Tag: shôgomutô

The TIFF programme guide breathlessly extolled the success of Thermae Romae in its native country, declaring the film, based on an extremely popular manga, "Japan's biggest box office hit of the year". This goes to prove a couple things -...

[Everybody loves Miike.  With Crows Zero 2 playing at Fantasia, it seems like the right time to pull one of our reviews out of the archives for a second glance.  Take it away, Niels!]Miike returns with a sequel to one...

Miike returns with a sequel to one of his slickest films ever. The original Crows Zero was a huge box office hit in Japan, making a sequel almost inevitable. For Crows Zero II Miike takes control again, delivering what must...

[Our thanks again to Guillem Rosset for his ongoing coverage of the Sitges festival. He's making me very sad about the things I'll miss before I get there.]Takashi Miike has grown up. He's no more that director who worked non-stop...