We discuss Japan's V-Cinema, a term created by Toei to indicate a film was direct to video, that morphed into the blanket label used for anything that didn't have a theatrical release ub Japan. They've got violence! Sex! Young Filmmakers getting their start! Old Veterans Making a Buck! V-Cinema has it all and we talk about it's undiscovered depths on this new episode.
Check out Tom Mes' important articles on V-Cinema starting here: http://www.midnighteye.com/features/the-v-cinema-notebook-part-1/
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