227 - WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964) + UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN (1972) ft. Violet Lucca

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Violet Lucca (of Harper’s Magazine) discuss the arthouse existentialism of post-war Japan with a double feature of Hiroshi Teshigahara's absurdist horror fable WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964) and Kinji Fukasaku's apocalyptic wartime drama UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN (1972). Next week's bonus episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on David Cronenberg's CRASH (1996) and Paul Verhoeven's SHOWGIRLS (1995), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast Intro // 00:00-10:03 WOMAN IN THE DUNES // 10:03-1:06:17 UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN // 1:06:17-2:04:12 Outro // 2:04:12-2:07:08 MERCH: www.teepublic.com/stores/sleazoids?ref_id=17667 WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/ Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/ Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl/ Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller/