Watch With Jen - S7: E7 - Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto with Jordan Harper

About this episode

Jen Johans interviews author Jordan Harper about Japanese director Juzo Itami and his films.

Straight from the pages of today's New York Times , Watch With Jen's first podcast guest, author Jordan Harper, returns ahead of the release of his fittingly titled new thriller, A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE. A devotee of Japanese cinema, food, and culture, Jordan gives me a crash course in the cinema of director Juzo Itami. An all-time "wife guy," who began making movies in his early fifties and made 11, which starred his incredibly expressive wife, Nobuko Miyamoto, Juzo Itami's life and career are discussed, along with the movies SUPERMARKET WOMAN, TAMPOPO, and MINBO: THE GENTLE ART OF JAPANESE EXTORTION. Be sure to pick up A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE in your favorite indie bookstore, and if you're interested in learning more, you can tune in to watch me interview Jordan on Wednesday, April 29, at 5:00 PM PST on behalf of Poisoned Pen Bookstore . Donate to the Pod via Ko-fi & PayPal Shop Watch With Jen logo Merchandise in Logo Designer Kate Gabrielle's Threadless Shop Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive Originally Posted on Patreon (4/26/26) here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/156607489

People in this episode

Host: Jen Johans

Guest: Jordan Harper

Topics covered

• Japanese cinema
• Juzo Itami
• Nobuko Miyamoto
• film analysis
• thriller literature
• cultural discussion

Keywords

• Juzo Itami
• Nobuko Miyamoto
• Japanese cinema
• A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE
• film discussion
• TAMPOPO
• SUPERMARKET WOMAN
• MINBO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Ko-fi, PayPal, Threadless

Books & works: A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, SUPERMARKET WOMAN, TAMPOPO, MINBO: THE GENTLE ART OF JAPANESE EXTORTION

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