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Blade Licking Thieves

Join us as we lick our blades, banter and ramble on, and provide in depth reviews of some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Anime, Kaiju, Martial Arts, Chambara, and Asian films. You can find out more about our show, all of our previous episodes, and our show notes at our blog: bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com

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#115: Fist of Legend (1994)

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2025/08/18

A remake of Bruce Lee's classic Fist of Fury, director Gordan Chan's Fist of Legend, arriving to Hong Kong movie goers in 1994, softens the harder line of the original film's patriotic fury yet loses none of its tremendous punch with martial art stars Jet Li, Billy Chow and Yasuaki Kurata all in top form. Tune in for the full review!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + G-Fest '25 report, Return of Ultraman, Combattler V, Naruto manga, The Water Margin [52:17] Review - Fist of Legend

#113: Drunken Master (1978)

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2025/06/23

Join us for a master class in action comedy as we take a look at Yuen Woo Ping's Drunken Master (1978). Jackie Chan, in the role that would launch him into stardom, plays the young and impetuous Wong Fei-Hung, who, after being kicked out of his house by his angry father, is forced under the tutelage of an old, perpetually intoxicated, martial arts master (Sui-Tin Yuen) to learn the unorthodox fighting style known as Drunken Boxing, which Wong will soon require to defeat a deadly assassin (Jang Lee

Team B# 18: House II: The Second Story

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2025/05/07

BLT Team B return with a look at the comedy / horror sequel House II: The Second Story (1987) from director Ethan Wiley.

#110: Burning Paradise (1994)

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2025/03/03

We review Hong Kong director Ringo Lam's Burning Paradise. The film stars Willie Chi as legendary martial artist Fong Sai Yuk, who after being captured by the Ching government, must escape from the imposing Red Lotus Temple, a deadly prison filled with spike pits, booby traps, poison gas, and even more dangerous opponents!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + God Mazinger, Combattler V, DanDaDan, Kageki Shojo, Akane Banashi, Hyper Dimension Neptunia, and The Water Margin. [39:41] Review - Burning

Team B #17: Galgameth (1996)

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2025/01/21

As a chaser shot to our last episode about the North Korean Kaiju movie Pulgasari, BLT Team B have heroically taken it upon themselves to review the much unloved North American remake Galgameth!

#107: Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

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2024/10/30

We're back -- just in time for Halloween! -- with a look at Samurai Reincarnation (1981), a supernatural samurai film from the director of Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku), in which Jubei Yagyu (Sonny Chiba) faces off against a group of resurrected demonic warriors led by the charismatic sorcerer Shiro Amakusa (Kenji Sawada) who intends to destroy the Tokugawa regime with his unholy powers. Tune in the for the full review!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Grendizer, Aura Battler Dunbine, Dragon Ball

#106: Dragon Inn (1967)

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2024/09/23

We review King Hu's Dragon Inn (1967), a period tale about a cohort of heroic warriors fighting to protect the innocent from the shadowy forces of an evil Eunuch, that showcases a graceful interplay between characters, landscape, editing and compositional form that elevate it above other works in the wuxia genre. Tune in the for the full review!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + City Hunter, Mononoke, Jade Trilogy book series, and G-Fest 2024 report [33:35] Review - Dragon Inn

#104: Venus Wars (1989)

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2024/07/24

We review Venus Wars (1989), the lavishly produced, bubble era anime film from writer and director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko first introduced to many American anime fans due to heavy rotation on Sci-Fi Channel's "Saturday Anime" block. Tune in for the full review!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + After the Rain, Dune [15:53] Review - Venus Wars [2:22:30] Twitter Questions

#103: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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2024/06/24

Godzilla Minus One writer / director Takashi Yamazaki returns the venerable franchise to its roots with a dramatic period piece set in the immediate aftermath of world war 2 in which the titular kaiju looms large, like a terrifying spectre, over the defeated and demoralized Japanese populace. Tune in for the full review!Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Kaiju No 8, The Great Pretender, Furiosa, Samurai Warriors 4DX [38:25] Review - Godzilla Minus One [2:21:18] Twitter Questions

#102: Dreamy Eyes (2019)

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2024/06/06

We chat about Dune, Fist of the Northstar, Gokurakugai, and the new Sand Land game, before moving on to a review of our first Vietnamese film, Dreamy Eyes or Mat Biec, a 2019 Romance Drama chronicling the heart tugging story of a decades long one sided love affair.Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Kaiju No 8, Dune, Fist of the North Star part 2, Gokurakugai, & Sand Land (Game) [25:21] Review - Dreamy Eyes (2019)

#100: Rashomon (1950)

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2024/04/22

The Blade Licking Thieves podcast has hit 100 episodes! Thanks to all the listeners out there that have taken the ride with us. Please keep sending us your comments, feedback, and suggestions for new films or shows for us to watch.This being the 100th episode, we thought what better time than now to finally break the glass and at long last tackle a work by Akira Kurosawa, arguably, THE Japanese film maker. Kurosawa's first film to achieve critical recognition in the West, Rashomon (1950) tells

#3: Golgo 13: The Professional

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2016/08/01

We talk the state of MSGundam in Japan, animator pay, the Warcraft film, and review Osamu Dezaki's visually stunning, machismo classic, Golgo 13: The Professional. Timestamps: Review (25:51)

#2: Gamera Guardian of the Universe

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2016/08/01

A short anime on Hulu follow up, Woody Robo Sheriff Star, controversial Ghibli remarks, and our review of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Timestamps: Review (28:40)

#1: Rebuild of Evangelion 1.11, 2.22, 3.33

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2016/06/13

Welcome to our mega-long first episode! It's time for introductions, our review philosophy, anime talk, Shin Godzilla speculation, and lastly our review for all three of Hideaki Anno and Studio Khara's Rebuild of Evangelion films. The 1st review at 47:53; second at 1:57:15; third at 2:47:47.

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