Panos Kotzathanasis talks about Killing, using violence for anti-violence messages, deconstructing Bushido, Sosuke Ikematsu, Shinya Tsukamoto and Yu Aoi’s acting, the cinematography, the brutality of the action scenes, Chu Ishikawa’s music, the at times nightmarish atmosphere, and the few Japanese directors that still direct films with tension.
On paper I am an Italian living in London, in reality I was born and bread in a popcorn bucket. I've loved cinema since I was a little child and I’ve always had a passion and interest for Asian (especially Japanese) pop culture, food and traditions, but on the cinema side, my big, first love is Hong Kong Cinema. Then - by a sort of osmosis - I have expanded my love and appreciation to the cinematography of other Asian countries. I like action, heroic bloodshed, wu-xia, Shaw Bros (even if it’s not my specialty), Anime, and also more auteur-ish movies. Anything that is good, really, but I am allergic to rom-com (unless it’s a HK rom-com, possibly featuring Andy Lau in his 20s)"
