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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1963
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Within the first five seconds of Zatoichi On The Road, you know you’re in good hands. Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda starts the picture in darkness. You hear a sound, which you quickly identify as the shaking of gambling dice. Then a voice: “Game.” The first image […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Drama
Director: Noribumi Suzuki
Year: 1968
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The second installment of the Red Peony Gambler series is not quite as surefooted as the first, but it recovers nicely for a powerful finish.
In the first installment of Red Peony Gambler, plot, character, and theme were almost flawlessly integrated, but that isn’t true […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Drama/ Pinku Eiga
Director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Year: 1968
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
I have to admit, when I saw that Female Demon Ohyaku was going to be in black and white, my heart sank.
I figured that since Female Demon Ohyaku was a forerunner to the Pinku Eiga (pinky violence) genre, the levels of […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
Year: 1963
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Tane: We’ve both done bad things to make a living.
Ichi: Life’s dirt sticks to everyone. To me, you’re the same old Tane.
Tane: Ichi, you say such cruel things.
Ichi: What?
Tane: I’m glad you lost your eye-sight, so you can’t see what I’ve become.
The Ichi series has […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Year: 1971
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
The Ginza district in Tokyo in the 70s is much like red light districts anywhere. People live by their wits and the predominant ethic is hustle or be hustled. In such circumstances, when kindness is extended to a stranger, bonds are formed.
Such is the experience […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
Year: 1963
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) is a different kind of hero. Most lead characters in Japanese chambara series fall into one of two categories: either they have had their world ripped out from under them so completely that they have no recourse but to pursue […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Year: 1969
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I have a special affection for Hong Kong flicks from the late 80s and early 90s, but if I let myself admit it, the ratio of quality to quantity is rather low, better than action films from the United States perhaps, but nothing […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay
Director: Takashi Miike
Year: 2010
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Takashi Miike is best known for cinematic provocations like Dead Or Alive, Audition, and Ichi The Killer, although if you take a look at his overall cinematic output, it’s bewilderingly diverse.
However, this is the first time that Miike has attempted a straightforward samurai movie, as […]
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Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay/ Satire
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Year: 1969
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Killer’s Mission has a bit of a legendary reputation, in part because it’s difficult to get hold of a copy, and partly because it’s supposed to be one of the more violent 60s chambara flicks.
The premise certainly holds promise. In the late Edo […]
