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Shinya Tsukamoto presents a cult take on Kon Ichikawa’s classic, “Fires on...
Based on the novel Nobi by Natto Wada, the original, 1959 film, instigated much controversy in the west, for its grotesqueness and the fact that it portrayed Japanese soldiers as victims. In Japan,...
View ArticleWatch: Joseon Era Action-Drama ‘Warriors of the Dawn’ Featuring Lee Jung-jae...
Helmed by director Jeong Yoon-cheol whose last film was the drama A Man Who Was Superman (2008) starring Hwang Jung-min and Jun Ji-hyun, Warriors of the Dawn features Lee Jung-jae (Operation Chromite)...
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“Bloody Muscle Builder in Hell” is a trash epic, VHS style
Quite a story behind this production, since Shinichi Fukazawa had to wait for almost 15 years to complete it. The pre-production started in 1995, but Fukazawa took 10 years to shoot over 10 hours of...
View ArticleBody-Switch Comedy ‘Daddy You, Daughter Me’ Sets Korean Box Office On Fire
From first-time director Kim Hyeong-hyeop, Daddy You, Daughter Me, which opened nationwide on Apr 12, is a quick-witted family farce accompanied by startlingly matched performances from Jung So-min and...
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Watch : The New Live Action ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Teaser Trailer
A new teaser trailer was released this week for a live-action Tokyo Ghoul movie, which was announced last summer. The original anime was a 12 part series based on the manga by Sui Ishida, with a...
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Interview with Kurando Mitsutake: I believe the current trend for the market...
Kurando Mitsutake is originally from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made...
View ArticleWatch: Sammo Hung & Vincent Zhao Battle Pirates In God Of War
During the 16th century, Japanese pirates proliferate along the Chinese coastline. In 1557, the pirates take over Cengang in Zhejiang. After months of futile advances, Commander Yu (Sammo Hung) finally...
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Upcoming Song Kang-ho Films
The ever-reliable thespian Song Kang-ho, after a big 2013, in which he featured in Snowpiercer, The Face Reader and The Attorney, had a quiet 2014 before appearing in Lee Joon-ik’s smash hit period...
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Toshinari Yonishi’s “Sapphire” presents Japan’s take on the Girls-with-Guns...
Yonishi Toshinari’s debut feature film is a genuine action movie, which, despite its low budget, manages to present tons of impressive violence. The film will screen at the 18th Japan-Filmfest Hamburg,...
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Eiji Uchida’s “Love and Other Cults” highlights love in the world of misfits
The collaboration between Eiji Uchida and Third Window Films has proved quite fruitful, being in the process of even creating a specific style, which begun with “Lowlife Love” and continues with “Love...
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New Stills from Korean Action Film ‘The Villainess’ Featuring Kim Ok-bin...
Director: Jung Byung-gil (Confession of Murder, 2012) Distributor: Next Entertainment World Cast: Kim Ok-bin (Thirst), Shin Ha-kyun (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), Sung Joon, Kim Seo-hyung Plot:...
View ArticleNew Trailer For Korean-Chinese Co-Produced Sci-Fi Film ‘Reset’
Plot When her son is kidnapped, the inventor of a time machine teams up with multiple versions of her future self to rescue him. Starring Mini Yang, Wallace Huo Trailer Release Date : June 2017...
View ArticleWatch: Exquisite and Visually Striking ‘The Villainess’ Teaser
Directed by Jung Byung-gil of Confession of Murder (2012), with Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon and Kim Seo-hyung, The Villainess is about a young girl who was raised as a killer in China, coming...
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Watch: The Trailer for ‘Anarchist from Colony’ Featuring Lee Je-hoon (Phantom...
Directed by Lee Joon-ik whose notable credits include the smash hits King And The Clown (2005) and The Throne (2015), Anarchist from Colony examines the life of Park Yeol (played by Lee Je-hoon), who...
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“Mother, I’ve Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face” is a genuine folk/punk (music)...
Michiro Endo is a cult icon in Japan. Born in 1950, in Fukushima, he formed the former punk band “The Stalin” in 1980, a group with radical performances and methods of expression, which featured in...
View ArticleNew Korean Action Noir ‘REAL’ Teaser Just Released!
Director: Lee Sa-rang Distributor: CJ Entertainment Cast: Kim Soo-hyun (The Thieves, 2012), Lee Sung-min (A Violent Prosecutor, 2016), Sung Dong-il, Choi Jin-ri Plot: Jang Tae-young (played by Kim...
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Ghost in the Shell (1995) Review: Still the best Ghost in the Shell movie
Having watched, recently, the Hollywood remake of “Ghost in the Shell”, I could not but feel a sense of nostalgia for the original, particularly due to its depth, which is absent, for the most part, in...
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Interview With Martial Arts Legend Keith Vitali
Keith Vitali is an American Martial Artist, Martial Arts Instructor, Actor, Producer and Author who made his name over the last few decades as one of the baddest men on the planet, competing in over...
View ArticleGet A Glimpse of The Upcoming ‘Taxi Driver’, Starring Song Kang-ho!
The film is based on the true story of a taxi driver (played by Song Kang-ho) who helped German reporter Jürgen Hinzpeter (Thomas Kretschmann) cover the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising. Directed by...
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Interview with Toshinari Yonishi: I wanted to shoot a movie where sexy, weak...
Toshinari Yonishi was absorbed in “STAR WARS” and got a dream to become a film director when he was an elementary school student. It was when he was in his late forties that he remembered the dream...
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