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Like a Dragon

Like a Dragon

Organised crime has never been so chaotic in Takashi Miike’s video game adaptation.

Posted on 5 Oct 2022 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Crime, JapanTagged 2007, Alexander Otsuka, Claude Maki, Gong Yoo, Goro Kishitani, Haruhiko Kato, Kazuki Kitamura, Kenichi Endo, Natsuo, Review, Saeko, Saki Takaoka, Sansei Shiomi, Sho Aikawa, Shun Shioya, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yutaka Matsushige. Leave a comment

A Snake of June

A Snake of June

A young woman is thrown into a nightmarish fantasy in Shinya Tsukamoto’s sort-of erotic thriller.

Posted on 30 Jul 2019 by siibillamlawPosted in Drama, Exploitation, Japan, ThrillerTagged 2002, Asuka Kurosawa, Mansaku Fuwa, Masato Tsujioka, Review, Shinya Tsukamoto, Shuji Otsuki, Susumu Terajima, Taguchi Tomorowo, Tomoko Matsumoto, Yuji Kotari. Leave a comment

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Miike trades gruesome violence with quiet contemplation in the second film of the trilogy.

Posted on 19 Feb 2019 by siibillamlawPosted in Action, Comedy, Drama, JapanTagged 2000, Edison Chen, Hiroko Isayama, Kenichi Endo, Manzo Shinra, Masato, Noriko Aota, Ren Osugi, Review, Riki Takeuchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sho Aikawa, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike, Teah, Toru Tezuka, Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki, Yuichi Minato. Leave a comment

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

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

Posted on 5 Jun 20185 Jun 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Japan, ThrillerTagged 1999, Dankan, Hitoshi Ozawa, Kaoru Sugita, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Ren Osugi, Renji Ishibashi, Review, Riki Takeuchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Sho Aikawa, Susumu Terajima, Taguchi Tomorowo, Takashi Miike. Leave a comment

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

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

Posted on 8 May 201810 Jul 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Horror, Japan, Sci FiTagged 1992, Hideaki Tezuka, Iwata, Keinosuke Tomioka, Nobu Kanaoka, Review, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sujin Kim, Taguchi Tomorowo, Tomoo Asada, Torauemon Utazawa. Leave a comment

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Metallophobia, retribution, body horror, cyberpunk and revenge are just some pieces of the sheer insanity that is cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Posted on 27 Mar 201627 Mar 2016 by siibillamlawPosted in Horror, Japan, Sci FiTagged 1989, Kei Fujiwara, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi, Review, Shinya Tsukamoto, Taguchi Tomorowo. Leave a comment

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