Mark Player
@markplayer.bsky.social
Writer/researcher. East Asian cinema (mainly Japan), 8mm film, (cyber)punk and DIY media.
Book: JAPANESE CINEMA AND PUNK - out now
Book: JAPANESE CINEMA AND PUNK - out now
Japan mutuals:
I'm doing a talk based on my book Japanese Cinema and Punk at Nagoya University next week (9 December)
Attendance is free
Talk is in English with Japanese visual materials
Includes screening of rare Nagoya punk short film: Crazy Dolls (1984)
info below👇
I'm doing a talk based on my book Japanese Cinema and Punk at Nagoya University next week (9 December)
Attendance is free
Talk is in English with Japanese visual materials
Includes screening of rare Nagoya punk short film: Crazy Dolls (1984)
info below👇
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Japan mutuals:
I'm doing a talk based on my book Japanese Cinema and Punk at Nagoya University next week (9 December)
Attendance is free
Talk is in English with Japanese visual materials
Includes screening of rare Nagoya punk short film: Crazy Dolls (1984)
info below👇
I'm doing a talk based on my book Japanese Cinema and Punk at Nagoya University next week (9 December)
Attendance is free
Talk is in English with Japanese visual materials
Includes screening of rare Nagoya punk short film: Crazy Dolls (1984)
info below👇
Finally visited Video Market in Shinjuku, which stocks cult Blu-ray/DVD imports.
It's pleasantly strange seeing releases I've worked on in a Japanese shop, like 88 Films' recent blu of Zebraman (I wrote the essay).
Also decided to treat myself to the new New Wave Video release of Rubber's Lover.
It's pleasantly strange seeing releases I've worked on in a Japanese shop, like 88 Films' recent blu of Zebraman (I wrote the essay).
Also decided to treat myself to the new New Wave Video release of Rubber's Lover.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Finally visited Video Market in Shinjuku, which stocks cult Blu-ray/DVD imports.
It's pleasantly strange seeing releases I've worked on in a Japanese shop, like 88 Films' recent blu of Zebraman (I wrote the essay).
Also decided to treat myself to the new New Wave Video release of Rubber's Lover.
It's pleasantly strange seeing releases I've worked on in a Japanese shop, like 88 Films' recent blu of Zebraman (I wrote the essay).
Also decided to treat myself to the new New Wave Video release of Rubber's Lover.
Tokyo Tower at night🗼
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Tokyo Tower at night🗼
An important dispatch from 'the other site'
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
An important dispatch from 'the other site'
Out today. Still can't quite believe it.
May 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Out today. Still can't quite believe it.
Can't quite believe I'm at Harvard (!) this weekend, talking about amateur film in 1950s Japan and this little guy
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can't quite believe I'm at Harvard (!) this weekend, talking about amateur film in 1950s Japan and this little guy
Great to see 88 Films' new UK blu of PINOCCHIO 964 out in the wild today. Writing the booklet essay for this was a dream gig.
April 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Great to see 88 Films' new UK blu of PINOCCHIO 964 out in the wild today. Writing the booklet essay for this was a dream gig.