Director: Kinji Fukasaku Writers: Fumio Konami, Misao Arai (New Battles Without Honor and Humanity), Susumu Saji, Yozo Tanaka, Kôji Takada, (New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss’s Head), Kôji…
Director: Kenji Kamiyama Writer: Kenji Kamiyama Cast: Mitsuki Takahata, Yosuke Eguchi Cert: PG Running time: 110 mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: A high school girl bound for university relies…
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi Writer: Hideaki Anno Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Jun Kunimura Cert: 12 Running time: 120 mins Year: 2016 What’s the story: When a…
Director: Shûkô Murase Writer: Shûkô Murase (screenplay), Project Itoh (novel) Cast: Yûichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, Sanae Kobayashi Cert: 15 Running time: 115mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: In 2022, five…
Director: Jûzô Itami Writer: Jûzô Itami Cast: Tsutomo Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Kinzô Sakura, Rikiya Yasuoka, Yoshi Katô Cert: 15 Running time: 114 minutes Year: 1985 Film:…
Welcome to Cinematic Greens Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Writer: Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay), Saikaku Ihara (novel) Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune Cert: PG Running time: 137 mins Year: 1952 Accolades: 1952…
SPIRITED REIMAGINING (Spoiler warning: key plot points from Ghost in the Shell 2017 revealed in this feature) Mired in whitewashing accusations since 2015 when Scarlett Johansson was announced in the…
Director: Kenji Misumi (films 1-3 & 5), Buichi Saito (film 4), Yoshiyuki Kuroda (film 6) Writer: Kazuo Koike (screenplay), Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima (manga) Cast: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tokio Oki, Minoru…
Director: Naoko Yamada Writer: Reiko Yoshida (screenplay), Yoshitoki Oima (manga) Cast: Mayu Matsuoka, Saori Hayami Cert: 12 Running time: 129mins Year: 2016 What’s the story: Deaf schoolgirl Shōko moves to…
2016. We’ll not dwell on what an awful year it was. Suffice to say there was a lot happening in the movie world, some of it bad, some of it…
