Zipang, 1990.Directed by Kaizō Hayashi. Starring Masahiro Takashima, Narumi Yasuda, Shirô Sano, Bengal, Mikio Narita, and Mikijirô Hira.SYNOPSIS:A samurai outlaw on the run with his motley clan falls for the bounty hunter who’s trailing him to the untold riches of a mythical city of gold.Jigoku (Masahiro Takashima) is an outlaw samurai looking to score his […]
Trailer for Japanese dystopian sci-fi drama Happyend
Film Movement has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Neo Sora’s Japanese dystopian sci-fi drama Happyend.Set in a near future Tokyo, which is under the constant threat of catastrophic earthquake, the film sees a high school installed with oppressive security system after Yuta and Kou play a prank on their principal. Soon their conflicting […]
Blu-ray Review – To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)
To Sleep So as to Dream, 1986.Directed by Kaizo Hayashi. Starring Shiro Sano, Koji Otake, Morio Agata, Kenji Endo, Fujiko Fukamizu, Baiken Jukkanji, and Moe Kamura.SYNOPSIS:To Sleep So as to Dream is a unique black-and-white Japanese film from 1986 that seeks to pay homage to the silent and film noir eras while delivering a story […]
