Japanese Films

13 Assassins

May 6th, 2011 | by Mike Barnard

Takashi Miike has brought sensationally violent movies to the screen in the past, yet has always been driven by a

January 29th, 2010 | by Mike Barnard

While Hollywood has been going crazy for the most advanced forms of 3-D it can find to add another dimension

June 10th, 2009 | by Mike Barnard

When director Noboru Iguchi unleashed the visceral shoot-em-up-fest of The Machine Girl on Asia’s extreme cinema scene, he strapped a

May 8th, 2009 | by Mike Barnard

Mamoru Oshii is no stranger to ambitious anime projects. His visionary pair of Ghost in the Shell cyberpunk movies were

March 19th, 2009 | by Mike Barnard

The Japanese have always been considered outlandish and zaney with their movie tastes but a recent glut of ultra-violent offerings

August 3rd, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Mutants with chainsaws for arms and crocodile-like jaws for legs go head-to-head with a police force intent on wiping them

May 19th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

If Evil Dead’s Ash had a young female Japanese cousin, she would probably be The Machine Girl. Sporting a machine