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Trailer for Takashi Miike-directed anime adaptation of Capcom’s Onimusha

September 23, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has debuted a trailer and poster for Onimusha, prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike’s upcoming anime adaptation of Capcom’s action game series, which follows Miyamoto Musashi as he traverses a land plagued by poverty, slicing through evil; check them out here… Set in the early Edo Period, a time when Japan was transitioning towards peace, […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Anime, News, Television, Trailers, Video Games Tagged With: Capcom, netflix, Onimusha, Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike: The Modern Godfather of Horror

September 16, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on Takashi Miike and his influence on horror… If you’re reading this now, you probably were the type of person who used to hunt for “the most disturbing movies of all time” lists. We’ve all been there, and it carried us all through a wild era. The need for shock films hit an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: 13 assassins, Audition, dead or alive, gozu, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Hostel, Ichi the Killer, imprint, masters of horror, one missed call, Takashi Miike, Visitor Q

The Craziest Takashi Miike Movies

July 22, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno on the wildest work of Japanese director Takashi Miike… With over 112 directing credits to his name, the word prolific doesn’t even begin to describe Takashi Miike. His films range from extreme horror to family-friendly romps; there’s no shortage of entertainment here. For this list, we will focus on a collection of the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Audition, dead or alive, Fudoh: The New Generation, gozu, ichi the keiller, Takashi Miike, The City of Lost Souls, the happiness of the katakuris, Visitor Q

Movie Review – First Love (2019)

February 14, 2020 by Robert Kojder

First Love. 2019 Directed by Takashi Miike Starring Becky, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Masaaki Uchino, Shota Sometani, Takehiro Miura, Sakurako Konishi, Jun Murakami, and Sansei Shiomi SYNOPSIS:: A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. One of the upsides of directing […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: becky, first love, Jun Murakami, Masaaki Uchino, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Sakurako Konishi, Sansei Shiomi, Shota Sometani, Takashi Miike, Takehiro Miura

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – First Love

October 11, 2019 by Shaun Munro

First Love, 2019. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Becky, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Masaaki Uchino, Shota Sometani, Takehiro Miura, Sakurako Konishi, Jun Murakami, and Sansei Shiomi. SYNOPSIS: A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. The latest film from the industrious […]

Filed Under: London Film Festival, Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: 2019 BFI London Film Festival, becky, first love, Jun Murakami, Masaaki Uchino, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Sakurako Konishi, Sansei Shiomi, Shota Sometani, Takashi Miike, Takehiro Miura

Takashi Miike’s First Love gets a new trailer and poster

September 4, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

With a little over three weeks to go until its theatrical release, a new trailer and poster arrived online for the Yakuza crime caper First Love. Directed by Takashi Miike, the film follows the story of a young couple – a boxer and a call girl – who fall in love while getting caught up […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: first love, Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike’s First Love gets a teaser trailer

July 23, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its release this September, Well Go USA Entertainment has debuted a trailer for cult favourite Takashi Miike’s upcoming crime drama First Love which stars Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, and Sakurako Konishi; watch it here… The film is the prolific auteur, Takashi Miike, at his most fun and anarchic, a noir-tinged yakuza […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: first love, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Sakurako Konishi, Shota Sometani, Takashi Miike

Plot details for Takashi Miike’s new film First Love revealed

April 27, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike is set to unleash his latest project at the Cannes Film Festival next month with the premiere of First Love, and thanks to Deadline we’ve got some plot details for the action thriller. As per the site, First Love is set over a single night in Tokyo and follows “Leo, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: first love, Takashi Miike

Blu-ray Review – Terra Formars (2016)

April 18, 2019 by admin

Terra Formars, 2016. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Rila Fukushima, Shun Oguri, Emi Takei, Kane Kosugi, and Hideaki Itô. SYNOPSIS: In the 24th century a group of social misfits are sent to Mars on a mission to destroy cockroaches sent there years before, only the roaches have evolved slightly. Based on the manga […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Emi Takei, Hideaki Itô, Kane Kosugi, Rila Fukushima, Rinko Kikuchi, Shun Oguri, Takashi Miike, Terra Formars

The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today

April 1, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Akira Kurosawa, Black Panther, DC, Donnie Yen, Hard Boiled, Jackie Chan, John Wick 2, John Woo, Luc Besson, Marvel, nikita, Oldboy, Takashi Miike, The Villainess, Wu Jing

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