Blade of the Immortal

There’s no rest for the wicked in Takashi Miike’s epic manga adaptation.

Kikujiro

Loners find there’s strength in numbers, in Takeshi Kitano’s low-key comedy-drama.

It’s guilty until proven innocent in Nagisa Oshima’s groundbreaking protest film.

There’s deviance and corruption galore in the first in Takashi Miike’s crime trilogy.

Shinya Tsukamoto returns to give us more metal mayhem in his sequel to The Iron Man.

This dull snoozefest is made all the worst by a lacklustre plot and a thorough lack of scares.

Yojiro Takita’s mature drama about loss finds beauty in both life and death.