Harakiri/Colors - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 8 - August 2022

This is the one where Richard blazons the samurai katana, wakizashi, and the tanto, and Garrett remembers thinking that a photorealist depiction of gang violence might be the right way to woo a romantic partner.

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Referenced media:

• “The Last Samurai” (Edward Zwick, 2003)
• “Ronin” (John Frankenheimer, 1998)
• “Seven Samurai” (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
• “The Magnificent Seven” (John Sturges, 1960)
• “The Magnificent Seven” (Antoine Fuqua, 2016)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
• “Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Se7en” (David Fincher, 1995)
• “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (Ishirō Honda, 1962)
• “The Tale of Zatoichi Continues” (Kazuo Mori, 1962)
• “The Leopard” (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
• “This Sporting Life” (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)
• “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (Robert Aldrich, 1962)
• “The Exterminating Angel” (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
• “An Autumn Afternoon” (Yasujirō Ozu, 1962)
• “Knife in the Water” (Roman Polanski, 1962)
• “RoGoPaG” (Roberto Rossellini, Ugo Gregoretti, Jean-Luc Godard, and Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1963)
• “The Pawn Broker” (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
• “A Hard Day’s Night” (Richard Lester, 1964)
• “Marnie” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
• “The Gospel According to St. Matthew” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
• “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
• “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
• “The Birds” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
• “The Last House on the Left” (Wes Craven, 1972)
• “The Human Condition—No Greater Love” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
• “The Human Condition—Road to Eternity” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
• “The Human Condition—A Soldier’s Prayer” (Masaki Kobayashi, 1961)
• “Fellini’s Casanova” (Federico Fellini, 1976)
• “Easy Rider” (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
• “Boyz n the Hood” (John Singleton, 1991)
• “Menace II Society” (The Hughes Brothers, 1993)
• “New Jack City” (Mario Van Peebles, 1991)
• “Above the Law” (Andrew Davis, 1988)
• “Action Jackson” (Craig R. Baxley, 1988)
• “Stand and Deliver” (Ramón Menéndez, 1988)
• “Shane” (George Stevens, 1953)
• “Joe Kidd” (John Sturges, 1972)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “Tender Mercies” (Bruce Beresford, 1983)
• “The Great Santini” (Lewis John Carlino, 1979)
• “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
• “Taps” (Harold Becker, 1981)
• “The Falcon and the Snowman” (John Schlesinger, 1985)
• “Milk” (Gus Van Sant, 2008)