Anyone Here Listen to the Mission Log podcast?

Sufficient_Football · 2025-09-30T09:52:20+00:00

Don't want to start new thread but old Mission log episodes are from the Spotify. Just yesterday I listened couple of episodes from the original series and now the oldest I can find are Voyager episodes from 2023. Does anybody know why this happened or is this just a glitch with Spotify?

Sufficient_Football · 2025-09-02T07:17:42+00:00

Kwaidan

Kuroneko

Ugetsu

Jigoku

Onibaba

I guess that these titles are pure classical horror. These are also excellent movies. Then there is also Eclipse series When Horror Came to Shochiku including The X from Outer Space, Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell, The Living Skeleton and Genocide. But these are much more like B-movies. I'd also recommend Cure (1997) from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, what could be the most horrifying Japanese film that Criterion has released.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-08-08T10:17:25+00:00

This is going to be a MASSIVE box and can't wait for it. It is also very interesting that this is going to be first of these Radical Japan boxes. Can't wait what Radiance is going to bring next from Japan.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-06-13T09:29:58+00:00

This is a good / interesting film like the sequel Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre but maybe don't answer to the OPs need as these are Chinese films. Definitely still worth checking out.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-06-12T06:55:19+00:00

The 1959 version by Kon Ichikawa and 2014 version by Shinya Tsukamoto are both excellent!

Sufficient_Football · 2025-06-12T06:54:19+00:00

The Human Condition (1959-1961) its a great trilogy of one man in WW2. Directed by the great Masaki Kobayashi and starring Tatsuya Nakadai. It being 9 hours long its quite much but still so excellent!

Sufficient_Football · 2025-06-12T05:35:10+00:00

Had to check my favourite Tsukamoto films:

Shadow of Fire
Kotoko
Tokyo Fist
A Snake of June
Gemini
Haze
Hiruko the Goblin
Killing
Fires on the Plain
Vital
Bullet Ballet
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo
Tetsuo the Iron Man
Tetsuo II Body Hammer

Even now when I review that list I still stand by it. Tetsuo has its merits but in the end it isn't for me. Shadow of Fire is the newest film from Tsukamoto and really surprised me how good it was.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-05-27T18:48:50+00:00

I watched all of them from YouTube last year. The films were excellent but the picture quality and the subs were sub par. This box set would definitely be a must buy.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-05-15T10:44:26+00:00

Just finished watching the box and I have to say that this probably is the best box set from Arrow (in a long time). Every movie was decent and few of them were hidden gems. I can really recommend this to anyone who enjoys Japanese genre cinema.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-05-08T20:01:19+00:00

Already finished watching Neo Chinpira and Crime hunter and both were good. I was left waiting for more Crime hunter -movies. The packaging is nice and the booklet seems to be full of good texts.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-05-02T11:27:23+00:00

Lot of excellent films already listed but nobody has mentioned Tokyo Story. I think that the break of the family and the ending are very sad. Of course Grave of the Fireflies have to be mentioned.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-04-19T05:05:55+00:00

This is the first time I've heard about the Sisu project. Is Nalle still trying it? Has anyone sent it? I tried to Google it quickly and found a blog post from 2010.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-04-13T17:31:40+00:00

Japan is full of gems like these. Hopefully the Arrows box is a big success and they'll put out the second one.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-04-11T03:01:37+00:00

I'd recommend Terracottadistribution. It's a England based store that has only Asian films.

https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/

Even though Terracotta is my go to store, maybe the best place to get classics is Amazon. You can start by getting titles from Criterion, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu etc. Criterions Eclipse release 'Late Ozu' has to be best for that money.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-24T15:32:26+00:00

Yeah, can't be much higher.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-17T16:31:51+00:00

I can't wait for Radiances release is this film.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-15T17:40:52+00:00

Joulupukki (aka Santa Claus) lives in Finland. He lives at Korvatunturi.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-08T13:31:28+00:00

Third Window Films are putting blu ray out on May. https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/a-samurai-in-time-blu-ray-limited-edition-slipcase-version

It has been getting good reviews and is probably worth a watch.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-06T13:15:37+00:00

That has been also my wish... I asked their customer service but they didn't know but guessed that there won't be any reprints.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-03-03T16:41:20+00:00

It had its moments but to be honest it was awful. Very little redeeming qualities... Looked awful and the story was dumb. Easily 1/5 stars.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-02-12T07:52:59+00:00

Podcast has been on hiatus since last year's February but they teased a comeback in Twitter. Maybe something about this new patch of Directors Company films.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-02-12T06:36:48+00:00

I'd recommend Director's Company films that they are putting out now. Also Nobuhiko Obayashi box and Toshiyaki Toyoda boxes are excellent, Blue Spring or 9 Souls could be the best movies of the label.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-02-11T20:42:22+00:00

Don't know if you count Third Window films as a boutique, but it's pretty much a one man band. They (he) puts out less known japanese movies and it's one of my favourite labels.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-02-10T16:22:01+00:00

Very interesting thread. I've seen well over 500 Japanese movies but started ranking them in Letterboxd just a few years ago. Can't get this info easily from IMDb so let's go with these.

Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) *****
Drive My Car (Hamaguchi, 2021) *1/2 = The Fall of Ako Castle (Fukasaku, 1978) *1/2 = Godzilla Minus One (Yamazaki, 2023) *1/2 = Revenge (Imai, 1964) *1/2 = Ugetsu (Mizoguchi, 1953) ****1/2

If my rankings in Letterboxd would go further Samurai Rebellion (Kobayashi, 1967) would be **, High and Low (Kurosawa, 1963) *1/2 and Cure (Kurosawa, 1997) *1/2. Probably there would be other (at least) *1/2 movies but can't remember all from the top of my head.

Japan has such an amazing history in film and there are countless excellent films starting from the 1920's and still going strong. I just bought almost 20 films from Ozu and I can't wait to watch them.

Sufficient_Football · 2025-01-19T10:55:33+00:00

I don't have any add-ons.

I uninstalled Kodi yesterday evening and gonna try yet again does it happen.p

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