In this special episode, Coffin Jon and special guest co-host Marc Saint-Cyr of The Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow review the shorts and films of the first two days of the Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Screenings talked about in this episode include:
Akino Kondoh’s “Ladybird’s Requiem”
Kihachiro Kawamoto retrospective
Kenji Mizoguchi’s “The Water Magician” with musical accompaniment by Vowls
Tetsuichiro Tsuta’s “Island of Dreams”
Directly download this episode here.