Blade of the Immortal: one wearying bloodbath after another in a film on obsessive vengeance, duty and the hell of immortality
Takashi Miike, “Blade of the Immortal” (2017) Condensed from 30 volumes of manga into a
Reviews of films from Japan.
Takashi Miike, “Blade of the Immortal” (2017) Condensed from 30 volumes of manga into a
Takeshi Kitano, “Zatoichi” (2003) Based in part on the television and film series revolving around
Rob Marshall, “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2002) Essentially a variation on the Cinderella story through
Akira Kurosawa, “High and Low” (1963) Most movies based on pulp crime / police procedural
Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, “Evangelion: 1.11 – You Are (Not) Alone” Since the original
Nagisa Oshima, “Ai no korida / In the Realm of the Senses” (1976) Forty years
Noboru Iguchi, “Dead Sushi” (2012) In the tradition of wacky Japanese comedy horror flicks comes
Kenji Mizoguchi, “Ugetsu” (1953) Two interwined morality plays about peasants blinded by thoughts of personal
Tadashi Imai, “Yuki: Snow Fairy” (1981) In the hands of Tadashi Imai, notable as a
Kaneto Shindo, “Onibaba” (1964) An old Japanese Buddhist tale of a woman who uses a