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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (20th February 2025)
Erotic Ghost Story: "Big sis" Pai Su-su (Hong Kong Gigolo's Stella Lau) has convinced her sworn sisters Hua-Hua (Robotrix's Amy Yip) and Fei-fei (Hitomi Kudô) to take the path of Daoist cultivation in order to resist temptations that would only be spiritually harmful to normal women but they, as fox spirits who have taken the form of human beings and must remains so for thirty-six days if they are to lose their animal essence permanently, are vulnerable to jealous spirits and lustful demon gods including Wu-tung whose temple Su-su visits and experiences a strong reaction to the multi-headed god's effigy. Su-su resists the offer of help from the priest Kuei (The Iceman Cometh's ... |
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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (20th February 2025)
Erotic Ghost Story: "Big sis" Pai Su-su (Hong Kong Gigolo's Stella Lau) has convinced her sworn sisters Hua-Hua (Robotrix's Amy Yip) and Fei-fei (Hitomi Kudô) to take the path of Daoist cultivation in order to resist temptations that would only be spiritually harmful to normal women but they, as fox spirits who have taken the form of human beings and must remains so for thirty-six days if they are to lose their animal essence permanently, are vulnerable to jealous spirits and lustful demon gods including Wu-tung whose temple Su-su visits and experiences a strong reaction to the multi-headed god's effigy. Su-su resists the offer of help from the priest Kuei (The Iceman Cometh's ... |
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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (20th February 2025)
Erotic Ghost Story: "Big sis" Pai Su-su (Hong Kong Gigolo's Stella Lau) has convinced her sworn sisters Hua-Hua (Robotrix's Amy Yip) and Fei-fei (Hitomi Kudô) to take the path of Daoist cultivation in order to resist temptations that would only be spiritually harmful to normal women but they, as fox spirits who have taken the form of human beings and must remains so for thirty-six days if they are to lose their animal essence permanently, are vulnerable to jealous spirits and lustful demon gods including Wu-tung whose temple Su-su visits and experiences a strong reaction to the multi-headed god's effigy. Su-su resists the offer of help from the priest Kuei (The Iceman Cometh's ... |
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V/H/S/Beyond (Blu-ray) by (17th February 2025)
A dire 2024 comes to a close with yet another entry in the V/H/S franchise of diminishing returns that, for the most part, gave up the "found footage" and underground circulation of taboo content on VHS tapes a long time ago. V/H/S/Beyond takes on a sci-fi twist (again) via the framing faux-documentary story "Abduction/Adduction" from Jay Cheel (Cursed Films) in which the last surviving member of an immigrant family sets up video to prove the existence of the paranormal in his family mansion. Strung out of the length of the film intercut with the other stories and padded with licensed clips from fifties studio sci-fi movies with too little actual "found footage" this piece lacks suspense, focus, and feels more like free Shudder cross promotion for Mitch Horowitz (Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction) and the Corridor Digital crew as, respectively, believers and non-believers viewing an underwhelming piece of... |
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A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball by James-Masaki Ryan (16th February 2025)
"A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball" <난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공> (1981) Taking place on a rural salt farm in South Korea, a family of five is experiencing sudden hardships. The father (played by Kim Bul-il) is a dwarf who lost his job following the disbanding of the circus he was part of. While the mother (played by Jeon Yang-ja) is positive that they will be able to make ends meet and would like her husband not to worry, it is causing issues for their children. The elder son, Yeong-su (played by Ahn Sung-ki) was looking to further himself through studies at university, but the financial strain has left him to work at the local factory. He, along with his younger brother Yeong-ho (played by Lee Hyo-jeong) and young sister Yeong-hee (played by Geum Bo-ra) have dealt not only with hardships with poverty since they were children, being bullied and made fun of by other kids due to their father’s dwarfism. In addition, the salt farming business for the locals is dec... |
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Underworld Beauty by Eric Cotenas (16th February 2025)
Released from prison after a three year sentence for a jewelry store robbery, Miyamoto (Outlaw Gangster VIP's Michitarô Mizushima) retrieves a pair of stashed diamonds and goes to boss Ôyone (Stray Dog's Shinsuke Ashida) to make a sale, intending to give the money to Mihara (Tokyo Story's Tôru Abe) who lost a leg in the heist and has been running an Oden stall ever since to support himself and his sister Akiko (Take Aim at the Police Van's Mari Shiraki) who is going down a bad path, playing "bib sis" to a group of schoolgirls for a cut and modeling nude for mannequin-maker Akita (... |
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The Bat Whispers by Eric Cotenas (15th February 2025)
Gotham – New York, that is – is being terrorized by a murderous master criminal known as The Bat who has announced to the press and the police his latest heist of a valuable necklace recently acquired by wealthy Gideon Bell (Wings' Richard Tucker), specifying the time he will strike and daring Bell and the police to be present when he does. In spite of police outside the property and outside his locked study, The Bat manages to kill Bell and take the necklace, leaving his calling card and word that he is headed to the countryside to give the police a break. That same night, the Oakdale bank's vault is robbed of half a million dollars, and The Bat just happens to witness the theft and follows the assailant out of town into the countryside to The Oaks, a mansion being rented by aged socialite Cornelia Van Gorder (The Snake Pit's Grayce Hampton) for the season. Things go bump in the night and maid Lizzie Allen (... |
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Fantômas by Eric Cotenas (15th February 2025)
Master of disguise Fantômas (Judex 34's René Navarre) first makes himself known as the scourge of pre-war Parisian society in "Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine" (63:57) with the bold theft of a string of pearls and a large amount of cash being carried by the Princess Danidoff (Jane Faber of the Comédie-Française) and leaving behind a calling card in invisible ink. When the venerable Lord Beltham mysteriously vanishes, Inspector Juve (Gaslight's Edmund Breon) suspects that Fantômas is responsible but accidentally stumbles upon his current alter ego in Gurn, the secret lover of Lady Beltham (Pépé le Moko's Renée Carl) when her husband's body is discovered in one of Gurn's trunks bound for South Africa. Juve and young rep... |
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Sex and Zen: Deluxe Collector's Edition by Eric Cotenas (13th February 2025)
Licentious young monk Wei Yang Sheng (New Dragon Gate Inn's Lawrence Ng) is a seducer of women who finds himself in a fortuitous union with Qui Yan (Robotrix's Amy Yip), not only because she is beautiful but because he very much needs the protection of her righteous father - nicknamed “Master Iron Gate” - from many wronged husbands. wei teaches his wife to enjoy sex through the teachings of the “Carnal Prayer Mat” a book banned because of its graphical depictions of sexual positions and the notion of sex as pleasure. When he travels far from home, ostensibly to study but screw around away from his watchful eyes of his father-in-law, he enlists “flying thief” Sei Khunlun (Five Fingers of Death's Lo Lieh) - so principled that he returns stolen money with interest - to get him into t... |
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Feed by Eric Cotenas (13th February 2025)
After returning from a traumatic case in Hamburg involving cannibalism, Sydney cybercrime detective Phillip Jackson (The Road Killers' Patrick Thompson) tries to move on with a new case against the better judgment of his superior (Thompson's father Jack Thompson, Sunday Too Far Away) and his girlfriend Abbey (Rose Ashton) with whom he has a (one-sided) open relationship. When he discovers the world of feeders and gainers – a sexual fetish involving food consumption and weight gain – he happens upon a chat group discussing "celebrities" in that world on a website including more than one who have died. No one is willing to divulge the site but Phillip is able to capture an IP for feederx.com and discovers some disturbing images of excessively large, bedridden women being fed by a young man along with bio data for the women on which site members can wager when they will ... |
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Brokeback Mountain by Noor Razzak (13th February 2025)
I suppose one could take a rather immature approach in reviewing this film, luckily I'm no longer 14 and can look at films such as this with a mature adult standpoint. "Brokeback Mountain" is Ang Lee's return to small budget melodramatic character driven films after the disastrous "Hulk" in 2003 failed to strum up decent box office numbers. Screenwriters Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry adapted Annie Proulx's celebrated short story into a beautifully articulate screenplay that was unfortunately unproduced for many years. Although regarded as one of the best scripts around, its subject matter sealed its fate with all the major studios, that is until Focus Features stepped in and Ang Lee expressed interest in helming the project of a Wyoming love story between two male ranch hands. "Brokeback Mountain" tells the story of Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), two down on their... |
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Suspiria: Imprint Collection #356 Limited Edition by Noor Razzak (12th February 2025)
Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake of "Suspiria" is a bold, polarizing reimagining of Dario Argento's 1977 cult classic. While the original film is celebrated for its psychedelic visuals, eerie score, and subversive approach to the horror genre, Guadagnino's version pivots toward a more grounded, cerebral interpretation. By eschewing the garish colors and overt supernatural horror of Argento’s film, Guadagnino explores themes of power, trauma, and personal transformation through a much slower, more deliberate narrative style. However, while this reinvention is rich in atmosphere, it risks losing the visceral intensity and unique emotional appeal of the original. One of the most striking features of Guadagnino’s "Suspiria" is its atmosphere, which is steeped in dread and tension, though far more subdued compared to Argento’s flamboyant approach. Set against the backdrop of 1970's Berlin, the political turbulence of the era infuses the film with an unsettling energy that permeates the story. The post-WWII setting, coupled with the Cold War context, lends an air of historical weight that is largely absent in the 1977 version. This sh... |
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Doctor Vampire by Eric Cotenas (11th February 2025)
In England for a medical conference, young surgeon Chiang Ta-Tsung (Hard Boiled's Bowie Lam) breaks down in the countryside and stumbles upon a castle while looking for a telephone. The castle turns out to be a brothel where he tries to resist temptation. When Tsung spots a Chinese girl being accosted by a man, he comes to her rescue, not realizing that Alice (Eternal Evil of Asia's Ellen Chan) is a vampire and that she was trying to feed off a client. At the command of The Count (Ninja Commandments' Peter Kjaer) who feeds off of his vampire courtesans once they have fed off of their male victims. Alice is touched that Tsung has lost his virginity with her so she spares him, biting him below the belt but letting him live. The Count feels invigorated by Tsung's blood, the quality of which he... |
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Savage Hunt of King Stakh by Eric Cotenas (10th February 2025)
Golden Raven: Valeri Rubinchik (winner) - Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF), 1983 Gold Hugo (Best Feature): Valeri Rubinchik (nominee) - Chicago International Film Festival, 1980 Jury Prize: Valeri Rubinchik (winner) - Montréal World Film Festival, 1980 Mystfest (Best Film): Valeri Rubinchik (winner) - Mystfest, 1980 Caught up in a storm while trekking on foot through the Pinsk marshes, Andrei Bielarecki (The Ascent's Boris Plotnikov) seeks shelter at the ancient Marsh Firs estate where he is received by mistress and last of the Janowski line Nadzieja (Elena Dimitrova), a fearful young woman who is not amused that Andrei regards the local folklore as mere legends he is collecting for an academic work. Woken from his sleep that night, Andrei discovers the housekeeper (Ruslan and Ludmila's ... |
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The Cell: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (9th February 2025)
Oscar (Best Makeup): Michèle Burke and Edouard F. Henriques (nominee) - Academy Awards, 2001 Saturn Award (Best Science Fiction Film): The Cell (nominee), Best Actress: Jennifer Lopez (nominee), Best Costumes: Eiko Ishioka and April Napier (nominee), and Best Make-Up: Michèle Burke and Edouard F. Henriques (nominee) - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 2001 Chainsaw Awards (Best Wide-Release Film): The Cell (nominee) , Best Supporting Actor: Vincent D'Onofrio (winner), Best Screenplay: Mark Protosevich (nominee), Best Score: Howard Shore (winner), and Best Makeup/Creature FX: Michèle Burke (winner) - Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Child psychologist Dr. Catherine Reade (Angel Eyes' Jennifer Lopez) has been recruited to test new neurological technology that allows her to enter the minds of comatose patients. The test subject for the last eighteen months is Edward Baines (... |
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The Cat: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (5th February 2025)
Bored housewife Jutta (A Woman in Flames' Gudrun Landgrebe) is having an affair with exciting and dangerous Probeck (Wind from the East's Götz George), and the two have plotted to a heist using her bank manager husband Ehser (A Map of the Heart's Ulrich Gebauer). At 8:30 in the morning, ex-cons Jungheim (Das Boot's Heinz Hoenig) and Britz (Decoder's Ralf Richter) take the staff hostage and raid the vault only to discover that the branch only carries a small amount on hand. Watching the bank from his hotel ro... |
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Boiling Point by James-Masaki Ryan (5th February 2025)
"Boiling Point" (1993) During an undercover sting operation, treasury agents Jimmy Mercer (played by Wesley Snipes) and Brady (played by Dan Hedaya) things go the wrong way when their undercover agent is killed. Mercer is out for revenge and is on the tail of "Red" Diamond (played by Dennis Hopper) and the young man under his wing, Ronnie (played by Viggo Mortensen). While the two criminals are undertaking a major sting with counterfeit money, there are a lot of other emotional tolls that are playing in the way with the women involved in their lives - and that goes for both the criminals and the leading agent. Crime novel writer and former Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich made quite an impact with his first novel from 1984 entitled "To Live and Die in L.A.". The screen adaptation "To Live and Die in L.A." was released the following year and ... |
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The Man from Majorca: Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (4th February 2025)
International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film): Bo Widerberg (nominee) - Fantasporto, 1986 Guldbagge (Best Actor): Sven Wollter (winner) - Guldbagge Awards, 1985 Mystfest (Best Film): Bo Widerberg (nominee) - Mystfest, 1985 On St. Lucia's Day, an assailant robs a busy Stockholm post office in the middle of the day without a shot fired and only one employee knocked out of his path. Surveilling a whorehouse nearby, vice cops Jarnebring (The 13th Warrior's Sven Wollter) and Johansson (My Life as a Dog's Tomas von Brömssen) respond first and Johansson chases the assailant on foot but he manages to evade him by cutting through a school. Although they bristle about not being included in the Violent Crime meeting on the case, Jarnebring is pragmatic about the crime which was "not exactly The Great Train Robbery" but something is nagging at Johansson. The me... |
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We Live in Time by Noor Razzak (4th February 2025)
"We Live in Time," directed by John Crowley and penned by Nick Payne, is a romantic drama that intricately explores the complexities of love, time, and mortality. The film stars Florence Pugh as Almut, a dedicated chef, and Andrew Garfield as Tobias, her supportive partner. Their relationship unfolds through a nonlinear narrative, offering a poignant and sometimes unconventional portrayal of their journey together. The film's nonlinear storytelling technique presents key moments from Almut and Tobias's relationship out of chronological order. This approach mirrors the unpredictability of life and the fleeting nature of time, effectively immersing the audience in the couple's emotional landscape. While this structure adds depth, it may also challenge viewers seeking a more straightforward narrative. Florence Pugh delivers a compelling portrayal of Almut, capturing the character's strength, vulnerability, and passion. Her nuanced performance brings authenticity to Almut's journey, makin... |
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Super Spies and Secret Lies: The Golden Buddha/Angel with Iron Fists/The Singing Thief - Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (3rd February 2025)
"Following the enormous international success of Dr No and From Russia with Love, Bondmania swept the globe and initiated a cycle of Bondsploitation movies. Studios all over the world sought to capitalise on James Bond and the concept of the super-spy – including Hong Kong’s venerable Shaw Brothers, who began producing tales of intrigue, espionage, and grand theft in the mid-1960s. Eureka Classics presents three of their best in this special-edition set: The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing Thief." The The Golden Buddha is the McGuffin that draws Paul Cheung (Police Story's Paul Chang Chung) into a deadly adventure when he gets his case switched with an identical one belonging to old friend Chan Chung Cheung (The Double Crossers' Chang Pei-Shan) when he gets stranded in Bangkok due to bad... |
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Super Spies and Secret Lies: The Golden Buddha/Angel with Iron Fists/The Singing Thief - Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (3rd February 2025)
"Following the enormous international success of Dr No and From Russia with Love, Bondmania swept the globe and initiated a cycle of Bondsploitation movies. Studios all over the world sought to capitalise on James Bond and the concept of the super-spy – including Hong Kong’s venerable Shaw Brothers, who began producing tales of intrigue, espionage, and grand theft in the mid-1960s. Eureka Classics presents three of their best in this special-edition set: The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing Thief." The The Golden Buddha is the McGuffin that draws Paul Cheung (Police Story's Paul Chang Chung) into a deadly adventure when he gets his case switched with an identical one belonging to old friend Chan Chung Cheung (The Double Crossers' Chang Pei-Shan) when he gets stranded in Bangkok due to bad... |
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Super Spies and Secret Lies: The Golden Buddha/Angel with Iron Fists/The Singing Thief - Limited Edition by Eric Cotenas (3rd February 2025)
"Following the enormous international success of Dr No and From Russia with Love, Bondmania swept the globe and initiated a cycle of Bondsploitation movies. Studios all over the world sought to capitalise on James Bond and the concept of the super-spy – including Hong Kong’s venerable Shaw Brothers, who began producing tales of intrigue, espionage, and grand theft in the mid-1960s. Eureka Classics presents three of their best in this special-edition set: The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing Thief." The The Golden Buddha is the McGuffin that draws Paul Cheung (Police Story's Paul Chang Chung) into a deadly adventure when he gets his case switched with an identical one belonging to old friend Chan Chung Cheung (The Double Crossers' Chang Pei-Shan) when he gets stranded in Bangkok due to bad... |
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Story of a Cloistered Nun by Eric Cotenas (30th January 2025)
Promised by marriage contract since birth to the son of another landowning family, Carmela Simoni (Inferno's Eleonora Giorgi) has fallen in love with peasant Giuliano ('Tis Pity She's a Whore's Antonio Falsi). When she refuses to marry her fiance, her father (Werewolf Woman's Tino Cararro) and mother (Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom's Caterina Boratto) send her off to a nunnery to avoid social ruin and Giuliano is forcibly recruited into the army. She is stripped of her possessions and even her identity and put through a month of isolation and near-starvation in a cell to study the learn the rules of the convent. Once her isolation period is over, she is warm... |
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The Haunted House of Horror by Eric Cotenas (30th January 2025)
When "the epitome of Swinging London himself" Chris (Beach Blanket Bingo's Frankie Avalon) throws a bummer of a party, young Richard (The Ballad of Tam Lin's Julian Barnes) suggests an alternative in a ghost hunt at an abandoned manor house just outside town on the night of the full moon. The party is a fractious bunch: Chris' on-again-off-again girlfriend Sheila (Tower of Evil's Jill Haworth) is more interested in cozying up to a ghost than him, Gary (Just for Fun's Mark Wynter) is juggling nice girl Dorothy (The Trygon Factor's ... |
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Dalgliesh: Series 3 by Eric Cotenas (29th January 2025)
The third series of Acorn's Dalgliesh reboot takes the detective (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell's Bertie Carvel) to the dawn of a new era that was to become the Thatcherite eighties of free enterprise business and politics, which makes it appropriate that the season starts off with a two-part adaptation of "Death in Holy Orders" (45:20 and 45:58) in which the rigidly traditional order of St. Anselm's College is upset by the new trustee Archdeacon Matthew Crampton (The King's Speech's Andrew Havill) making public relations-friendly moves to rehabilitate the reputation of the college after an "incident" involving Father John Betterton (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' Anton Lesser) – whose continued presence on the faculty is a reminder as is their refu... |
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Incubus by Eric Cotenas (27th January 2025)
In the seaside village of Nomen Tuum is a well reputed not only to possess healing power but also to bestow its drinkers with a "subtle beauty"; as such, it has become a searching ground for demons preying on the vain and corrupt to "lure their souls into final degradation" for delivery to the Beast God. Succubus Kia (Simon, King of the Witches' Allyson Ames) feels no challenge in "herding swine" who would "find their own way into the sewers of Hell," and yearns to test her powers by claiming a noble soul. Her sister Amael (Looker's Eloise Hardt) warns her to stay away from the good carry a special power called "love." Kia nevertheless lays eyes on Marc (Impulse's William Shatner) who has returned from battle and is recovering in both body and soul from his experiences with the help of his s... |
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Opera: Limited Edition by Noor Razzak (27th January 2025)
Dario Argento’s "Opera" (1987) remains one of the most visually arresting and narratively unsettling films of his career, consolidating his reputation as a master of Italian horror and giallo cinema. The film blends Argento’s signature stylistic flourishes—opulent set design, vivid color palettes, and elaborate camerawork—with a more sophisticated, yet still deeply unsettling, psychological narrative. However, despite its aesthetic brilliance and the undeniable tension that permeates the film, "Opera" does fall into some familiar traps that limit its impact in the long run. "Opera" follows the story of a young and talented opera singer, Betty (Cristina Marsillach), who becomes the target of a mysterious killer while performing in a high-stakes production of Macbeth. As she faces increasingly violent attacks both on and off the stage, the film weaves themes of voyeurism, identity, and artistic obsession into its intricate plot. The killer’s focus on Betty, combined with the operatic setting, places the character in a relentless struggle between performance and reality, with death constantly lingering in the background. ... |
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All About Lily Chou-Chou by Eric Cotenas (26th January 2025)
C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention (Panorama): Shunji Iwai (winner) - Berlin International Film Festival, 2002 Special Jury Award: Shunji Iwai (winner), Golden Goblet (Best Music): Takeshi Kobayashi (winner), and Best Film: Shunji Iwai (winner) - Shanghai International Film Festival, 2002 Festival Prize (Best New Talent): Takahito Hosoyamada (winner) - Yokohama Film Festival Yuichi Hasumi (Blade of the Immortal's Hayato Ichihara) is a fourteen-year-old teenage boy whose only escape from the harshness of the real world is singer Lily Chou Chou whose music her fans believes comes directly from "the Ether" another plane of existence to which they strive (in the narration, Hasumi makes a comparison of her to The Beatles while also noting that Lily was born on the exact day and time that John Lennon was murdered). By day, he endures the regimented bullying by the upperclassmen at school as a first year student but also by his former best friend Shusuke Hoshino (... |
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Stray Dog by James-Masaki Ryan (26th January 2025)
"Stray Dog" 「野良犬」 (1949) Detective Murakami (played by Mifune Toshiro) reports to his superior Nakajima that his handgun was stolen while riding a streetcar. Although he chased the suspect, the thief made a clean escape. To try to retrieve the weapon before any harm is done, Murakami goes undercover within the Tokyo black markets to search for possible leads in the distribution of acquired firearms. The more experienced detective Sato (played by Shimura Takashi) is assigned to a case involving the handgun, and the two detectives with their differing methods of action must work together to prevent further incidents and tragedies. Being produced and taking place in postwar Japan in 1949, “Stray Dog” is a snapshot of the country at a particularly difficult time for its identity. While it was time for peace and reconstruction, it was also a time that many displaced had few opportunities and conveniences were scarce. Black markets run by Yakuza organizations were sometimes the only way people could get their hands on necessary goods as government subsi... |
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High and Low by James-Masaki Ryan (26th January 2025)
"High and Low" 「天国と地獄」 (1963) Gondo Kingo (played by Mifune Toshiro) has dedicated his life to his company National Shoes through hard dedication to their product and loyalty. But it is time for a change and he decides to invest all his savings into buying shares to take control of the company. Unfortunately when the deal is about to strike, he receives a phone call that his son Jun (played by Egi Toshio) has been kidnapped. In actuality, it was the son of Gondo's chauffeur Aoki (played by Sada Yutaka), young Shinichi (played by Shimazu Masahiko) that was abducted. The kidnapper regardless demands that 30 million yen must be paid for the ransom, but this goes against the 50 million yen that Gondo had painstakingly raised and is about to use for his stock transaction. The police, led by inspector Tokura (played by Nakadai Tatsuya) try to help Gondo to save the young boy, but Gondo is reluctant to throw away ... |
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