featuring a 77-minute one-take.
Tokyo Dragon Chef is available now on digital and DVD from Terracotta Distribution. Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1 is on Well Go USA's streaming service Hi-YAH now, with a Digital, Blu-ray and DVD from March 2.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:31 - Episode introduction 00:02:00 - Tokyo Dragon Chef review 00:17:10 - Yoshihiro Nishimura's career and previous work 00:32:22 - What happened to the Japanese 'splatterpunk' scene? 00:44:26 - What are the chances of online or Blu-ray releases? 00:53:44 - Crazy Samurai: 400 x 1 review 01:11:13 - Outro