Big Man Japan...anyone seen it?

Hitoshi Matsumoto's first three films - Big Man Japan, Symbol, Scabbard Samurai - are arguably among the best director/writer auteur triptychs that have ever been and will ever be. 2013's R100, which I watched a few nights back, is comparatively less spectacular though no less outrageous. Worth a watch but keep your expectations much more reasonable.

Symbol, on the other hand, is one of my favorite films of all time.

I stuck my head in on the first ep of this and walked away somewhat confused, may need to try again
https://www.amazon.com/HITOSHI-MATSUMOTO-Presents-Documental-Season/dp/B07C63KLVV

was gonna reply "Holy shit!! I have!!" then was reminded that I started this thread

but have you seen scabbard samurai or symbol?

nah...I looked for a Symbol DVD but couldn't find one at a decent price and then kinda forgot about it. maybe time to look again.

or on the internets! First time i caught it was on mubi. It is - and i say this as somebody who absolutely loves big man japan - MUCH better than big man japan.
symbol is near impossible to explain in a pithy line but it is in essence a mediation on the nature of god with lots of cutaways to luche libre
scabbard samurai is an edo era slapstick take on Scheherazade

Symbol is better watched without knowing too much about it, so don't read any synopses or reviews. It has a completely absurd premise, capped with one of the most ridiculously awesome endings I've ever seen in a movie. The fact the guy even got the budget to make it is a miracle.

And yeah, it's better than Big Man Japan.

holy shit I have!! I knew nothing about it going into a late showing at Toronto film festival. I laughed so hard that my now wife wanted to get up and sit someplace else. Classic.

Symbol I now can't recall.... I'll have to try that again.