Beat Takeshi

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Kantoku - Banzai! — The Brave One — Rise: The Blood Hunter — trailer park

by Chris   ⋅   June 2, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

Yep. It’s that time again. A nice selection of trailers for you to peruse. Check-check em out.
Kantoku - Banzai! . New Takeshi Kitano! Need I say more? Trailer.
The Brave One. New Jodie Foster film. I can’t get this one to play at the moment, but you can try, here.
Gegege no Kitarou.  Kids film featuring Yokai and a main [...]

Best and Worst Films 2006 *UPDATED*

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   January 1, 2007   ⋅   Comments [9]

We’re back again with our best and worst lists for the year. Once again, our criteria for Best Film status were the films that we truly felt we would watch again. For the nitpickers out there, some of the pictures listed played in their native countries at the tail end of 2005, but weren’t seen [...]

BEST OF THE YEAR (so far)

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   August 9, 2006   ⋅   Comments [4]

A lot of critics seem to be putting out their Best of Year (so far) lists, so we’ve decided to do the same. But, rather than list films guaranteed to garner critical acclaim (and respect of our academic elitist peers), we’re choosing those we would honestly watch more than once.
Best films (Chris):
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
So [...]

Takeshis’ movie review

by Chris   ⋅   July 29, 2006   ⋅   Comments [2]

I must admit, Takeshi Kitano’s films are an acquired taste. For example, my first viewing of Sonatine I found to be quite tedious. However, upon my second viewing, a couple years and a few Kitano films later, I began to recognize the subtle nuances of Kitano’s performance and the dichotomy of the violent Yakuza city [...]

Zatoichi (2003) — movie review — screener!

by Chris   ⋅   April 24, 2004   ⋅   Comments [4]

BEAT TAKESHI BEATDOWN To say that Zatoichi is one of cinema’s all time most iconic anti heroes would be an understatement. The tale of the blind, gambling masseur turned expert swordsman has spawned more sequels than Bond and generated countless imitators ranging from Marvel Comic’s cult hero, Daredevil, to Phillip Noyce’s Zatoichi remake, Blind Fury. [...]

Battle Royale (aka: Batoru Rowaiaru) — dvd movie review

by Chris   ⋅   October 18, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

SPECIAL EDITION DIRECTOR’S CUT DVD Note: While many people believe this film to be banned in America due to its “excessively violent” nature, the actual reason for its absence from American markets is due to the fact Toei, the film company behind Battle Royale, refuses to have BR distributed in America at any cost. Unfortunately [...]

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