Film Review – Bullet Train (2022)
Title – Bullet Train (2022) Director – David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) Cast – Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada Plot – A collection of ruthless […]
Tag Archives: Japan
Film Review – Drive My Car (2021)
Title – Drive My Car (2021) Director – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour) Cast – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima Plot – Well known Japanese stage actor and director Yûsuke […]
Film Review – First Love (2019)
Title – First Love (2019) Director – Takashi Miike (13 Assassins) Cast – Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Shôta Sometani Plot – Up and coming Japanese boxer Leo (Kubota) gets caught […]
Classic Review – Ikiru (1952)
Title – Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker […]
Classic Review – Harakiri (1962)
Title – Harakiri (1962) Director – Masaki Kobayashi (Beautiful Days) Cast – Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima, Shima Iwashita Plot – As Japan enters a time of […]
Classic Review – Seven Samurai (1954)
Title – Seven Samurai (1954) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Ran) Cast – Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Tsushima Plot – With bandits set to strike at […]
Film Review – Violence Voyager (2018)
Title – Violence Voyager/ Baiorensu boijâ (2018) Director – Ujicha (The Burning Buddha Man) Cast – (Voices of) Saki Fujita, Derek Petropolis, Tomorô Taguchi, Aoi Yûki Plot – Two school […]
Film Review – Impossible to Imagine (2019)
Title – Impossible to Imagine (2019) Director – Felicity Tillack (feature debut) Cast – Yukiko Ito, William Yagi, Kazuya Moriyama Plot – In the traditional city of Kyoto in Japan, […]
Classic Review – Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Tokyo Godfathers Written and Directed by Satoshi Kon Voice work by Tôru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki Review by Jordan “I always wanted to die drunk in a nice, old […]
Opinion Piece – Please Don’t Remake Your Name
Please don’t remake Your Name An opinion piece by Jordan The beauty of animations, particularly those stemming from the vista of boundless imagination that is Japan, is that the finest […]
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 