Renji Ishibashi

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Shogun Assassin 5: Cold Road to Hell (aka Kozure Okami: Jigoku e Ikuzo! Daigoro) — dvd movie review

by Chris   ⋅   July 10, 2008   ⋅   Comment [1]

Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Renji Ishibashi, Koichi Sato
Genre: Japan, Samurai, Action
So, after our reviews of the previous four Shogun Assassin DVDs, I’m pretty sure you know what to expect with Shogun Assassin 5: Cold Road to Hell: loads of awesome swordfights, tricked out machine gunning baby-carriage antics, and more arterial [...]

Hana (aka: Hana yori no maho) — dvd movie review

by Chris   ⋅   June 28, 2008   ⋅   Comment [1]

Director: Koreeda Hirokazu
Starring: Junichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Susumu Terajima, Tadanobu Asano
Genre: Japan, Samurai, Drama
Koreeda Hirokazu is the master of the saccharine. The man has managed to tackle such subjects ranging from dealing with the suicide of a spouse (Maborosi) to the prospect of life after death (After Life), and in each instance, rather than depressing [...]

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (aka: 4.6 Billion Years of Love) — movie review — he-said, she-said

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   January 11, 2008   ⋅   Comments [3]

HE SAID
Ah, Takashi Miike. I think I’ve covered him enough in previous reviews to forgo the usual introduction. I mean, his popularity has grown to the point where I’ve even heard little children mentioning his name in excited tones at the local video store (I would imagine he would have it no other way). So [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Sakuran

by Kris   ⋅   September 26, 2007   ⋅   Comment [1]

Sakuran starts off strong, bombarding the senses with bravado in all beats: clashing costume colors, punky tunes, and a tough chick lead. Gorgeous crane shots of goldfish harems and cherry blossom petal swarms act as the liberal cayenne in this bright bright bright world. But this is not our world, this is [...]

Gozu (aka Gokudo Kyofu Dai-Gekijo) he-said-she-said movie review

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   November 9, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

SHE SAID: Wow, incredible. I’m just gonna say right off the bat that if surreal is your dig, you’ll love this movie. If you’ve ever pondered mortality, take a test-run. You’ll hop into anti-hero Minami’s 1965 Mustang convertible (my aunt had one of these bad-boys; they are niiice!) and vroom off to Nagoya to [...]

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha movie review

by Chris   ⋅   November 7, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

THE NAKED CHICK’S CORPSE HIT THE PAVEMENT LIKE A COLOSTOMY BAG FILLED WITH CHEESE Like Lynch, Miike’s films demand to be watched at least twice. Once for the purely visceral impact, and once to pick up on the symbolism and subtle nuances of the story. But if Lynch is Jazz, Miike is pure rock [...]

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