After he had explored death and the afterlife in his 2004 feature “Vital”, Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto would continue this thematic journey two years...
Tag - Ryuhei Matsuda
According to the narrator (who also happens to be the protagonist, Ryunosuke Akutagawa), ‘Shanghai is a city of sin'. How and in what ways is that statement...
Existential Prison Sweats Of all Takashi Miike's large body of work, “Big Bang Love, Juvenile A” is perhaps his most metaphorical film. Many of his films can...
“The Great Passage” was the film that most of the Japanese film competitions selected as the best for 2013, and the official selection for the Best Foreign...
In the midst of all the controversy (not quite as it was eventually proven, just the Japanese authorities trying to make a power play), it is good to remember...
“Male bonding starts with pissing together.” Japanese director Toshiaki Toyoda has remained largely unknown to filmgoers due to the reclusive nature of the man...
What started with “Pornostar“, continued in the best way possible in “Blue Spring”, with the concept of the guerilla/punk film finding its apogee here, in...
By Shikhar Verma Cult J-Horror filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure [1997], Pulse [2001]) has been on a hiatus for around a decade now. While he keeps churning...
“Demon Pond” is a retelling of the classic Kabuki play sharing the same name. The story has been adapted to the screen once before by critically acclaimed...
Japanese director Toshiaki Toyoda (“Blue Spring”, “9 Souls“, “Pornostar“) is set to release his adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Shogi prodigy...
