With just two weeks to go until Made in Korea premieres on Hulu and Disney+, a trailer has been released for the 1970s-set crime drama.The series centres on Baek Kitae, a man living a double life – KCIA agent by day and a smuggler by night, as he finds everything he’s worked for at stake […]
Movie Review – Bad City (2022)
Bad City, 2022.Directed by Kensuke Sonomura. Starring Mitsu Dan, Hitoshi Ozawa, and Lily Franky.SYNOPSIS:When a corrupt businessman runs for mayor in order to further his criminal activity and starts taking out rival mafia gangs, the cops put together a special unit to take him and his gang down.A love-letter to the violent V-Cinema thrillers of […]
DVD Review – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
Yakuza Apocalypse, 2015. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Denden, Lily Franky, Hayato Ichihara, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Masanori Mimoto, Riko Narumi, Yayan Ruhian, and Raiko Takashima. SYNOPSIS: A Yakuza Vampire boss is betrayed by members of his clan, and is consequently killed; the duty befalls onto his most loyal protégé to take revenge, and to comply with […]
Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters, 2018.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata.SYNOPSIS:A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.Rendering a band of criminals as […]
Movie Review – After the Storm (2016)
After the Storm, 2016.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kike, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky, and Taiyô Yoshizawa.SYNOPSIS:A former writer and private detective struggles to find child support money for his ex-wife in order to look after their son.After the Storm, Hirokazu Koreeda’s (Still Walking, Our Little Sister) latest work of social […]
