With the new series Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre debuting on Netflix, James and Andy are joined by self-confessed Ito fans Colette Balmain and Niina Doherty to chat about his works and how they've been adapted to film and television over the years. Has anyone done him justice...?
This episode’s handy timecodes
00:00:33 - Introduction
00:01:37 - Junji Ito in context
00:10:46 - Early adaptions
00:12:34 - Tomie film and TV series
00:34:12 - Uzumaki (2000)
00:40:05 - Other adaption in early 2000s
00:44:22 - Gyo Tokyo Fish Attack (2012)
01:47:37 - Junji Ito Collection (2018) and Junji Ito Maniac (2023)
01:00:50 - Uzumaki, Tomie and other potential adaptions
01:13:55 - Outro
Episode 38 – Spotlight on... Zatoichi
Episode 37 – The Long Walk special
Episode 36 - The End of the Year Show
Episode 35 – All Aboard... for Hellbound!
Episode 34 - The horror of Hong Kong!
Episode 33 - Do you like calamari?
Episode 32 - Spotlight on... A Tale of Two Sisters
Episode 31 – Spotlight on... Daimajin
Episode 30: The best of NYAFF 2021
Episode 29: PTU and Johnnie To's crime drama years
Episode 28 - The World of Wong Kar-wai
Episode 27: Time & Tide & Tsui
Episode 26: One-Armed Jimmy
Episode 25: Cliff Walkers and Zhang Yimou
Episode 24: Spotlight on... Battle Royale
Episode 23: Indonesian Folk Horror special
Episode 22: Tokyo Dragon Chef vs Crazy Samurai
Episode 21: The Woman Who Ran and Hong Sang-soo
Episode 20: The Gift Guide
Episode 19: Spotlight on...The Bride with White Hair
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