About this episode

Christopher Hood joins the show to discuss the film Happy Flight, focusing on air travel in Japan.

Christopher Hood, an academic and author specializing in Japanese society and transportation, joins the show to discuss Happy Flight, a movie all about air travel in Japan. Hosted by Perry Constantine Guest-Starring Christopher Hood Visit Christopher's Linktree for his website, social media, and other links. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ ⁠https://nordvpn.com/fspn⁠. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ⁠JapanOnFilm.com⁠ ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ ⁠Threads⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Discord⁠ ⁠Film Stories Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Perry Constantine

Guest: Christopher Hood

Topics covered

• air travel
• Japanese cinema
• transportation
• film analysis
• cultural discussion

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Happy Flight

Places: Japan

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