Having watched his previous film, “Sapphire”, I had high hopes for “Steel Angie”, since the director showed a knack for the extreme...
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The underground fighting movie, a byproduct of films like “Kickboxer” and “Bloodsport” but popularized by “Fight Club,” is...
Released a full three years after the original installment, burgeoning J-sploitation director Hiroki Yamaguchi returns with the next installments in the...
Following the well-received ‘Strange Days,' director Yasushi Koshizaka set his sights on a new entry in the J-sploitation genre to continue his status of...
Having started in 2012, this third entry in the ‘Iron Girl' saga of action/sci-fi films carries on the post-apocalyptic themes and settings from the...
“Bonded by Sorrow” follows the tragic life of Yoshikawa, a lonely man struggling to make a living. After seeing his struggles at work, his boss introduces him...
One of the undisputed masters of the J-splatter scene, Noboru Iguchi has either worked on or for most of the modern classics of the genre, in a career dating...
Among the plethora of Japanese family dramas, it is always a pleasure to discover the ones that truly stand out. “Okinawan Blue” manages to do that...
As one of the more popular genres of action movies in the 1980s, the ninja movie was a massive cultural smash offering numerous entries and imitators...
The slow-burning drama, as dictated nowadays by the style of Hirokazu Koreeda, is one of the most dominant genres in the Japanese movie industry. Takashi Saito...