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10+ Years Later: AIR DOLL Has Not Aged a Day
I saw Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Air Doll on the festival circuit during the fall of 2009, in Toronto. Watching it again over a decade later, I realized what I had taken away from the film was not so much a...
Osaka Asian Film Festival to Open With RANDEN: THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF A KYOTO TRAM
Osaka's annual celebration of Asian cinema, Osaka Asian Film Festival, launched into its 14th year today by announcing their opening film. Actor and director Suzuki Takuji (A Band Rabbit and a Boy) will present the world premiere of his latest,...
Rotterdam 2016 Interview: Uchida Eiji, Director Of LOWLIFE LOVE And GREATFUL DEAD
Last week at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Lowlife Love had its first screening outside of Japan. The film shows a very sordid look at the Japanese no-budget film industry, in which all people who are hopeful of a cinematic...
Director Uchida Eiji Presents The Kohan Film And Music Festival
Anyone in Japan this August might want to check out the all-new Kohan Film and Music Festival taking place at stunning Lake Motosu, situated in the shadow of Mount. Fuji. The festival is hosted by Greatful Dead director Uchida Eiji who's brought together...
Now On Blu-ray: GREATFUL DEAD Is AMELIE For The Revenge Crowd
Uchida Eiji's Greatful Dead is another in the ridiculously long line of solid releases from the UK's Third Window Films. The film, which focuses on a woman named Nami who obsesses over the lives of solitary figures that she finds in...
Third Window Films UK Announces Stellar 2015 Slate: Tsukamoto, Nakashima, Kitano, And More
Our good friends, and friends of all fans of east Asian films, Third Window Films have given ScreenAnarchy an exclusive early look at their 2015 slate and it is marvelous!Third Window Films has a history of bringing not only the...
Camera Japan Festival Rotterdam 2014 Reveals Its Great Line-up
UPDATE: The festival has now released its full schedule, and has opened its ticket sales. Click this link for more details. This October, the Camera Japan Festival returns, starting as always in Rotterdam with its full selection, before travelling to...
EXCLUSIVE: The Bloody UK Trailer For Miike's LESSON OF EVIL
After exploring more austere and epic projects, including 13 Assassins and Harakiri: Death Of A Samurai, Miike Takashi returned to his blood-soaked exploitation roots in fine style with Lesson Of Evil, the darkly comic story of a deranged high school...
Fantastic Fest 2013 Review: GREATFUL DEAD Explores The Humour And Horror Of Loneliness
Indie director Uchida Eiji looks to finally have scored a breakthrough hit with this darkly comic exploration of neglect, obsession and voyeurism that successfully mixes exploitation with an astute social conscience.All Nami has ever wanted is to be loved. But...
FAFF 2011 - KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR review
FAFF continues into the weekend, and what a way to start the general sessions than with one of my top picks for the festival. The awesome Ben Umstead (via Mark Popham) explains it below in his previous review, reporting from...
The Karate-Robo Returns In HANG IN THERE! ZABORGAR!
Ladies, be warned. Should your pants ride low enough to expose the top of your panties you may find yourself in trouble with a certain karate fighting robot.Noboru Iguchi's Karate-Robo Zaborgar has won a lot of love on the international...
FANTASTIC FEST 2011: KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR Review
Being a fan of Japanese kaiju cinema and diving a little bit in to Japanese monster TV shows I knew a little about Karate Robo Zaborgar before sitting down and watch Noboru Iguchi's take on the legendary transforming motorbike...
Final Poster For Noboru Iguchi's KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR
Machine Girl director Noboru Iguchi has been winning raves around the world for his super-goofy, super-fun Karate Robo Zaborgar. Iguchi's biggest movie to date is an update of a classic cult television series revolving around a karate fighting robot who...
AFFD 2011: KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR
[Another review reprint for AFFD 2011, this time it is Mark Popham's thoughts on Noboru Iguchi's Karate-Robo Zaboragar, which screens tonight at 11:55 PM at Landmark's Magnolia Theater]Sometime in the mid-nineties, when the VHS tape was king, "so bad it's...
NYAFF 2011: KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR Review
[Our thanks to Mark Popham for the following review.] Sometime in the mid-nineties, when the VHS tape was king, "so bad it's good" became an aesthetic in it's own right. People began actively seeking out bad movies- cheeseball Japanese action...
SIFF 2011: KARATE-ROBO ZABORGAR Review
By most objective standards, the films of director Noboru Iguchi (Machine Girl, Robogeisha) aren't very good. Their mix of low-budget gore and lowest common denominator slapstick sit side-by-side with flabby pacing and broad, generally goofy performances. But then that's almost...
International Teaser For Noboru Iguchi's KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR
With Machine Girl and Robo Geisha director Noboru Iguchi's Karate Robo Zaborgar poised to continue its assault on foreign shores ScreenAnarchy is proud to have first look at the English subtitled international teaser for the film.PART MOTORCYCLE, PART KARATE EXPERT,...
Being Made Largely Of Metal Is No Excuse For Not Dressing Well.
Noboru Iguchi's Karate Robo Zaborgar continues to roll out around the world and as it does we've been passed a closer look at three of the film's key characters.To the left you'll find Akira Emoto as evil mastermind Dr Akunomiya....
First Teaser For Iguchi's KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR
It's a motorcycle! It's a robot! It knows karate! It's Karate Robo Zaborgar! The latest from director Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Robo Geisha) has gotten a lot of love around these parts and now, on the heels of its...
EFM 2011: New Poster For Noboru Iguchi's KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR
Fresh from the film's successful debut in Rotterdam, Sushi Typhoon have come to the European Film Market armed with fresh artwork for Noboru Iguchi's Karate Robo Zaborgar. And there it is, chock full or karate robot action....
