Following the great success of “New World”, Park Hoon-jung was established as a blockbuster director, with “The Tiger” following in the same path, in an action...
Tag - Ren Osugi
Based on the homonymous manga by Eiji Ohtsuka, “MPD Psycho” is a total clusterf*ck of a series, even for Miike, and one of the most interesting productions he...
The last film of the late Ren Osugi as an actor (and his first as producer) is a significant production not just for the aforementioned reason but also because...
I must say, my first impression, composed of the outline and poster of this movie, was: “Oh please, not another corny romantic culinary drama.” In Japan, there...
Based on a manga from Ikki Kajiwara, Miike teams up with Ikki's brother, Hisao Maki to write the screenplay. After “The Human Murder Weapon” (1992), this was...
In Takashi Miike's vast filmography, there are some films that could be considered as trademarks of his ever-changing style, like “Ichi the Killer”, “Visitor...
Considered by many Takeshi Kitano's magnum opus, “Fireworks” is also his most critically acclaimed work, as it netted him the Golden Lion in Venice Film...
Director Dai Sako (“Running on Empty” “Still Paradise”) has completed production on his recent film “Kyoukaishi”. The film marks the last performance of iconic...
The third reboot of one of Japan's most famous and successful franchises, and the 31st installment in the series was meant to be one of the greatest...
This particular production is a lightly dramatized documentary about the first 88 hours in the Fukushima nuclear plant after the earthquake hit Japan on Mar...