Earl J.
@dzigaflitcraft.bsky.social
Cinephile, Japanese film researcher, grateful immigrant.
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New at the Gutter, Guest Star @dzigaflitcraft.bsky.social writes about a teen heart throb's gruesome accident and how it was handled in his return to the screen, You Are My Lover (1967)! culturalgutter.com/2025/11/06/a...
Appearing as Oneself: On Kimi wa Koibito / You are My Lover (1967): Part I
This week Guest Star and film scholar Earl Jackson writes about an injured Japanese teen hearthrob’s return to the screen in a movie that references his injury and the incident that caused it…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New at the Gutter, Guest Star @dzigaflitcraft.bsky.social writes about a teen heart throb's gruesome accident and how it was handled in his return to the screen, You Are My Lover (1967)! culturalgutter.com/2025/11/06/a...
Happy to report that Radiance Films is releasing the Bluray of 明治侠客伝 三代目襲名 [Blood of Revenge] (Tai Kato 1965). My thanks to Tom Mes for commisioning my essay, "Passion Plays in a Brave New World."
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy to report that Radiance Films is releasing the Bluray of 明治侠客伝 三代目襲名 [Blood of Revenge] (Tai Kato 1965). My thanks to Tom Mes for commisioning my essay, "Passion Plays in a Brave New World."
Arrived yesterday. I would like to thank all our dazzling contributors, everyone at Edinburgh University Press who saw us through the stages, Aaron Gerow for his generous endorsement, and most of all, David Desser for his guidance, generosity and commitment.
September 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Arrived yesterday. I would like to thank all our dazzling contributors, everyone at Edinburgh University Press who saw us through the stages, Aaron Gerow for his generous endorsement, and most of all, David Desser for his guidance, generosity and commitment.
EUP gave me a guest blog spot for our book The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow. euppublishingblog.com/2025/08/14/b...
Bringing Kinoshita Keisuke to Light
The omission of Keisuke distorts the international picture of Japanese film history and impoverishes the options for a fuller appreciation its legacy.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
EUP gave me a guest blog spot for our book The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow. euppublishingblog.com/2025/08/14/b...
Apologies for the double posting. EUP just sent me this banner for the 30percent discount, with the very generous words of Professor Aaron Gerow, for which David and I are deeply grateful
July 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Apologies for the double posting. EUP just sent me this banner for the 30percent discount, with the very generous words of Professor Aaron Gerow, for which David and I are deeply grateful
The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, coedited by David Desser and myself. 30% off with NEW30 code. Link to the order page below. Please ask your libraries to consider ordering, the first book in English on this major director.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, coedited by David Desser and myself. 30% off with NEW30 code. Link to the order page below. Please ask your libraries to consider ordering, the first book in English on this major director.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-cin...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-cin...
![Very happy to see Arrow's September release, Proof of the Man (Sato Jun'ya 1977) that includes my video introduction to the film (Thank you to Jasper Sharp and Sarah Appleton for filming and editing it). The film stars Matsuda Yusaku and Okada Mariko. It is a rare look at issues of race in Japanese films of this time. Both in terms of people of color in Japan and US attitudes to the Japanese. I point out that this film about racial secrets had its own secret - Matsuda's Korean heritage. I discuss that in my Asian Movie Pulse essay on Matsuda. Sato is one of the most important Yakuza directors at Toei and is responsible for one of the best Jitsuroku films ever, 実録 私設銀座警察 [Private Ginza Police].
In the comments I provide a link to the Arrow official full description of the bluray and a link to my Matsuda Yusaku essay.
A big thank you to Jasper Sharp for giving me this opportunity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emcerxvp7sw2cvx7hihmu4ag/bafkreid4dr5n74u6sdeaigflfrgjca6qgf3x7j3drsdvfhqz5org3jsj6q@jpeg)
Kurahara Koreyoshi's younger brother Kurahara Koretsugu was a pioneer in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno form. Jasper Sharp and I did a joint commentary on one of his early works, Sex Rider Wet Highway, for 88 Films, to be released in July. Link to full details in comments.
May 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Kurahara Koreyoshi's younger brother Kurahara Koretsugu was a pioneer in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno form. Jasper Sharp and I did a joint commentary on one of his early works, Sex Rider Wet Highway, for 88 Films, to be released in July. Link to full details in comments.
Sounding smarter in Vietnamese
March 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Sounding smarter in Vietnamese
88 Films is releasing Gate of Flesh (Gosha Hideo 1988) in June. I filmed a video introduction to the film while I was in London. My thanks to Jasper Sharp, producer, Sarah Appleton, cinematography, and Hugo Wu for styling.
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
88 Films is releasing Gate of Flesh (Gosha Hideo 1988) in June. I filmed a video introduction to the film while I was in London. My thanks to Jasper Sharp, producer, Sarah Appleton, cinematography, and Hugo Wu for styling.
Happy to reveal the cover of David Desser's and my co-edited volume, The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow. Link in comments to the University of Edinburgh Press website with the details on Table of Contents.
February 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy to reveal the cover of David Desser's and my co-edited volume, The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow. Link in comments to the University of Edinburgh Press website with the details on Table of Contents.
I thank Jasper Sharp for the invitation to contribute this essay and for his beautiful design of the booklet.
![My contributor's copy of The Watcher in the Attic (Tanaka Noboru) for 88 Films arrived. I thank Jasper Sharp for the invitation and for his skillful editing and artistic design. Please click on the first image to see my two epigraphs for the essay. I'm proud of the combination of philosophy and public indecency. [My essay ended up being a 13-page booklet - I don't remember it feeling that long when writing it.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emcerxvp7sw2cvx7hihmu4ag/bafkreied2zhuwmmsscxme7kispsdrpnncbc27q34apnqu33mnxlafrb57u@jpeg)
February 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I thank Jasper Sharp for the invitation to contribute this essay and for his beautiful design of the booklet.
Happy to relay the announcement of the coming release of The Rapacious Jailbreaker (Nakajima Sadao 1974). My booklet essay, "Escape as Vocation" is my first for Radiance Films. My thanks to Tom Mes for including me. Also featuring Nathan Stuart's commentary! Link to detailed ad in the comments.
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy to relay the announcement of the coming release of The Rapacious Jailbreaker (Nakajima Sadao 1974). My booklet essay, "Escape as Vocation" is my first for Radiance Films. My thanks to Tom Mes for including me. Also featuring Nathan Stuart's commentary! Link to detailed ad in the comments.
V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS AND BETRAYAL (LIMITED EDITION) BLU-RAY
FEATURES:
Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon.
FEATURES:
Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon.
January 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
V-CINEMA ESSENTIALS: BULLETS AND BETRAYAL (LIMITED EDITION) BLU-RAY
FEATURES:
Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon.
FEATURES:
Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon.
Coming on March 3, 2025: Arrow Video- Play it Cool [Denki Kurage] (Masumura Yasuzo 1970). Includes my essay, "Masumura Yasuzo's femmes vitales" - my most intense booklet essay to date. And a dialogic commentary by Jasper Sharp and Anne McKnight!
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Play it Cool Limited Edition Blu-ray
Buy Play it Cool Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Films.
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December 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Coming on March 3, 2025: Arrow Video- Play it Cool [Denki Kurage] (Masumura Yasuzo 1970). Includes my essay, "Masumura Yasuzo's femmes vitales" - my most intense booklet essay to date. And a dialogic commentary by Jasper Sharp and Anne McKnight!
www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/play...
www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/play...
Three years ago today, the online Symposium on Taiwanese crime films, as part of the symposium-series based on Thirty-Two New Takes on Taiwan Cinema, Eds. Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, and Wenchi Lin.
December 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Three years ago today, the online Symposium on Taiwanese crime films, as part of the symposium-series based on Thirty-Two New Takes on Taiwan Cinema, Eds. Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, and Wenchi Lin.
The 88 Films blu-ray of Watcher in the Attic (Tanaka Noboru 1976) has sent out its pre-orders ahead of the Dec 16 release, including my essay, "Sex in the Eye of the Beholder". 88-films.myshopify.com/products/wat...
Watcher In The Attic
RELEASE DATE: 16/12/24 (subject to change) A perverted loner roams the rafters of a boarding house in 1920s Tokyo in Watcher in the Attic, directed by one of the Nikkatsu‘s top Roman Porno filmmaking ...
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December 12, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The 88 Films blu-ray of Watcher in the Attic (Tanaka Noboru 1976) has sent out its pre-orders ahead of the Dec 16 release, including my essay, "Sex in the Eye of the Beholder". 88-films.myshopify.com/products/wat...
I am delighted to announce that The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, coedited by David Desser and myself,It will be out in August 2025. Link to Edinburgh UP website with info and table of contents. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-cin...
The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke
The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke
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December 3, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I am delighted to announce that The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, coedited by David Desser and myself,It will be out in August 2025. Link to Edinburgh UP website with info and table of contents. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-cin...
In February Arrow releases A Certain Killer and A Killer's Key. I'm grateful to Jasper Sharp for asking me to write a booklet essay. My essay: "Detachment and Charisma: the Seductive Refusal of Ichikawa Raizo.
November 29, 2024 at 3:16 PM
In February Arrow releases A Certain Killer and A Killer's Key. I'm grateful to Jasper Sharp for asking me to write a booklet essay. My essay: "Detachment and Charisma: the Seductive Refusal of Ichikawa Raizo.
My essay, "Serial and Palimpsest: Landscape in Vietnamese Cinema" has just appeared in Landscape Research 49.8 special Issue, Narratives of Vietnamese landscapes: from post-colonial to post-socialist perspectives, Edited by Professor Hoang Cam Giang and Professor Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy..
November 27, 2024 at 10:47 PM
My essay, "Serial and Palimpsest: Landscape in Vietnamese Cinema" has just appeared in Landscape Research 49.8 special Issue, Narratives of Vietnamese landscapes: from post-colonial to post-socialist perspectives, Edited by Professor Hoang Cam Giang and Professor Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy..
Masumura constructed shots so intimately in this one.
November 23, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Masumura constructed shots so intimately in this one.
My Masumura Yasuzo chapter includes a sizable analysis of this under-seen gem.
November 23, 2024 at 6:43 AM
My Masumura Yasuzo chapter includes a sizable analysis of this under-seen gem.
How to look sinister on a short-wave radio.
November 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM
How to look sinister on a short-wave radio.
火野正平 (Hino Shohei) R. I.P. h/t Aaron Gerow
November 21, 2024 at 12:36 PM
火野正平 (Hino Shohei) R. I.P. h/t Aaron Gerow