Episode 155 - Best of Frenemies, Part 1

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week: we get up to speed on Korean history, so that we can begin exploring the turbulent Korean-Japanese relationship. Pirates, coups, Mongols, poetry battles -- we've got it all!

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0:28.8	Go to audibletrial.com slash Japan to claim your offer.
0:33.5	This week I'm going to recommend a Kim Jong-il production by Paul Fisher.
0:38.8	Mr. Fisher records the ridiculous but true tale of the North Korean leader's decision
0:43.9	to kidnap some of the leading lights of South Korea's film industry
0:47.9	in order to make, among other things, a North Korean version of Godzilla.
0:53.3	It is completely ludicrous, absolutely fascinating, totally true,
0:58.5	and makes watching the finished film, Polgasari,
1:02.0	sound way more fun than it actually is.
1:04.8	Go to audibletrial.com slash Japan to claim your copy.
1:26.7	... Japan to claim your copy. Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast, episode 155.
1:32.8	Best of Frenemies, Part 1.
1:36.3	This is one of those series I should have done at the beginning, but it required doing a lot of
1:40.9	extra work on my part that I just haven't had time for until recently.
1:45.7	However, next year I'm teaching my first ever Asian survey course,
1:49.9	which means it's time to fill out the third part of the East Asian trifecta.
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