SUZUKI WALL TO WALL, PLUS CARPET CLEANING ICHI THE KILLER

Thom and Tom wrap Seijun Suzuki month by discussing Youth of the Beast, Toyko Drifter, and Branded to Kill side by side in their Wall To Wall Carpet segment (26:40). But first, your Carpeteers assess Takashi Miike’s infamously brutal cult classic yakuza gore-fest Ichi the Killer in perhaps their ickiest Carpet Cleaning job yet (3:10).

Did you survive Ichi the Killer? Which of these Suzuki films is your favorite?

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NEW EPISODE: BRANDED TO KILL, 20K LEAGUES

Just when you thought Suzuki month couldn’t get any weirder, Thom and Tom watch and discuss the film that got Seijun Suzuki blacklisted from the Japanese film industry for a decade, the utterly bonkers Branded To Kill (26:40). But first, Siblo takes Whalen deep for a Hole In The Carpet segment on Disney’s 1954 FX landmark 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2:50).

Did Branded to Kill send you spinning? Get your feet wet with 20,000 Leagues? Let us know via theradcarpet@gmail.com, on Twitter, on Instagram, or on Facebook.

QUICK NEW RELEASE CHECK IN: SEARCHING, LET THE CORPSES TAN, and more…

Siblo and Whalen check in for a quick mini episode reviewing Aneesh Chaganty’s new screen-to-screen thriller Searching, then Siblo offers some quick thoughts on Let The Corpses Tan, Juliet Naked, and John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection.

Got takes on any of these new releases? Get at us via theradcarpet@gmail.com, on Twitter, on Instagram, or on Facebook.

WE MADE IT TO 50! SUZUKI MONTH CONTINUES WITH TOKYO DRIFTER, PLUS IN OR OUT?

The Carpet unfurls across Japan’s technicolor streets and snow-kissed valleys as Tom and Thom whistle their way through Seijun Suzuki’s wild 1966 film Tokyo Drifter (41:40). But first, your Carpeteers are joined by Rad design man and Fringe Drinking co-host Ryan Williams to play a little In or Out?, dishing takes on Zack Snyder, found footage films, and watching movies with subtitles(2:30).

Where do you stand on Snyder, on found footage, on cuing up the subs? Weigh in at theradcarpet@gmail.com, on Twitter, on Instagram, or on Facebook.

WELCOME SUZUKI MONTH, PLUS HAPPYTIME MURDERS AND SUPPORT THE GIRLS

Siblo and Whalen begin a month immersed in Seijun Suzuki’s esoteric crime films with 1963’s Youth of the Beast (30:40). In Rad Ticket, your Carpeteers wrestle with the puerile pleasures and harsh critical reception of Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders (4:25) while Siblo dishes quick takes on Andrew Bujalski’s latest, Support the Girls (22:20).

Is this your first foray into the weird world of Seijun Suzuki? Where do you land on Happytime? Kick us your takes via theradcarpet@gmail.com, on Twitter, on Instagram, or on Facebook.