Toho Yaro: a Japanese Film Club Podcast

Toho Yaro: a Japanese Film Club Podcast

A Japanese Film Club Podcast brought to you by Maji Media

Episodes

August 10, 2016 22 mins
The world of Japanese cinema is at their disposal! Three rascals decide to meet and give some backstory regarding their history, and detail their plans for the future. Please enjoy Episode 0 of Toho Yaro!   The post Toho Yaro #0, “Pilot” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Toho Guys start off with a roar, talking 1954’s GODZILLA! Directed by Ishiro Honda, Starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura. The post Toho Yaro #1, “Godzilla (1954) appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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August 10, 2016 56 mins
The Toho Guys pack their tropical shirts, frisbees, and revolvers to talk about SONATINE! Directed and starring “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. Also starring Susumu Terajima, Ren Ōsugi, Masanobu Katsumura, Ken’ichi Yajima, and Aya Kokumai. The post Toho Yaro #2, “Sonatine” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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August 10, 2016 54 mins
The Toho Guys decide to join a dance class because they hear it’s good for their health. They also chat about 1996’s SHALL WE DANCE? Directed by Masayuki Suo, Starring Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, and Naoto Takenaka. The post Toho Yaro #3, “Shall We Dance?” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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September 2, 2016 58 mins
The Toho Guys witness the humble beginnings of a legendary swordsman in SAMURAI I: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO! Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, Starring Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, and Kaoru Yachigusa. The post Toho Yaro #4, “Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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October 3, 2016 74 mins
Follow the Toho Guys into a haunted home, filled with hungry pianos, blood-spewing portraits, and dubious watermelons in 1977’s psychedelic horror classic, HOUSE! Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, Starring Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Oba, and Yoko Minamida. The post Toho Yaro #5, “House” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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November 10, 2016 82 mins
Sift through bureaucracy and heartbreak with the Toho Guys as they reflect on what it means “to live” in IKIRU! Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Starring Takashi Shimura and Miki Odagiri.   The post Toho Yaro #6, “Ikiru” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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December 8, 2016 86 mins
Dig in to our new episode, where the Toho Guys really sink their teeth into the food comedy TAMPOPO! Serving up ramen, dining etiquette, and beyond! Directed by Juzo Itami, Starring Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe, and Kōji Yakusho. The post Toho Yaro #7, “Tampopo” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Toho Guys have come to your town, opened up their suitcase, and are ready to tell you all about the bittersweet romance of TORA-SAN, OUR LOVABLE TRAMP! Directed by Yoji Yamada, Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chishu Ryu, and Takashi Shimura. The post Toho Yaro #8, “Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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February 9, 2017 92 mins
It’s carnage and tap dancing in Beat Takeshi’s unique take on the blind swordsman in his 2003 film ZATOICHI! Directed and Starring “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. Also starring Tadanobu Asano, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuuko Daike, Akira Emoto, and Guadalcanal Taka. The post Toho Yaro #9, “Zatoichi (2003)” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 16, 2017 67 mins
A struggling punk band in 1975. A collection of “haunted” cassette tapes in 1982. An apocalyptic cult in 1999. A super hero waiter on a cruise ship in 2009. Can the Toho Guys put together the pieces to save the world from a devastating meteor in 2012? Find out as they discuss the decade-spanning FISH […] The post Toho Yaro #10, “Fish Story” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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April 11, 2017 111 mins
Flashy decorated rigs, doomed rest stop romances, and rival drivers fighting for honor. The Toho Guys meet the Truck Guys in 1975’s TRUCK YARO! Directed by Norifumi Suzuki, Starring Bunta Sugawara, Kinya Aikawa, Masumi Harukawa, and Makoto Sato.   The post Toho Yaro #11, “Truck Yaro” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 11, 2017 100 mins
Is Takashi Miike’s DEAD OR ALIVE a tense crime drama? Violent and disgusting exploitation? Over-the-top farce? Explore this insane world of gangsters and cops with the Toho Guys! Directed by Takashi Miike, Starring Riki Takeuchi and Show Aikawa   The post Toho Yaro #12, “Dead or Alive” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 4, 2017 89 mins
The Toho Guys are taken on a technicolor quest for revenge in LADY SNOWBLOOD! Will they make it out alive? Directed by Toshiya Fujita, Starring Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Ko Nishimura, and Eiji Okada The post Toho Yaro #13, “Lady Snowblood” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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July 27, 2017 70 mins
It’s yakuza action, avant-garde set design, frenetic editing, and musical numbers that may or may not be breaking the 4th wall! The Toho Guys do their best to make sense of TOKYO DRIFTER! Directed by Seijun Suzuki, Starring Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara and Hideaki Nitani. The post Toho Yaro #14, “Tokyo Drifter” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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August 3, 2017 100 mins
Get your chainsaws ready! The Toho Guys leave the big city behind and learn a trade in Episode 15: WOOD JOB! Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, Starring Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Ito, and Akira Emoto. The post Toho Yaro #15, “Wood Job!” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Meet a colorful cast of gangsters, killers, and hotel employees. It’s crime and makeovers in SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL! Directed by Katsuohito Ishii, Starring Tadanobu Asano, Shie Kohinata, Ittoku Kishibe, and Susumu Terajima. The post Toho Yaro #16, “Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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October 6, 2017 81 mins
Dangerous hair, frozen yokai, music-loving warriors, and drinkable specters. Dim the lights and gather ’round to hear the Toho Guys talk ghost stories in Episode 17: KWAIDAN! Directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Starring Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi, Katsuo Nakamura, Takashi Shimura, Kunie Tanaka, Noboru Nakaya, and Kei Sato. The post Toho Yaro #17, “Kwaidan” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about y...
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November 2, 2017 90 mins
Disaster strikes podcastland as a giant beast emerges from the sea… Look out! Call a meeting! It’s the bureaucratic body-horror of Episode 18: SHIN GODZILLA! Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Mikako Ichikawa, Ren Osugi, and Akira Emoto. The post Toho Yaro #18, “Shin Godzilla” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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January 24, 2018 61 mins
Laugh, cry, and feel awkward with the Toho Guys as they return to the world of OTOKO WA TSURAI YO in Episode 20: TORA-SAN’S LOVE CALL! Directed by Yoji Yamada, Starring Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Junko Ikeuchi, and Takashi Shimura. The post Toho Yaro #20, “Tora-san’s Love Call” appeared first on Toho Yaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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