‘Cruel Tales of the Bohachi’: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973) • The Villain (1974)
Prime examples of the ero guro jidaigeki genre, offering perfect portraits of the shifting depictions of sex and violence in Japanese cinema of the 1970s.
BLOOD OF REVENGE (1965)
Osaka, 1907. The upstart Hoshino gang tries to assassinate the boss of the Kiyatatsu syndicate, who are in charge of the construction business.
MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978)
An embattled planet, on the edge of doom, sends an SOS, and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
VIOLENT STREETS (1974)
A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.