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Tag: JAPANESE CINEMA

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GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023)

Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptised in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

by Rachel Dvorak 3rd December 20233rd December 2023
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THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE (1978)

Based on Japanese 18th-century events, this is the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.

by Remy Dean 1st December 20231st December 2023
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RINGU (1998)

A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape alleged to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.

by Alexander Boucher 14th September 202314th September 2023
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SAMURAI REINCARNATION (1981)

Amakusa Shiro resurrects other dead historical figures to overthrow the Shogunate, while Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi rises to fight him and his warriors of the dead.

by Remy Dean 16th June 202316th June 2023
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VIOLENT STREETS (1974)

A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.

by Remy Dean 21st February 202323rd February 2023
to sleep so as to dream (1986)
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TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM (1986)

An ageing silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter.

by Remy Dean 18th March 202230th March 2022
in the realm of the senses (1976)
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IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976)

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

by Barnaby Page 31st January 20223rd February 2022
drive my car (2021)
Film Review

DRIVE MY CAR (2021)

One day, the playwright wife of a stage actor and director disappears...

by Shae Sennett 28th January 20223rd February 2022
red angel (1966)
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RED ANGEL (1966)

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse struggles to help her patients and falls in love with a morphine-addicted doctor.

by Barnaby Page 10th January 202212th January 2022
sailor suit and machine gun (1981)
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SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN (1981)

A teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi inherits her father's Yakuza clan.

by Kim Vertue 14th November 20213rd December 2021
yokai monsters (2021)
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Yōkai Monsters Collection (1968-2005)

A review of Arrow Video's Blu-ray box-set 'Yōkai Monsters' Collection, featuring 100 Monsters, Spook Warfare, Along with Ghosts, and The Great Yōkai War.

by Remy Dean 16th October 20215th January 2022
spirited away (2001)
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SPIRITED AWAY (2001)

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

by Jono Simpson 24th September 20212nd October 2021
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