The Third Window Films Podcast

On May 21st 2022 it was 15 years to the day since Adam released his first dvd through Third Window Films!

This episode Ben and Adam celebrate the history of Third Window Films from its humble beginnings to its place now as one of the top distributors of East Asian cinema in the UK.

In honour of the milestone Adam is giving away 15 Blu-Rays across his social networks to 15 lucky listeners. Links to enter the competitions are below:

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This episode Adam and Ben celebrate the release of Katsuyuki Motohiro's 2005 Japanese cult hit SUMMER TIME MACHINE BLUES with a hot conversation about Summer and time travel and how the two pair together perfectly.

The film is written by Makoto Ueda, the genius behind recent hit BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES, and stars a plethora of young talent with all the madcap energy you'd hope for from a production like this.

The film is available to own from July 4th 2022 and you can pre-order it now at a special reduced price via Terracotta Distribution here - https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/summer-time-machine-blues-blu-ray

If you regularly listen to our show and like what we do then please tell you friends, share our episodes and rate or review us wherever you can. Also, if you have any questions for Adam or Ben then get in touch via Ben's twitter @BenjyBox and they will read out your questions on the next episode.

This episode Adam and Ben are joined by a real life doctor... of film.

Dr. Jonathan Wroot is the senior lecturer and program leader for film studies at the University of Greenwich, London. He has published several journal articles and book chapters on Asian cinema distribution and specifically on home video formats.

Jonathan has most recently published his first monograph entitled "The Paths of Zatoichi - The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman" and he talks in great depth on the influence that character of Zatoichi had on Japanese cinema, but especially on the Jidaigeki films, or chambara films, or samurai films, or edo-era films, or whatever you want to call them.

The boys discuss such Third Window Films releases as TOP KNOT DETECTIVE, UZUMASA LIMELIGHT, THE SUFFERING OF NINKO and Shin'ya Tsukamoto's masterpiece KILLING amongs many other things.

The episode Adam and Ben celebrate one year of THE THIRD WINDOW FILMS PODCAST by inviting the badass 80s synthpop legend Cyborg Joe from The Lethal Weapons.

The boys talk about living in Japan as westerners, and how their first love is film but their really friendship developed through a mutual love of music.

You can follow Cyborg Joe on Twitter and Instagram

Links to all of The Lethal Weapons songs and videos are on their YouTube channel

Some personal favourites include:

Shoryuken Doesn't Come Out

80s Action Star

You Are Motherfucker

Thank you so much to all of you that have been listneing in over the last year. We appreciate you like crazy! As good as this last year has been for the show, we have some truly incredible stuff planned for year two! Keep an eye on our social media for more news, and be sure to subscribe and give us a 5 star rating and review wherever you can to help us reach even more Japanese film fans.

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This episode Adam and Ben answer questions from the audience!

The boys go through 30 questions from 30 fans and at the end they randomly pick one question to receivea Third Windown Films Blu-ray of their choice.

Please leave us a rating or review wherever you can, and be sure to tell your friends about us. It's going to be a big year for The Third Window Films Podcast and we are excited to share some of the news with you very soon.