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With special guest Blake Hester!
When a secretive businessman passes away before he can be crowned chairman of a local yakuza family, his daughter — a precocious, disaffected schoolgirl — is suddenly thrust into the role. Surprised by her coronation but determined to restore the group’s good name, Izumi (Hiroko Yakushimaru) reluctantly assumes control of the once-great Medaka Family to close the power vacuum and fend off power plays from other local gangs with one thing in their sights: A missing bindle of heroin worth millions last held by Izumi’s father.
At first blush, Shinji Sōmai’s debut feature has all the makings of a fun, charismatic, compelling spin on yakuza stories. So why did it leave us wanting? It has a lot to do with the movie’s marketing, sure, but something tells us that our expectations weren’t the worst of its issues.
Find Blake…
References:
Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃)" performed by Hiroko Yakushimaru from the SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN soundtrack.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 291: SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN (1981) with Blake Hester
6:16 - The episode actually starts
7:52 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
9:29 - Whatever you’re expecting this movie to be, it’s not quite
22:31 - vs. pinku and other, more successful forms of Japanese exploitation cinema
26:53 - Hiroko Yakushimaru as Izumi
30:49 - The disconnect at the heart of this movie, focusing on futile masculinity, etc.
37:17 - The final act and where the movie really baffles
39:28 - What a “more successful” version of this movie might look like
52:09 - Why does this movie have such a cult following?
58:53 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1981
1:01:29 - The Junk Drawer
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With special guest Blake Hester!
When a secretive businessman passes away before he can be crowned chairman of a local yakuza family, his daughter — a precocious, disaffected schoolgirl — is suddenly thrust into the role. Surprised by her coronation but determined to restore the group’s good name, Izumi (Hiroko Yakushimaru) reluctantly assumes control of the once-great Medaka Family to close the power vacuum and fend off power plays from other local gangs with one thing in their sights: A missing bindle of heroin worth millions last held by Izumi’s father.
At first blush, Shinji Sōmai’s debut feature has all the makings of a fun, charismatic, compelling spin on yakuza stories. So why did it leave us wanting? It has a lot to do with the movie’s marketing, sure, but something tells us that our expectations weren’t the worst of its issues.
Find Blake…
References:
Follow us on Twitter at @trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃)" performed by Hiroko Yakushimaru from the SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN soundtrack.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 291: SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN (1981) with Blake Hester
6:16 - The episode actually starts
7:52 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
9:29 - Whatever you’re expecting this movie to be, it’s not quite
22:31 - vs. pinku and other, more successful forms of Japanese exploitation cinema
26:53 - Hiroko Yakushimaru as Izumi
30:49 - The disconnect at the heart of this movie, focusing on futile masculinity, etc.
37:17 - The final act and where the movie really baffles
39:28 - What a “more successful” version of this movie might look like
52:09 - Why does this movie have such a cult following?
58:53 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1981
1:01:29 - The Junk Drawer
321集单集
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