Heroes Three Podcast

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Joey Weiser to discuss the heartful samurai film Tasogare Seibei from 2002 starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa, directed by Yoji Yamada!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:46) Why The Twilight Samurai

(1:45) Carlos and Joey chance encounter

(6:30) Unknown appreciation

(9:04) Twilight Samurai background

(18:37) Talkin' Tora-san

(28:55) Back of the DVD

(29:28) Short recap

(31:36) Movie talk

(1:24:22) The Trilogy

(1:29:20) Joey plugs

(1:30:22) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Leon and Shaz from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss Sammo Hung's loving send up of Bruceploitation, Enter the Fat Dragon from 1978!

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 Find Leon and Shaz at Hong Kong and Beyond on YouTube!

Join the Asian Cinema Circle

Check out our panel from VGM Con! Composer Crossover! Asian Cinema in Video Game Music!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(1:27) Why this movie

(11:21) Enter or Way of the Dragon?

(14:17) A bit on the physical release

(20:18) Back of the VHS

(20:46) Movie recap

(1:19:32) Final Thoughts

(1:25:51) Plugs and Training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the 2024 supernatural action film Ghost Killer, directed by Kensuke Sonomura and starring Akari Takaishi and Masanori Mimoto!

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 Eric Jacobus interviews Kensuke Sonomura!

Fanatical Dragon interviews Kenji Tanigaki!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:56) Background

(17:59) Back of the Blu Ray

(18:34) Movie Talk

(47:46) A diversion on choreo and inspirations

(52:20) Fight "accents" and Eric Jacobus

(58:24) Back to the movie

(1:26:51) Carlos went to Beyond Fest Chicago

(1:33:43) Johnny Plugs

(1:37:50) VGMCon 2026 Panel!

(1:38:23) Outro and training for next week

Welcome back to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're returning to regular episodes with our selection of animated shorts! This episode we're join by Josh McKenzie to discuss 4 animated short features from around the world!

Schirkoa by Isan Shukla

Nobody by Yu Shui

Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek by Shuhei Morita

In the Shadow of Cypress by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani

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Listen to SWIMFANS

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Click below to watch the shorts on youtube:

Schirkoa

Nobody

Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

Trailer for In the Shadow of the Cypress

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:43) Schrikoa

(16:51) Nobody

(27:34) Kakurenbo

(40:19) In the Shadow of the Cypress

(49:03) Engage with other cultures! It's amazing!

(54:48) Listen to Swimfans

(56:05) Plugs and Training for next week

Thing are weird in Heroes Three HQ, so welcome back to another Heroes Three Gaiden: Three is (Not) the End. This week, Matthew is joined by Jennifer and Joey to discuss pink film, nuns, and lack of subtley with School of the Holy Beast (1974), directed by Norifumi Suzuki. AKA The Transgressor

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Follow Joey on Bluesky and Pachinko Pop on Letterboxd

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(02:00) Movie Background

(05:27) Quick Recap

(07:40) Our Leading Lady, Yumi Takigawa

(10:34) Highlights

(33:29) Home releases for Suzuki's movies

(36:10) Final Thoughts

(38:51) Plugs and the end

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're finishing up the year with Matthew's pick, the legendary Akira Kurosawa film The Hidden Fortress!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:31) The George Lucas Elephant in the room

(1:16) Our history with the movie

(6:11) West influences east influences west

(10:23) Clarity and simplicity

(20:18) Plot recap

(25:44) Movie discussion

(36:00) An aside on Star Wars

(42:16) Copying and creativity

(50:08) Back to The Hidden Fortress

(1:05:40) 2008 Remake

(1:07:07) Plugs and outro

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This episode it's Marty's pick and we are discussing Shin'ichiro Ueda's One Cut of the Dead!

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Making of One Cut of the Dead documentary!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:29) Spoiler Free thoughts

(3:40) Start Spoilers

(1:07:51) Plugs and Training for Next Week

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! We're beginning our annual host picks to close out the year with Frankie Chan's Outlaw Brothers from 1990 starring Frankie, Yukari Oshima, and Max Mok!

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Full blog post with gifs here!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Why The Outlaw Brothers

(03:20) Marty Thoughts

(06:45) Cars!

(08:32) The H3 Checklist, Music, and outfits

(11:27) BotVHS

(11:53) Movie Recap

(18:28) Music clip Genius of Love

(04:53) Final Thoughts

(05:23) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're keeping the Halloween decorations up as we discuss Tsui Hark's We're Going to Eat You starring Norman Chui and Eddy Ko!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:16) Why this movie

(3:26) Carlos and Marty initial thoughts

(6:19) Tsui Hark style and influences

(10:36) Hong Kong character actors!

(16:06) The music

(17:28) Horror and Action

(19:33) Back of the VHS

(20:09) Movie Recap

(53:32) Final thoughts

(1:01:56) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by SWIMFANS co-host Jennifer Hocking to close out our summer arc with 2002's critically acclaimed crime drama, Infernal Affairs!

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Full cast and credits - HKMDB

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⁠Listen to SWIMFANS!⁠

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:09) Jennifer Hocking

(2:00) The Departed

(7:51) Andrew Lau and behind the scenes stuff

(13:14) Back of the VHS

(13:58) Movie Recap

(1:20:53) Final thoughts

(1:29:40) Listen to Swimfans!

(1:33:25) The End??