Killing (Sawamura) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 2018 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 79m *** [Update: The Adventures of Denchu Kozo streams on the Arrow Channel from Friday, May 3rd 2024.] The Adventures of Denchu Kozo (Denchu kozo no boken) Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1987 – Japan – 45m **** Haze Director – […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1989 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 67m ***** On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. Previously on BFI Player as part of Japan 2020. This review originally appeared in Manga Mania. A metals fetishist (played by director Shinya Tsukamoto) inserts a metal tube into his leg and the resultant […]
Director – Shinya Tsukamoto – 1992 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 83m ***** The Iron Man Tetsuo is back… and this time, he’s got a wife and child – sequel to the cyberpunk classic was first released November 10th 1992, when this review appeared in Manga Mania. On Arrow Channel from Friday, September 22nd. […]
Director – Tomu Uchida – 1962 – Japan – Cert. PG – 109m ***** On MUBI from Tuesday, April 4th; also Amazon Prime (rental) and Arrow Channel The second Tomu Uchida film to receive a Blu-ray release after the black and white Bloody Spear At Mount Fuji (1955) is the colour The Mad Fox a.k.a. Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow (1962). […]
Director – Hideo Nakata – 2002 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 101m ***** Plays in the BFI Japan 2021 season October / November at BFI Southbank. Also, currently streaming on BFI Player as part of the BFI Japan 2021 programme. Currently available to view on Amazon Prime, BFI Player and Shudder. Review originally published […]
Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2001 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 119m ***** Plays in the BFI Japan 2021 season October / November at BFI Southbank. Also, currently streaming on BFI Player as part of the BFI Japan 2021 programme Pulse aka Kairo (2001) has long been considered one of the key J-Horror films […]
Ring Director – Hideo Nakata – 1998 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** Spiral (Rasen) Director – Joji Iida – 1998 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 97m ** 1/2 Ring 2 Director – Hideo Nakata – 1999 – Japan – Cert. 12 – 95m ***** Ring 0 Director – Norio Tsuruta – […]
Director – Sion Sono – 2008 – Japan – Cert. 18 – 237m ***** Originally published in Third Way to coincide with the UK DVD release date 11/01/2010. Currently streaming on BFI Player as part of the Cult Japan section together with a much wider selection of Japanese movies. Blu-ray on sale for a bargain […]
Director – S.Craig Zahler – 2015 – US – 18 – 132m ***** Western with cannibals substituted for Red Indians proves hugely entertaining – on BFI Player from Monday, December 14th Watching Bone Tomahawk is to watch a series of Wild West vignettes with a small number of characters in different locations – a primitive […]
Director – Koji Shima – 1956 – Japan – Cert. PG – 87m *** Out on Arrow Blu-ray The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in colour, Warning From Space (1956) features peaceful, star-shaped aliens, one of whom transforms herself into a nightclub singer to make contact with Japanese scientists. Not that the aliens possess […]