Takashi Miike has made over a hundred feature films, but for our super-sized Halloween episode we’re tackling his two most notorious: 1999’s stealth extreme horror film Audition, and 2001’s ultra-violent yakuza thriller Ichi the Killer. To help us out, we welcome back one of our favorite guests, Kay (aka govnaim), who previously brought their expertise to our discussion of Salò. Topics include what makes Audition so different from Miike’s other blood-soaked genre exercises, and whether Ichi crosses the line from gory fun to truly ugly violence.

Unwatchables is hosted by Marc Dottavio and Seth Troyer, produced by Tony Scarpitti, featuring artwork by Micah Kraus.

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