The East Meets The West

Finally!! Episode 2 of The East Meets the West is here and we've got none other than podcaster extraordinaire, Derek Koch as a guest co-host! Regor and Derek discuss the Shaw Brothers film, Crippled Avengers (1978) and the Spaghetti Western, Django (1966). We delve a little deeper into the backstory of the Shaw Brothers and have a lively conversation discussing both movies and the similarities (in narrative, themes, and more) between Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Westerns! Crippled Avengers

Welcome to the premiere of The East Meets the West podcast!! Here we are on a journey to learn about the Shaw Brothers and their amazing film productions from Hong Kong, particularly Kung-Fu Films, and the genre known as Spaghetti Westerns – western movies produced mainly in Italy – Both from the 1960s to the 1980s! Together we will explore the amazing and fascinating movies of these two genres and decades!