Theatre Scorpio

In this episode we cover Koji Shima’s Warning From Space (1956), the first Japanese Sci Fi film in color, and one…

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) is the first samurai film that we’ve covered, and is also the first we’ve covered of…

We’re back after a little break!  We discussed Tokyo Drifter (1966) as a somewhat-delayed tribute to the recently departed star…

In this episode we cover the heartwarming, strange and hilarious Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami and it’s absolutely essential viewing. …

We’ve decided to do back-to-back episodes on the same director for the first time, and with that in mind, in this…

We have finally covered a Shinya Tsukamoto film. Tokyo Fist (1995) is an important part of Tsukamoto’s filmography, as it…

Episode 12 brings us to the very strange, very unique, very confounding film Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) directed…

This film is a humdinger.  The one-and-only Takashi Miike decided to make a musical in a way that only he…

Cited as an influence by both Michael Moore and Errol Morris, Kazuo Hara’s documentary, released in 1987, is at times…

This is the first of what we can only assume will be many of Nagisa Oshima’s films the podcast will…