About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the American film 'The Yakuza' with guest Kaz Wheeler.

This time around, we're taking a break from Japan-made films and instead looking at an American-made film about Japan. Fellow podcaster Kaz Wheeler makes his debut on the show to discuss Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza! Hosted by Perry Constantine Guest-Starring Kaz Wheeler Listen to Kaz on The Didn't Get All of It Japan Podcast and follow him on Bluesky and Instagram. 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: Kaz Wheeler

Topics covered

• American-made film
• Japan
• Yakuza
• film discussion
• podcast guest

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Film Stories, JapanOnFilm.com, Didn't Get All of It Japan Podcast, megaphone.fm

Books & works: The Yakuza

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