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Sharp and Sumner: 6 Japanese movies

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Jasper Sharp is probably the UK's leading expert on Japanese film and he joined me on the show today with Scott Sumner. Scott has a famous economics blog that has a side line in movie reviews. The pair of them were on really good form discussing a list of six movies that Jasper came up with. I think that even people unfamiliar with Japanese film should have fun! The films we discussed were: Equinox Flower The Ballad of Narayama Hanagatami Branded to Kill Ghost in the Shell 2 Giants and Toys

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