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In this episode of Fried Squirms, our hosts navigate the twisted world of Sion Sono's "Suicide Club." The unpack the film's darkly humorous take on the spreading suicide phenomenon and the absurd events that follow as the authorities try to solve the mystery. The Fried Squirms bring their signature stoned flair as they dig into this taboo combination of humor and horror, and the way it challenges societal attitudes towards suicide. And listen as they reveal how one of the most unique horror films they've seen made them squeal.

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One of my favorite actors from Japan sits down with me and we talk food, travel, life growing up, movie making, Sion Sono, the creator of Ju-On being in her short film (which she has many) and her first feature film coming!

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- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7162479/

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- SHORT FILM "They Are Watching": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ikbu4FPQ8

- SHORT FILM: "Unknown Son": https://vimeo.com/535263812/344e5bca9f

- Youtube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@user-zb3kk5ls1k/featured

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In the debut episode of our new series Thavy Recommends, Thavy talks about two obscure films that he quite enjoyed: Forest of Love by Sion Sono and Snowball by Lee Woo-jeong. Prepare for something a little more highbrow!

It’s the third week of Farthouse Erotica month! And the “Cinephile Cuties” are ready to star in a porno. That’s because they’re chatting about Sion Sono’s ‘Antiporno.’ In this episode, Patrick and Casey discuss the politics of AOL Instant Messager. The “Cuties” also put the film through their proprietary Fartsy Test to determine the “Fartsiness” of the film.

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Happy Holidays all! In this special Christmas episode we talk about two Christmas movies from the US and two Christmas movies from Japan. How does Christmas in the East differ to Christmas in the West? Which does it better? Let's discuss.

We've reached the end of our month on Sion Sono and to wrap things up we've picked quite the heavy film: Guilty of Romance. There's a lot to unpack with this film, about the role of women in Japanese society and the lengths they will go to break free from said pressures, or in some cases become consumed by them. As we were short a woman on this episode to give some perspective we tried to instead focus on the things we learned from the film and the themes that resonated with us versus trying to speak to Japanese culture and how it treats women.

Due to some version confusion we had to push our review of Guilty of Romance to next week. In its place we're going to talk about the movie that put Sion Sono on the map for western audiences: Suicide Club. It's difficult to summarize the movie and do the horrific imagery and biting commentary justice, but we do our best. Just the opening few minutes of the movie should clue you in on the doozy of a film you're about to experience.

Our Sion Sono retrospective continues with the rap opera Tokyo Tribe, a doozy of a film that starts out rough and then ends with one hell of a punchline. It features a cast of fascinating and colorful characters that sing their way through bouts of ultra-violence. It features perhaps one of the most fun and over-the-top villains we've seen yet on this podcast. And if that weren't enough, it features the daughter of a satanic high priest kicking all kinds of ass with her banana-eating kid sidekick. Have we convinced you to watch the film yet?

We're back from our break and we thought it would be a great idea to kick things off with a retrospective on director Sion Sono. You might remember him from our episode on Why Don't You Play In Hell. Yeah, that guy. Anyway, we're starting with his 2015 film Tag, featuring perhaps one of the most surprising openings to be put to film. Seriously, you might want to be sitting down for this one.

Of course, with a filmmaker like this it's worth looking into the themes he plays in and we found an interesting article to be our guiding star through this month.

You sitting down yet? Good. Now watch out for the wind.