Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japan, 1972)
Somewhere around 1970-1971, the great director Kinji Fukasaku used his salary from Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) to purchase the rights to Shoji Yuki’s novel, Under...
Wolves, Pigs & Men (Japan, 1964)
There’s nothing quite like visiting the early work of a favorite filmmaker and tracing the path of their success through the years, from beginning to...
Not Just Another Star Wars Rip-Off: Kinji Fukasaku’s Message from Space
If on a long starry night on Pluto, or perhaps a seedy cantina at the outer arm of the Milky Way, you stumble upon a...
Fall Guy (Japan, 1982)
Those familiar with director Kinji Fukasaku’s most popular titles (the yakuza sagas in the ‘70s, the samurai films in the ‘80s, and, of course, the...
Battle Royale (Japan, 2000)
A black comedy; a horror film; an action-thriller; inspiration for The Hunger Games novels and films (2012–onwards); yet Battle Royale is perhaps most known in...