Mutsumi Fujita

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Japanese Hell (aka: Jigoku (1999)) movie review

by Chris   ⋅   December 5, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

So here’s a film that’s received a bit of bad online press due to a rather common misconception (and one initially shared by myself). Teruo Ishii’s Jigoku is not a remake of the 1960 Jigoku, but the result of a merging of two separate Ishii projects due to budgetary constraints and studio mandates. The [...]

Screwed (aka: Neji-Shiki) dvd review

by Chris   ⋅   August 20, 2006   ⋅   Comments [2]

If you’re a fan of Tadanobu Asano (and who isn’t?) you know he likes to pick some oddball projects. Likewise, if you’re a fan of Teruo Ishii, you know to expect anything, from the depraved to the profound, and potentially a mix of the two. But when the two team up to bring an influential [...]

Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf dvd review

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   August 20, 2006   ⋅   Comment [1]

With this weekend of New Line’s manufactured “cult” release, some of you may be hankering for the real thing. A film which plays by its own rules, flaunts its questionable tastes, is made by the skin of its teeth, and throws convention to the wind; a genuinely singular experience a la Liquid Sky or The [...]

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