Japanese Movie Reviews
Hand-picked movie reviews from the land of the rising sun - where quirky, extreme and highly original cinema seems to be the norm rather than the exception.
Review Archive
2010 | |||
| Cold Fish | Horror / Comedy | 2010 | 9/10 |
| Helldriver | Horror / Comedy | 2010 | 5/10 |
| Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City | Comedy / Action | 2010 | 7/10 |
2009 | |||
| Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl | Splatter | 2009 | 7/10 |
| The Abashiri Family | Comedy | 2009 | 6/10 |
| Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Anime | 2009 | 7/10 |
2008 | |||
| Tokyo Gore Police | Gore/Horror | 2008 | 9/10 |
| Cruel Restaurant | Horror/Comedy | 2008 | 8/10 |
| Snakes and Earrings | Erotic/Drama | 2008 | 6/10 |
| The Machine Girl | Horror/Comedy | 2008 | 8.5/10 |
| OneeChanbara | Horror/Zombie | 2008 | 6/10 |
2007 | |||
| Welcome to the Quiet Room | Comedy / Drama | 2007 | 8/10 |
| Funuke, Show Some Love you Losers | Comedy / Drama | 2007 | 7.5/10 |
| Valley of Flowers | Drama / Arthouse | 2007 | 9/10 |
| Suicide Song | Comedy / Horror | 2007 | 6.5/10 |
| Secret Undercover Agent: Honey & Bunny | Comedy | 2007 | 5/10 |
2006 | |||
| Nightmare Detective | Horror | 2006 | 9/10 |
| LoveDeath | Action / Comedy | 2006 | 7.5/10 |
| Sakuran | Drama | 2006 | 6/10 |
| Agent Aika: Live Action (short) | Action/Exploitation | 2006 | n/a |
| Memories of Matsuko | Drama/Surreal | 2006 | 9/10 |
| Ninja Vixens: Web of Passion | Martial Arts | 2006 | 2/10 |
2000-2005 | |||
| Strange Circus | Horror | 2005 | 9/10 |
| Survive Style 5+ | Comedy/Surreal | 2004 | 8/10 |
| Kamikaze Girls | Comedy | 2004 | 8/10 |
| Casshern | Sci-fi | 2004 | 8/10 |
| Cutie Honey | Action | 2004 | 5/10 |
| Gozu | Horror/Surreal | 2003 | 7/10 |
| Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Yakuza/Action | 2002 | 8/10 |
| Ichi the Killer | Horror/Weird | 2001 | 10/10 |
| I.K.U | Erotic/Cyberpunk | 2000 | 6.5/10 |
1990's | |||
| Black Angel Vol 1 | Action | 1997 | 6/10 |
| Cat's Eye | Action | 1997 | 5/10 |
| Zero Woman 5 | Action | 1997 | 4.5/10 |
| La Blue Girl Live Vol.3 | Sexploitation | 1996 | 3/10 |
| Spanking Love | Exploitation | 1995 | 5/10 |
| XX: Beautiful Hunter | Exploitation | 1994 | 6.5/10 |
| Tokyo Decadence | Erotic | 1992 | 7.5/10 |
1980's | |||
| Madame de Sade | Drama/Erotica | 1986 | 7/10 |
| The Hokusai Manga | Drama/Erotica | 1981 | 7/10 |
1970's | |||
| Erotic Diary of an Office Lady | Pinku Eiga | 1977 | 6.5/10 |
| School of the Holy Beast | Nunsploitation | 1974 | 8/10 |
| Himiko | Historical Drama | 1974 | 7.5/10 |
| Sex and Fury | Exploitation | 1973 | 6/10 |
