Tokyoscope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion

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VIZ Media LLC, Nov 5, 2001 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 240 pages
Didja know that Samuel L. Jackson's Biblical speech in Pulp Fiction was borrowed from the brain-damaged Sonny Chiba karate flick The Bodyguard? Or that the design for the Smog Monster in Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster was based on a bathroom sketch of female anatomy? TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion is the first book of its kind: an elegantly designed, engagingly written introduction to the world of Japanese pop films covering Godzilla, karate, gangster, horror, Japan's infamous "pink" movies, and much more.

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Contents

FOREWORD BY KINJI FUKASAKU 009 FOREWORD
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INTRODUCTION
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ETC Exploitation How to Make Monster Movies
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Copyright

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