Cultures clash on the streets of Tokyo in one of Takashi Miike’s more subdued gangster thrillers.
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Uzumaki (and the Problems with Adapting Junji Ito)
Uzumaki, the movie, will no doubt be many people’s first foray into the twisted mind of Junji Ito – so does it do him justice?
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Miike trades gruesome violence with quiet contemplation in the second film of the trilogy.
Yocho
Some good ideas are wasted in a perfectly serviceable but otherwise dull sci fi mystery.
Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha
There's deviance and corruption galore in the first in Takashi Miike’s crime trilogy.
Outrage Coda
Things spiral out of control in Takeshi Kitano’s final chapter of the Outrage trilogy.
Shin Godzilla
Bureaucracy and destruction run rampant in Hideaki Anno’s revamp of the beloved franchise
Sonatine
The Yakuza take a much needed break while in hiding in Takeshi Kitano’s gangster drama
The Asian Cinema Critic 