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Directed by Choi Dong-hoon (최동훈) •Action •Comedy 136min | Release date in South Korea : 2009/12/23 Written and Directed by Choi Dong-hoon, JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard takes...
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Mix some dire dialogue and some awful over acting and you get? Actually you get an hour and a half of no-brainer enjoyment. Note: May contain spoilers! This low budget...
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I’m pretty picky when it comes to the music I listen to, but when I started to become interested in all things Japan my music tastes become somewhat eclectic. At...
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It’s been a while since I bigged up anything from Korea, so I thought I’d spend the next couple of days going through my watched list and pointing you in...
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The official release date for the Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl DVD is approaching. Pony Canyon are pushing it out on the 26th of this month and there’s a treat...
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Back on the 11th of January, I wrote about one of the better films to be played at last years Terracotta Film Festival in London -Yoshihiro Nakamura’s ‘Fish Story‘. A...
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Pretty much my last ‘real’ post of sorts was back in September when I mentioned the long awaited return to the Yakuza genre for Takeshi Kitano. Well, an official web...
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One of the better films at last year’s Terracotta Festival in London was Fish Story. The film by Yoshihiro Nakamura (The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a...
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This dark and moody film is set in Japan’s Middle Ages at a time when Demons collected the souls of man. One particular Demon said to be collecting 1,000 souls...
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Set in the grimy underbelly of Sao Paolo, Yu Lik-wai’s film dissects the dynamic between a man and his adopted son as they weave through the cities counterfeit world. A...
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Michael Arias, better known for his work in the animation and digital domain on such features such as Tekkonkinkreet, Princess Mononoke and The Animatrix; lends his hand to directing a...
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I think what has impressed me most about Jackie Chan‘s latest efforts (and I’m talking those films made outside of Hollywood – because we all know that they’re pretty dire…),...
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Originally written May 1, 2009 ‘Aruitemo Aruitemo’ When it comes to film, it seems as though only a select few are able to capture what’s really trying to be said...
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(デトロイト・メタル・シティ, Detoroito Metaru Shiti) Originally written May 12, 2009 Ken’ichi Matsuyama (well known actor in the role of ‘L‘ in the Death Note series of movies) plays a shy young...
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I’ll be completely honest here, the only reason I watched this particular film is because Anna Tsuchiya appears in it. If she wasn’t on the list, it wasn’t getting in....
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Somehow … a great film. Jaji no Futari | Jersey no Futari | Two in Tracksuits There is no real premise to this film, it’s just a pleasant journey of...
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Originally written May 2, 2009 WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! Ryuichi HIROKI‘s (I Am and S & M Writer) film from 2000 is one of those films that has you curiously...
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Originally written June 14, 2009 After being imprisoned for throwing away her room mates possessions, Suzuko Satô – played by Yû Aoi (Don’t Laugh at My Romance, Welcome to the...
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Originally written June 4, 2009 Combine a moody, sullen and angry ex-Yakuza (Abe Hiroshi) with a loving, timid and hard working woman (Nakatani Miki) and you get the epitome of...
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Originally written March 2, 2009 Regular readers will know that it was probably a ‘Beat‘ Takeshi Kitano flick that got me hooked on Japanese film. I do gush about the...
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