Articles tagged with Japan

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Miguel Morelli — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:30:07 +0000

It's a pleasure to peek into the cognitive process of Takeshi Kitano, famous Japanese painter, actor author poet and director, as he jests at his own creativity in Glory to the Filmmaker! In a movie of self-centered analysis and introspection, Kitano delivers a few laughs along with an entirely sarcastic view of himself and film making worldwide.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

George Booker — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:17:24 +0000

Takashi Miike has made his reputation over the last several years as one of the most fearless, audacious, and absurdly prolific filmmakers in the world. With over sixty films under his belt, he is naturally remembered best for his most excessive moments. The family satire/catalogue of transgressive perversity Visitor Q. Yakuza violence and sickness exponentially multiplied in Ichi the Killer and Dead or Alive.

Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage

George Booker — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:57:09 +0000

Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage is the Americanized, dubbed version of Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, the fourth film in that series (the original Shogun Assassin was an action heavy, character light version of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub movies). Previously unseen by me, the Shogun Assassin series lingers heavily over modern pop culture, explicitly in the work of the RZA and Quentin Tarantino.