A journey down the lesser-known byways and alleyways of cinema, with a focus on British and American cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. Join Dr Laura Mayne and Dr Adrian Smith for insightful chat on films which deserve to be better known, along with special guests who bring their academic expertise to the discussion too.
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A journey down the lesser-known byways and alleyways of cinema, with a focus on British and American cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. Join Dr Laura Mayne and Dr Adrian Smith for insightful chat on films which deserve to be better known, along with special guests who bring their academic expertise to the discussion too.
Second Features is available on Acast, iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Vurbl, YouTube, PodTail, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts and Stitcher.
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Join us for a blood-soaked discussion on this classic video nasty, an American remix of two equally classic Japanese films Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance and Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (both 1972, Kenji Misumi).
Our guest this month is Dr Jonathan Wroot, an expert in Japanese cinema, and he gives us a fascinating overview of the history of this film, the original Lone Wolf series and its brother-in-arms, Zatōichi. Along the way we talk hip hop, blood pressure, Andy Warhol and killer penises. Just a regular episode of Second Features.
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Reading List (generously supplied by Jonathan):
A review (Jasper Sharp, 2001) of Sword of Vengeance, scenes of which appear in Shogun Assassin
Derek Johnston’s research paper on the transcultural impact of Lone Wolf and Cub
And so you can hear RZA talk about Wu-Tang Clan far more eloquently than Adrian can:
Wu-Tang’s RZA Breaks Down 10 Kung Fu Films He’s Sampled
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