Based on the bestselling book by Yoshida Shūichi, originally serialized in newspaper format, and then published in hardback in 2014, “Rage” provides a unique...
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“Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio” is a rude, crude and completely daft Yakuza comedy, based on the manga by Noboru Takahashi, and directed by Takashi Miike, the...
Love, family, and relationships; our lives revolve around it, even for the most misanthropic of us. At the risk of sounding cheesy, no matter how much we fight...
The underground fighting movie, a byproduct of films like “Kickboxer” and “Bloodsport” but popularized by “Fight Club,” is given another adaptation in this...
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 the...
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...
Yuji Shimomura has worked as a stunt co-ordinator on films such as “Shinobi: Heart under Blade” (2005) and “Flashpoint” (2007), as well as directing cinematics...
Quite a different production this one, since Malaysian Lim Kah-wai travelled to Eastern Europe and worked with locals, in a film that actually looks like a...
“Close-knit” (2017) is an emotional drama that deals with the issues of gender, identity and sexuality. Director Naoko Ogigami wished to draw attention to...