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 – 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 – Sion Sono – 2015 – Japan – Cert. PG – 117m ***** Blu-ray available at Arrow Video’s Third Window Films Shop. Sion Sono’s wonderfully insane, four-hour art-house epic Love Exposure (2008) made great waves on its UK release and for this writer, the extraordinary Love & Peace (2015) is a welcome return to […]
Director – Lee Sang-il – 2010 – Japan – Cert.15 – 140m ***** Unrequited love, a murder mystery and two lovers on the run – UK DVD release date 05/12/2011 This remarkable Japanese movie (which picked up 15 Japanese Oscars and won five) has stayed with and haunted me since its UK theatrical release last […]