Ep. 62: Jigoku (The Sinners of Hell)

About this episode

The hosts discuss the original Japanese gore film Jigoku as part of their new season.

Welcome to the end of summer folks. Booo that...but to help ring in your Labor Day weekend, the boys are back with the fourth episode of the new season. It was Justin's pick this time and he went with the original Japanese gore film: Jigoku (aka The Sinners of Hell). This film is arthouse to the max and may not be for everyone. Justin wasn't shy to note that he was NOT in the mood for it when they watched it on the very pretty Criterion disc, but it carries a gravitas ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin Adkins, Chris Herdter

Topics covered

• Japanese cinema
• gore film
• arthouse
• Labor Day
• film discussion

Keywords

• Jigoku
• The Sinners of Hell
• gore film
• Criterion
• arthouse cinema
• film analysis
• Labor Day

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Criterion

Books & works: Jigoku, The Sinners of Hell

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