Dan's brother Will phones in from Japan to discuss the outrageous B-movie Tokyo Drifter. Dan, Brian, and Will discuss the film's off-kilter storytelling and low-budget roots, breaking down both the stylistic chutzpah and thematic underbelly of the cult-hit Yakuza flick. Will revels in the film's "bombastic" visuals and dark humor, while Brian and Dan draw comparisons to some previous Goods selections. The three play a round of "Does It Make Sense?" (as a spinoff to our signature "Is It Good?"). Lastly, the group discusses the director's follow-up, Branded to Kill, and Will shares a couple of stories from life in Japan.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Boogie Nights (1997) - A different kind of elephant man
Beach Party (1963) - Horny on main
The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Good vibes only
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) - Darren Shan-ecdotes
The Elephant Man (1980) - Prostheses galore
The Circus (1928) - Monkeys are funny
The Greatest Showman (2017) - Hanging with the freaks
Paper Towns (2015) - The fault in our eyebrows
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) - I want my organdy snood
The Iron Giant (1999) - Brad Bird-thday vibe
Tourist Trap (1998) - Sliding scale of Stork villainy
American Graffiti (1973) - Kiss a duck, marble head
My Octopus Teacher (2020) - Manic pixie dream cephalopod
It Happened One Night (1934) - The love bus
Now You See Me (2013) - Now we've seen them
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) - You ooze, you lose
A Night to Remember (1958) / Titanic (1997) - Titanicdotes
Godzilla (1954) - Monsters are attacking Tokyo!
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