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lone wolves hidden dragons pages home introduction all reviews a z japan hong kong south korea sunday 14 october 2012 prophecies of nostradamus 1974 aka nosutoradamusu no daiyogen aka catastrophe 1999 aka the last days of planet earth directed by toshio masuda in 1853 japan school teacher nishiyama genta foretells of disasters as predicted by the french healer and alleged seer nostradamus decades later a nishiyama descendant in ww2 is arrested for spreading the potential gloomy gospel of nostradamus years later in 1974 the next nishiyama a research scientist and pediatrician attempts to thwart the predicted and ever escalating cataclysms that possess the potential of wiping out all of mankind in the year 1999 read more posted by venoms5 at 09 56 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970 s japanese cinema science fiction tetsuro tanba friday 5 october 2012 genocide war of the insects 1968 aka konchu daisenso aka genocide aka war of the insects directed by kazui nihonmatsu one of the more intriguing responses to the monster movie kaiju eiga boom of the 1950 s and 1960 s was the one undertaken by shochiku the studio was more commonly associated with the prestigious and formally precise productions of kenji mizoguchi and yasujiro ozu and the burgeoning formal experimentation of the politically motivated japanese new wave but in the late 1960 s the studio produced four science fiction horror fantasy productions in quick succession in order to reap the fertile and profitable soil sown by the likes of godzilla gamera mothra king kong and ghidorah read more posted by shaun anderson the celluloid highway at 19 05 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1960 s horror j horror japanese cinema science fiction tuesday 2 october 2012 black magic 2 1976 black magic 2 aka revenge of the zombies aka ang wan gong tau directed by ho meng hua doctor zhong ping moves into a spacious home nestled within a southeast asian city where his medical colleague zheng sheng resides bizarre unexplainable maladies have gripped the city and all the clues lead to a frightening brand of black magic the tame head sorcery as soon as zheng and his wife get settled into their home a mysterious man named kang spies them at a night club he then sets about inoculating them into his hellish cult of zombie followers and sex slaves those who resist or betray the deadly wizard suffer a horrible death read more posted by venoms5 at 05 06 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970 s ho meng hua hong kong cinema horror shaw brothers black magic 1975 black magic aka gong tau directed by ho meng hua shan jian mi an evil magician earns a living by casting love spells for the heart broken and death spells for the vindictive despite paying for his services no one is truly free of shan s black magic luo yin played by erotica starlet tanny a wealthy and horny young widow lusts after xu nuo a hunky construction worker played by hk mega star ti lung who happens to already be dating a pretty young lady played by lily li meanwhile a greasy playboy named jia jie essayed by lo lieh desires the naked body of the sultry luo yin but she wants nothing to do with him with shan s aid xu nuo leaves his bride to be at the altar and begins a sex filled affair with the financially well off luo yin xu s betrothed is soon put in mortal danger with a death spell and shan himself lusts for luo s affections bewitching her with his magic so as to have his way with her body after thwarting the death spell an old sorcerer well versed in white magic challenge shan s wicked wizardry once again read more posted by venoms5 at 02 08 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970 s ho meng hua hong kong cinema horror shaw brothers friday 28 september 2012 the mysterians 1957 aka chikyu boeigun aka defence force of the earth aka earth defense force directed by ishiro honda released originally in japan under the title chikyû bôeigun in 1957 ishirô honda s second major foray into science fiction after the success of gojira 1954 was picked up for distribution in the united states by mgm and released in 1959 under the title the mysterians no doubt the abominated bastardisation that gojira experienced when released under the title godzilla king of monsters 1956 prompted us distributors to keep a keen eye on the development of japanese science fiction monster movies even if ham fisted dubbing and subtitle translation reduced the enjoyment and power of the films the mysterians was particularly fitting for us distribution because it is an invasion narrative and it fed nicely into the fears and anxieties of the day if gojira borrowed numerous plot elements from king kong 1933 then the major influence on the mysterians is war of the worlds 1953 what is most distinctive now is the wonderfully expansive use of tohoscope which gives the film an epic grandeur some impressive model work and the rich colour cinematography of hajime koizumi the combination of these stylistic elements gives the film a look that would be repeated for many years in numerous japanese monster movies in this respect the mysterians holds a significant position in the influence of japanese science fiction a position that is somewhat underappreciated in the west read more posted by shaun anderson the celluloid highway at 21 07 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1950 s ishiro honda japanese cinema science fiction takashi shimura wednesday 26 september 2012 hanzo the razor sword of justice 1972 aka goyokiba aka sword of justice directed by kenji misumi sword of justice is the first film in a trilogy of pictures exploring the controversial character hanzo the razor hanzo was the brainchild of kazuo koike who brought his adventures to life in a series of manga publications koike is perhaps best known however for his lone wolf and cub series which ran to twenty eight instalments and over 8 million sales the success of this series spawned six feature films that showcased the stoic talents of tomisaburo wakayama and found their way to the west via the hotchpotch efforts of robert houston and david weisman under the title shogun assassin 1980 the enterprising pair grafted twelve minutes of the first picture sword of vengeance 1972 onto the vast majority of the second picture baby cart at the river styx 1972 gave it a contemporary electronic soundtrack by mark lindsey dubbed it into english and enjoyed a notable success koike also created the character of lady snowblood and though not as successful as lone wolf and cub still ran for fifteen instalments and led to two feature films starring meiko kaji as the titular lady who seeks revenge for the rape of her mother and the murders of her mother s husband and son all of koike s most famous manga creations are marked by grand stylisation and extreme violence and the film adaptations do not skimp in these areas but hanzo possesses a grotesquery that the others do not and this is largely due to the policeman s novel interrogation technique which sees him target mistresses whom he then fucks into such a lather of ecstasy with his oversized penis that they are begging to spill the beans in order for the pleasure to continue read more posted by shaun anderson the celluloid highway at 00 23 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970 s chambara hanzo the razor japanese cinema jidaigeki kenji misumi samurai films shintaru katsu thursday 8 september 2011 five venoms 1978 aka wu du aka five deadly venoms directed by chang cheh the dying master of the feared poison clan sends his last disciple on a mission to find a former and now reclusive clan leader who hides the location to a vast treasure accrued over the years through the clans misdeeds the young acolyte trained in all five styles but master of none is ordered to persuade the old man to donate the treasure to charity to atone for the clans past transgressions he s also assigned to locate the remaining five poison clan students whose identities and allegiances are all unknown and all of which are likely seeking the hidden cache of gold as well read more posted by venoms5 at 05 20 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970 s chang cheh hong kong cinema martial arts shaw brothers sunday 21 august 2011 drunken angel 1948 aka yoidore tenshi directed by akira kurosawa this beautifully constructed and expertly composed noir gangster film was akira kurosawa s eighth production as director prior to drunken angel it is fair to say that kurosawa s career had been one of interesting but ultimately forgettable films kurosawa himself believed that drunken angel represented a major creative breakthrough and although there is evidence of brilliance in his debut picture sanshiro sugata 1943 and moments of sublime quality in no regrets for our youth 1946 and those who make tomorrow 1946 i am inclined to agree that drunken angel is light years ahead of those earlier efforts here kurosawa utilises the generic tropes of imported genres such as noir and the american gangster film and fuses it with a political symbolism that makes clear statements about post war japan the inbuilt pessimism and gloom of noir is a suitable form within which too address questions of national identity and social fragmentation and the archetypes of the gangster film are used as stand ins for the country at large and become walking metaphors the film sits uneasily in a discussion of genre the screenplay which kurosawa wrote in collaboration with keinosuke uekusa is patient in its replication of westernised conventions but its symbolic and allegorical ambitions and mode of address takes it far closer to art cinema read more posted by shaun anderson the celluloid highway at 19 13 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1940 s akira kurosawa takashi shimura toshiro mifune yakuza films older posts home subscribe to posts atom linkwithin from the towering intellects behind see also archive archive october 4 september 2 september 1 august 6 july 4 june 1 april 3 march 6 search lone wolves hidden dragons follow on blogger follow on networked blogs follow this blog follow on facebook for additional content popular posts prophecies of nostradamus 1974 aka nosutoradamusu no daiyogen aka catastrophe 1999 aka the last days of planet earth directed by toshio masuda in 1853 japan drunken angel 1948 aka yoidore tenshi directed by akira kurosawa this beautifully constructed and expertly composed noir gangster film was akira kurosaw kuroneko 1968 the black cat aka the black cat from the grove directed by kaneto shindô japanese filmmaker kaneto shindo is best known to western black magic 1975 black magic aka gong tau directed by ho meng hua shan jian mi an evil magician earns a living by casting love spells for the the beasts 1980 aka shan kou directed by dennis yu a group of young people on a camping trip are terrorized by a band of psycho s when a you killer constable 1981 aka wan ren zan aka karate exterminators aka lightning kung fu directed by kuei chi hung the honorably bloodthirsty royal constable hanzo the razor sword of justice 1972 aka goyokiba aka sword of justice directed by kenji misumi sword of justice is the first film in a trilogy of pictures explori samurai wolf 1966 aka kiba okaminosuke directed by hideo gosha a destitute ronin bearing the name of kiba okaminosuke wanders into a tiny impoverished uzumaki 2000 aka spiral aka vortex directed by higuchinsky the boom in the production of horror films in japan at the end of the last millenniu the kiss of death 1973 aka du nu aka poison girl directed by ho meng hua chu ling chen ping is a vibrant and pretty young factory worker whose life is t labels japanese cinema 17 horror 12 1970 s 9 hong kong cinema 8 j horror 7 shaw brothers 7 1960 s 5 science fiction 5 1980 s 4 drama 4 martial arts 4 takashi shimura 4 1950 s 3 2000 s 3 action thriller 3 chang cheh 3 crime 3 ho meng hua 3 jidaigeki 3 akira kurosawa 2 chambara 2 ishiro honda 2 kaneto shindo 2 samurai films 2 takashi miike 2 toshiro mifune 2 1940 s 1 1990 s 1 2010 s 1 comedy 1 dennis yu 1 gendaigeki 1 hanzo the razor 1 hideo gosha 1 jee woon kim 1 junya sito 1 kaju eiga 1 ken takakura 1 kenji misumi 1 shintaru katsu 1 shinya tsukamoto 1 sonny chiba 1 south korean cinema 1 tetsuro tanba 1 yakuza films 1 travel theme powered by blogger