Ep.141 The Man with the Shotgun and Tokyo Drifter or I would rather be watching Miami Vice 2006 directors cut

Welcome back TWGTF faithful to our next cycle of episodes. We
have had a great little break but we are back now to entertain as
well as inform you about great cinema new and old and today we
have one that is truly special! Today Tyler has brought us two
films from the catalogue of the late great Japanese filmmaker
Seijun Suzuki! Suzuki is now regarded as one of the greats of his
time in not just Japanese but filmmaking period. However our two
films find him at what might be his most difficult period where
art was clashing quite heavily with studios and all that comes
with that. Up first is what can only be described as a Japanese
Western with his 1961 balls out take no prisoners The Man with a
Shotgun! Following that we dive into an even crazier time for the
filmmaker just before he would go into exile for nearly a decade
with one of his now most celebrated works in the incredible
looking and moving Tokyo Drifter!


Spoiler Alert: We recorded this without knowing
until after on Suzuki's actual birthday! That is some spooky
stuff!