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128 - Look Back and The Shadow Strays! From wholesome to gruesome...
In this episode we celebrate our return from Japan with two movies - one centred around two Japanese schoolgirls and one where the opening scene involves a bunch of Yakuza getting killed.
Look Back is a 2024 Japanese animated coming-of-age drama film based on the one-shot web manga of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The two main characters, Fujino and Kyomoto couldn't be more different, yet their shared passion for drawing manga unites these two small-town girls. This movie is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
The Shadow Strays is a 2024 Indonesian action crime thriller film written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. The film sees Codename 13, a 17-year-old assassin, suspended due to a sloppy mission in Japan. She meets 11-year-old Monji, who loses his mother, and sets out to rescue him. This movie is currently streaming on Netflix.
Is there more than meets the eye in Look Back? Are the Mo Brothers paving the way for a new genre? Let's discuss.
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00:00 The Start
03:33 Look Back review
26:57 SPOILERS for Look Back
49:29 The Shadow Strays
1:10:15 SPOILERS for The Shadow Strays
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