In an interview I had with Dean Fujioka, director of “Pure Japanese” back in August 2022, he mentioned: “I started working in Japan about 10...
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On the occasion of their film One Percenter screening at BIFAN, Yudai Yamaguchi and Tak Sakaguchi speak to Panos Kotzathanasis about the appeal of action...
The 15 Best Asian Action/Martial Arts Movies of 2022
Quite a weird year for Japanese cinema, since there was no definite masterpiece this year, in the fashion of “Shoplifters” for example, while short...
"Beating up a good guy is violence, but beating up a bad guy is justice. Interesting. Let's make the world this way."
Despite the abundance of samurai films, Japan is not exactly famous for its martial arts movies, since the genre is not particularly popular in the country...
Kensuke Sonomura is a household name in the Asian Action cinema. Starring as a stunt double and action director in many movies across the continent, Sonomura...
After her father disappears, Rina is left behind with his bar “Hydra”. Besides Kenta, waiter and ladiesman, Rina hires a chef named Takashi. He is...
