Chumei Watanabe Interview on VPI!

Composer Chumei Watanabe during his July 2018 interview. Photo by Brett Homenick.

My interview with Japanese film composer Chumei (a.k.a. Michiaki) Watanabe is now live at Vantage Point Interviews. Mr. Watanabe composed the scores for numerous Nobuo Nakagawa horror films at Shintoho in the 1950s and early '60s, as well as entries of the Starman (a.k.a. Super Giant) film series. At Daiei, Mr. Watanabe composed the scores for the yokai classics 100 Monsters (1968) and Along with Ghosts (1969). It's a Q&A full of history, so please enjoy.

SPIDER-MAN: Tokyo Homecoming!

Hey, look, it's the Spider-Man from the YouTube! Photo by Brett Homenick.

Okay, confession time. I'm not a Marvel fan. In fact, I'm not a comic book fan. At all. This stuff doesn't interest me. At all. Now, with that said, I stopped by the Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku today, and saw this setup. I thought it was interesting enough to share.

Do you think the "mayor" of Tokyo will see the new Spider-Man? Photo by Brett Homenick.

A lot of the summer blockbusters that have been playing in the U.S. for weeks (and even months) are starting to open in Japan. August will be a big month for these types of movies. Not sure yet if I'll see any of them, but I'll certainly keep an eye out for anything interesting.