Princess Mononoke
A demonic curse leads the young prince Ashitaka (Yōji Matsuda) to San (Yuriko Ishida) AKA Princess Mononoke; a raised-by-wolves eco-warrior and a princess in name only, like Leia or Eugenie. The war between civilisation […]
Tag Archives: Japan
Ju-on: The Grudge
This is the Japanese chiller from 2002 as opposed to the Sarah Michelle Gellar remake which I refuse to watch for the same reasons I won’t see the Naomi Watts Ring remake. I’m […]
Ichi the Killer
One of eight films Takashi Miike made in 2001, this Japanese cult classic follows a yakuza gang whose boss goes missing; for most of us a cause for celebration, but sadomasochistic enforcer Kakihara (Tadanobu […]
Blade of the Immortal
An immortal samurai (Takuya Kimura) takes a young girl (Hana Sugisaki) under his wing in Takashi Miike’s 100th film. That’s 11 times as many as Tarantino has made over the […]
The Wolverine
Everyone’s favourite crime fighting mutant is back for another solo outing, after 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. An isolated Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) travels to visit the deathbed of Japan’s most successful […]
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