Humming – Review
Humming immediately distinguishes itself from the typical Korean romantic melodrama as a love story that begins in the middle of a relationship. Enjoyment depends on what kind of movie you want to watch. Fans of rom-coms should definetely check this 2008 Korean flick out. Click for the full review...
Audition – Review
This review is part of the Japan Tsunami relief blogathon! Some would call Audition a daring social commentary about the way men mistreat women in modern society. Others might call it yet another sick and twisted film from director Takashi Miike. Actually, it's both. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #20 – Trang Thuy Nguyen
This week in the Creative Spotlight we hit the 20th episode and we switch gears a bit from interviewing artists to featuring a very young and talented photographer. Introducing Oni, a 19 years old woman who resides in Hanoi. We sit down and talk a bit about her portfolio, her love of Studio Ghibli anime, and more! Click for the full interview...
Japanese Cinema Blogathon To Aid Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
This post will be updated from March 15th-20th. Welcome to the Blogathon hosted by Japan Cinema & CinemaFanatic to aid Earthquake and Tsunami relief. If you'd like to donate or participate, please click the link to come inside are join a part of the relief process!
Rusty Knife – Review
Our editor Vikram covers Rusty Knife, a 1958 film which was the first smash for director Toshio Masuda, who would go on to become one of Japanese cinema’s major hit makers. In the film, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to leave behind a life of crime, but their past comes back to haunt them when the authorities seek them out as murder witnesses. Click for the full review...
Fighting Beat – Review
Fighting Beat is about a group of young Muay Thai experts led by David are forced to use their deadly training to protect themselves when the local extortionist threatens to kill their mentors daughter if he doesn't give up his bar. Click for the full review...
Confessions of a Dog – Review
A film so controversial that it has yet to receive a full release in its native Japan, Confessions of A Dog is a searing indictment of the Japanese police department and the corruption that courses through it. Third Window Films presents this film in we bring you the full review straight to your computer screen. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #19 – Allen “AW177″ Wen
Episode 19 gave us an opportunity to spend time with AW177 to see his art and toy collection. Allen’s work as an artist and his super cool personality gave us a very slick insider’s look at the vinyl toy phenomenon. We chop it up about fatherhood, color schemes, anime, & Japanese culture. Click to read the full interview!
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Review
Buried deep in the heart of darkness, on this or that side of the DMZ line, in Laos and or Thailand lives Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palm d’Or at Cannes for his jungle pastoral cum “Buddhist tone poem” depicting the visitors and ancestors, both human and animal that visit Boonmee in his final days on this side. Maybe the most haunting film you will never completely understand...
Chanbara Striptease – Review
This over the top release from Japan spoofs everything from video games, to martial arts movies, to sexploitation cinema. The fight scenes, whilst staged and not as spectacular as you might expect, are still well done, and I can't think of many movies which have the heroine and villain perform swordcatching tricks with their boobs! Click for the full review...
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