This week we watch the final movie in our Japan leg of Asian movies with “Hana-bi”, written, directed, edited, and starring Japanese film and comedy legend, and actor, producer, editor, director, author, game designer, poet, painter Takeshi Kitano. Does this movie bring in the rewards with the...

For the fourth movie in our Japan leg of our tour of Asian movies, we watch a lesser known collection of three short films by famed animator and manga-ka Katsuhiro Otomo. Does this series of shorts live up to the same quality set by him earlier with Akira? Also, what does each episode bring to...

This week we dive into the absolutely messed up mind of Takeshi Miike, one of Japan’s weirdest and grossest filmmakers for a look at the movie Audition, a movie that has gained cult status for its absolutely different take on the horror genre. We don't really know what else to say with this one...