About this episode

The episode discusses Takeshi Kitano's classic yakuza film, Sonatine, with guest Ian Buckley.

We close out Season 13 with returning guest Ian Buckley! This time, we're discussing Takeshi Kitano's classic yakuza film, Sonatine. Thank you for listening! We'll be taking a hiatus, but will return shortly for Season 14! Hosted by Perry Constantine Guest-Starring Ian Buckley Listen to Ian on We Are Starfleet and Illumination Above All. 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: Ian Buckley

Topics covered

• yakuza film
• Takeshi Kitano
• film discussion
• podcast
• season finale

Keywords

• Sonatine
• Takeshi Kitano
• yakuza
• film analysis

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: We Are Starfleet, Illumination Above All, Japan On Film, Film Stories Podcast Network

Books & works: Sonatine

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