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Tag: Japan
Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell
After cranking out five films in a little under two years, the landscape that lay behind the scenes of the Lone Wolf And Cub series
Godzilla: Singular Point – Season 1, Episode 2: Gamesome/Midsummer Oni Festival (2021) – Review
Wow. It’s almost as if the makers of Godzilla: Singular point read the minds of every person who was pissed by the lack of rampant,
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons
After wisely taking a brief time-out after churning out the first three Lone Wolf And Cub movies in under a year, Kenji Misumi returned to
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades
Much like the unbroken resolve of the unfeasibly stoic Lone Wolf (aka. ex executioner for the Shogunate and awesome/terrible parent Ogami Ittõ), the Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx
The blood staining the sword of Ogami Ittõ barely had time to dry before the core creative team behind Sword Of Vengeance got stuck into
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance
Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.
Shin Ultraman
To paraphrase Ron Burgundy, Ultraman’s kinda a big deal – and yet despite being consistently popular in his native Japan thanks to his TV show
One Cut Of The Dead
Patience, they say, is a virtue and for those who can take the time to do things right, great gifts are due to come. Never
Space Amoeba
Boasting an original title that translates as Gezora, Ganimes, and Kamoebas: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas – but released in America with
Rebirth Of Mothra III
When they have momentum, the rate that Toho can churn out Kaiju flicks is frankly stunning – and I’m not even talking about the inhuman
Rebirth Of Mothra
While Kaiju legends such as Godzilla and Gamera racked up movie after movie in their various filmographies, other monsters had to be content playing second
Varan The Unbelievable
If you ever wondered how foreign monster movies were marketed to America back in the days of the 50’s and 60’s, you’d need look no
Gappa: The Triphibian Monsters
When you get past the recognisable scaley visages of the Kaiju rogues gallery of Toho and Daiei and continue onwards into the realms of the
Zeiram
Made in 1991 with a vision that far outstrips it’s budget, Zeiram is one of those movies that emerged from Japan at the time that
Daimajin
In 1966, Daiei Studios were seeing quite the success with their film slate which was chiefly made up of samurai pics and monster movies –
Versus
From it’s first shot of a samurai slicing a zombie in two, Ryuhei Kitamura’s 2000 berserker breakout Versus aimed to put a familiar spin on
The Story Of Ricky
Even though I myself have used the phrase before – possibly in one of these very reviews – I’ve never really liked the term “guilty
Gamera 3: The Revenge Of Iris
For the final part of his lauded Gamera trilogy, director Shusuke Kaneko went for something a little different from the usual plotline of an evil
Gamera 2: Attack Of Legion
A year after Gamera and Gyaos adjusted the Japanese skyline with their gargantuan sized grudge match, a freak meteor storm peppers the northern region of
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