Fight choreographer and author John Kreng drops by in the conclusion to our Kaiju-themed Japan On Fire. A laid back chat between him and Ken covers a bit of the technical side to the action in the monster movies, John’s love for 70s grindhouse, B-movies, what makes martial acting and why not discuss a bit of RoboCop while we’re also at it.

Also featuring almost  15 minutes of deleted conversations in the Members Only Area , available via a FREE, simple registration on the forum. KEN’S EDIT:Excuse my misidentification of who does the stunt in No Regret, No Return. It’s apparently Sam Wong (who fought Jackie at the beginning of Police Story III).

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 Japan On Fire 4-6: John Kreng [49:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author of  “Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla” shares with Ken the very first childhood Kaiju-exposure, how it’s corrupted him since, comparison of the Godzilla eras and basically verbally writing a love letter to the Gamera-series. Yet another. It’s deserved. Also featuring almost  50 minutes of deleted conversations in the Members Only Area, available via a FREE, simple registration on the forum.

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 Japan On Fire 4-5 – Voices On Kaiju: August Ragone: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Filmmaker/filmhistorian/trivia machine Ronald L. Strong goes over his fanatic history digging Kaiju. It’s a delightful journey as well as an aggrivating one thanks to a fair few characters taking hold of the Godzilla franchise in the 80s and onwards. Gamera still rocked though!

Don’t miss the Deleted Conversations package running almost 40 minutes available in the FREE Members Only area here

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 Japan On Fire 4-4 - Voices On Kaiju: Ronald L. Strong [81:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Our special guests from the main Kaiju JOF’s get their own spotlight in an interview series (expanding our current JOF into a Kaiju in itself really). Brian Kirby is the head honcho over at Shelf Life Clothing and a passionate Kaiju-fan. We cover original introduction to the genre, Godzilla through the ages and further love directed towards Gamera of the 90s.  Here’s the link to Brians Online Store; http://www.shelflifeclothing.com/

 

 Japan On Fire 4-3 - Voices On Kaiju: Brian Kirby [67:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

One wide awake Swede, one hungover Scotsman and a sick Brit plus special American guests takes a detailed look at the popular Daei production DAIMAJIN.

 

 Japan On Fire 4 (part 2) – Kaiju [108:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Japan On Fire 4 (part 1 out of MANY!) turns mighty as we now take on the giant monsters known as Kaiju! Hear discussions on Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah the movie DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and faucets from the trio of Ken, Stoo and Mike as well as special guests Brian Kirby, Ronald Strong, August Ragone and John Kreng. (continue reading…)

 

 Japan on Fire 4-1: Kaiju [109:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It may be the third but not the last JOF as Ken once again host a fun-filled episode where the trio discuss samurai movies. Don’t expect any refined opinions though on The Twilight Samurai and Samurai Commando. We’re not scholars. DO NOTE THAT SPOILERS FOR THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI ARE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 00:58:50 AND 01:02:28. Adam Torel also stops by for a visit to share his thoughts on the genre. Some technical issues resulted in the latter half of the show being noticeable lower on Ken and Mike’s end while Stoo is very loud and Ken’s chat with Adam for some reason has an echo on it. Don’t hate us.

 

 Japan On Fire 3 - Samurai cinema (Chambara) [80:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download