Blade Licking Thieves

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP120.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky After an assignment goes awry, a hitman (Joe Shishido) and his partner (Jerry Fujio) are chased by rival gangs to a small seaside town where they meet a young woman (Chitose Kobayashi) who may be their only hope of escape.  Cool and stylish, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt is My Passport (1967) is a smoking cocktail of influences, half spaghetti western, half hard boiled noir, with textures and flavors both familiar and unique, qualities which hav

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP119.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky What better way to end the year than with a with a double dose of Kei and Yuri, a.k.a. the Dirty Pair!  We’ll be exploring the history of the beloved space opera franchise, reviewing both the Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia OVA from 1985 and Dirty Pair: Project Eden movie from 1987, and answering listener questions.  Enjoy the show! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Ashita no Joe manga, Musou games, Ultraman Zett, Tojima Wa

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE019.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky BLT Team B return with a review of the 2020 cult indie film, Psycho Goreman, an offbeat horror comedy that will tickle the fancy of anyone who grew up thinking it would be rad to be best friends with Power Ranger’s Lord Zedd. If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an Email or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening!

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP118.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky It’s time for another annual BLT Halloween episode so what better way to usher in the spooky season than with a review of the martial arts comedy The Dragon Lives Again (1977), an infamous entry in the bruceploitation sub genre, in which Bruce Lee dies, ends up in the underworld, teams up with the likes of Popeye the Sailor and The One Armed Swordsman, and squares off against a gang of movie legends like Dracula, James Bo...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP117.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky Grab your buster swords and join us for a look back at Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the CGI animated movie sequel to the landmark video game title that many consider to be the greatest Role Playing Game of all time.  We’ll be diving into the history the legendary franchise, sharing our thoughts on the film twenty years out from its original release date, and answering your Bluesky questions. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Ult...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP116.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky We review the second film in Hideaki Anno’s trilogy of Shin films: Shin Ultraman.  Following the success of 2016’s Shin Godzilla, Anno returns yet again as screenwriter but this time with longtime collaborator Shinji Higuchi taking over directing duties in this modern day re-imagining of the popular Ultraman franchise that aims to return the series to its early roots.  Tune in for the full review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Hunter x Hunter, Return of Ult...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP115.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky A remake of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury,  director Gordan Chan’s Fist of Legend, arriving to Hong Kong movie goers in 1994, softens the harder line of the original film’s patriotic fury yet loses none of its tremendous punch with martial art stars Jet Li, Billy Chow and Yasuaki Kurata all in top form.  Tune in for the full review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + G-Fest ’25 report, Return of Ultraman, Combattler V, Naruto manga, ...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP114.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky A disturbing peek into the dark underbelly of a small American town, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), with his signature flourishes of dream like logic, penchant for the psychological, and a plot pulled straight from the pages of a tattered noir paperback, tells the story of Jeffrey (Kyle McLachLan), a bored young man, who in his search for clues about a mysterious missing ear, perilously descends bit by tantalizing bit into a dangerous and forbidden underworld wi...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP113.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky Join us for a master class in action comedy as we take a look at Yuen Woo Ping’s Drunken Master (1978).  Jackie Chan, in the role that would launch him into stardom, plays the young and impetuous Wong Fei-Hung, who, after being kicked out of his house by his angry father, is forced under the tutelage of an old, perpetually intoxicated, martial arts master (Sui-Tin Yuen) to learn the unorthodox fighting style known as Drunken Boxing, whi...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP112.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky A blind piano player accidentally gets caught up in a world of crime in Andhadhun, an Indian thriller by writer/director Sriram Raghavan that’s loaded with so many twists and turns that the only thing that comes as no surprise is that it became both a critical and commercial hit with audiences.  Tune in to hear our review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Mickey 17, Combattler V, Tatami Time Machine Blues, Ranma 1/2, Orguss, Frieren ...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE018.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter BLT Team B return with a look at the comedy /  horror sequel House II: The Second Story (1987) from director Ethan Wiley. If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP111.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Jin-Roh director Hiroyuki Okiura’s second animated film, A Letter to Momo, about a young girl that forms an unlikely friendship with a trio of troublesome yokai who through a series of comical misadventures help her to cope with the loss of her father.   Released in 2011 after seven years in production, and to seemingly little fanfare on this side of the Pacific, this underrated family film, equal parts charming, comic, and heartfelt, des...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP110.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Hong Kong director Ringo Lam’s Burning Paradise.  The film stars Willie Chi as legendary martial artist Fong Sai Yuk, who after being captured by the Ching government, must escape from the imposing Red Lotus Temple, a deadly prison filled with spike pits, booby traps, poison gas, and even more dangerous opponents! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + God Mazinger, Combattler V, DanDaDan, Kageki

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE017.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter As a chaser shot to our last episode about the North Korean Kaiju movie Pulgasari, BLT Team B have heroically taken it upon themselves to review the much unloved North American remake Galgameth!

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP109.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We’re kicking off the new year with a review of the North Korean monster movie, Pulgasari (1985), in which a Godzilla like creature from Korean folklore fights with a peasant army to topple a corrupt feudal regime.  We also recount the far more fascinating story of the film’s production, a stranger than fiction tale involving international kidnappings, daring escape attempts, and dictator Kim Jong-Il’s bizarre quest to bolster the North Korean...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP108.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review the first film in the long running exploitation series, Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), featuring the talented and beautiful Meiko Kaji in one of her most iconic roles as Scorpion, a steely eyed avenging angel hellbent on revenge against those that wronged her.  Be they crooked cops,  sleazy yakuza, abusive prison guards, or fellow inmates, she’ll slay them all! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Mononoke, Discotek announcements, and Romance of the...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP107.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We’re back — just in time for Halloween! — with a look at Samurai Reincarnation (1981), a supernatural samurai film from the director of Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku), in which Jubei Yagyu (Sonny Chiba) must face off against a group of resurrected demonic warriors led by the charismatic sorcerer Shiro Amakusa (Kenji Sawada) who intends to destroy the Tokugawa regime with his unholy powers.  Tune in the for the full review! Timestamps: ...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP106.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review King Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967), a period tale about a cohort of heroic warriors fighting to protect the innocent from the shadowy forces of an evil Eunuch, that showcases a graceful interplay between characters, landscape, editing and compositional form that elevate it above other works in the wuxia genre.  Tune in the for the full review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + City Hunter, Mononoke, Jade Trilogy book series, and G-F...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP105.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Grab a ticket and join us for a wild and spooky ride aboard the Train to Busan, as we take a closer look at the original film in the popular South Korean zombie apocalypse franchise by director Yeon Sang-ho. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Trails games, The Great Pretender, Sonic X OVA, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun [33:35] Review – Train to Busan

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP104.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Venus Wars (1989), the lavishly produced, bubble era anime film from writer and director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko first introduced to many American anime fans due to heavy rotation on Sci-Fi Channel’s “Saturday Anime” block.  Tune in for the full review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + After the Rain, Dune [15:53] Review – Venus Wars [2:22:30] Twitter Questions