#344 Basho's THE CHALLENGE (1982)

<p>EPISODE #344-- We return to Japan or, more specifically, today we return to the sub-genre of white guys going to Japan in John Frankenheimer's THE CHALLENGE from 1982, staring Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune.</p> <p>We also talk about THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON (1987), a very different film about post-war Japan.</p> <p>Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag (<a href= "http://www.juliustanag.com/">http://www.juliustanag.com</a>) and Sef Joosten (<a href= "http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com/">http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com</a>). The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander.</p> <p>Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dracula-a-radio-play/id1533762117533762117">Apple Podcasts,</a> at <a href= "https://quality.libsyn.com/content/dracularadio.podbean.com">dracularadio.podbean.com</a>, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at <a href= "https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula">https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula</a></p> <p>And, as always, please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!</p>