unpublished slide lecture for the Urbanism lecture series, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2016
originally presented for the Cult Japan film programme, Australian Cinematheque, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2015
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Downtown
(1982 ongoing)
Symbol
(2005)
Big Man Japan
(2007)
Kaiju Eiga
Godzilla (1954 - ongoing)
Tsuburaya Productions
Ultra Man (1966 - 2015)
Pro Wrestling
Grudge match-ups (1951 - ongoing)
Sumo
Grand tournaments (c.1650 - ongoing)
R100
(2013)
Sono Shion
Why Don’t You Play In Hell?
(2013)
Game Of Death
(1972/8)
Kill Bill
(2003)
Whispering Star
(2015)
Tokyo GaGaGa
(1993)
Hi Red Centre
Untitled performances (1964)
Wim Wenders
Tokyo Ga (1985)
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