Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, the Japanese comedy horror based on Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata’s manga of the same name.Directed by Yûsuke Ishida, the film stars Eiji Akaso as Akira, a young man who has had the life sucked out of him by the […]
Blu-ray Review – Black Society Trilogy
Black Society Trilogy Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Kippei Shîna, Tomorowo Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Shô Aikawa, Li Wei Chang, Shih Chang, Kazuki Kitamura, Dan Li. SYNOPSIS: A collection of three thematically-connected crime stories by cult Japanese director Takashi Miike. Not strictly a trilogy in the common sense of the word, Takashi Miike’s so-called Black Society […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Blade of the Immortal, 2017.Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, and Kazuki Kitamura.SYNOPSIS:In ancient Japan, a young girl watches as her entire family are butchered by a master swordsman and his gang. Swearing vengeance, she seeks the help of an immortal samurai to train her for battle. When we talk of particularly prolific […]
