In this episode, Colin and Sean take their combined 30 years of life experience to teach you how to live, based on all they learned from Akira’s Ikiru. They take the discussion of foreign films as an opportunity to revel in American cultural supremacy, with this week’s film not dissuading Sean from saying that the Japanese can’t make dramas, which he finds “creepy.” Colin surprisingly doesn’t claim he watched only foreign films as a child and has just recently gotten into American cinema. Is he losing his edge?

Diving into the deep and rashy waters of Ikiru, the duo unpacks the different stages of Kanji’s life and what they tell us. Is it all about partying? Is it all about young women? Or, in the end, is it really about making a bunch of drunk bureaucrats say your name? Find out what this whole life thing is all about in this episode.

Outstanding questions:

* What language is The Double Life of Veronique in?

* Which department actually handles water?

* Is Sean getting arrested by Comcast?

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