Tag: takashinishina

(I'll never yell at my television again, lest it suddenly changes into an attractive member of the opposite sex... hey, wait-a-minute!) Last year, Japanese director Lisa Takeba presented her first feature film The Pinkie at the International Film Festival Rotterdam...

The Winners of the Fantastic Off Theater Competition at this year's Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival were announced Sunday night, with Lisa Takeba's The Pinkie awarded the Grand Prix by the jury made up of Saito Takumi, Thomas Nam, Tom...

This Thursday sees the opening of the 2014 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival way up in the wintry climes of Hokkaido, Japan. Christopher O'Keeffe and I will be pulling on our long-johns and heading out into the snow to savour...

(Talk about a film trying hard to wrap you around its little finger...) Lisa Takeba's feature film debut The Pinkie was one of the many World Premieres this year at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. A flashy little comedy drama...

My friend and colleague Peter K once wrote a paper on the question of cultural difference, and how that translates when one watches a film from a different country. Can we really understand all the nuances of films that come...

Japanese splatter comedy master Iguchi Noboru enlisted High Kick Girl Takeda Rina for his latest effort, Dead Sushi, and fans will be soon be able to watch the action queen fight to keep dinner from having her for dinner in...

Noboru Iguchi's latest opus about revenge-seeking-man-eating sushi may not fall under the already infamous Sushi Typhoon label, but it bears many characteristics of the J-splatter studio's usual shtick: high-concept comedy that lampoons Japanese culture, manic scream acting from an ensemble...

With the world premiere of Noboru Iguchi's Dead Sushi just around the corner at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, ScreenAnarchy has a pair of tasty new morsels for your consumption. First, we've added a quartet of stills to the gallery...

Dinner wants you for dinner.Cult director Noboru Igushi (Machine Girl, RoboGeisha) has enlisted High Kick Girl star Rina Takeda to play the lead in his latest offering, Dead Sushi. Takeda plays a girl who leaves home to escape the disapproving...

This announcement somehow managed to slip through the cracks here at ScreenAnarchy Towers, but news that a new Noboru Iguchi film will be having its world premiere at one of our very favourite film festivals simply cannot pass without comment...

Leave it to notorious cult director Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Karate-Robo Zaborgar) to conjure up the ridiculous idea of a killer sushi in his appropriately titled film Dead Sushi. As exploitatively promised in the trailer, you can expect to...