The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (Japan, 2018) [JAPAN CUTS 2019]
Considering that Toshiaki Toyoda made his entry into Japanese films with low-budget punk titles about outsiders like Pornostar (1998), seeing him take on a film about...
Unforgiven (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts 2014]
Unforgiven is Lee Sang-il’s remake of Clint Eastwood’s classic 1992 Western of the same name. It stars Ken Watanabe, who has been seen in such...
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014]
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? is based on a fifteen year old screenplay written by director Sion Sono that he reportedly didn’t make many...
Audition (Japan, 1999)
It could be argued that Audition is a film that does not require any introduction, although such a statement refers to the undeniably intense climax...