Tag: shunoguri

I now have the rare pleasure of having seen two coming-of-age comedy/drama films about young, insecure directors making zombie films from East Asia in the last 12 months. The first was Korea's Let Me Out, the story of a film...

Our good friends at one of the world's finest DVD distribution labels, Third Window Films, have given us an early look at their 2013 schedule, and it looks awesome!Several of these titles are films we've already previewed for TWF in...

The major highlight of this year's Japan Cuts festival for Japanese film fans, as well as fans of great acting in general, is the New York appearance of Koji Yakusho, one of Japan's most acclaimed and accomplished actors, who continues...

[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...