Crime

CASINO RAIDERS (1989)

Coming To Blu-ray December 4th 2023 from Eureka A Wong Jing movie about gambling with Andy Lau that was released in 1989… that’s not God of Gamblers? Yes that’s right, the prolific film-maker loves this […]

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HIRUKO THE GOBLIN (1991)

Available now from Third Window on Blu-ray and to Stream With its clean synthesized music and its sentimental moments, is this really another Shinya Tsukamoto movie? Composer Chu Ishikawa is absent and a company called […]

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KOTOKO (2011)

Available from Third Window on Blu-ray and on Demand As the title character arrives with a lot of discordant classroom instruments, a few dance moves, and some screaming, it seems clear that this isn’t just […]

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GEMINI (1999)

Now available from Third Window on Blu-ray and to Stream Rats, maggots, disease, unsettling sounds courtesy of Chu Ishikawa… it must be another Shinya Tsukamoto movie. A period drama might not be the kind of […]

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TOKYO GORE POLICE (2008)

Available to Stream and on Blu-ray from Yume Pictures Somewhere back in time cyberpunk cinema in Japan, quite appropriately, mutated and branched off from Tetsuo: The Iron Man and into the likes of Meatball Machine. […]

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THE SEVENTH CURSE (1986)

Available Now from 88 Films Blood curses, demonic possession, investigative journalism… yes it’s another example of bonkers cinema from The Cat and The Story of Ricky director Ngai Choi Lam. There’s going to be action, […]

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SHADOW MASTER (2022)

SHADOW MASTER Available on DVD and Blu-ray from 30th January 2023 Horror and martial arts together? Why those are my two favourite things you might say glancing at this apparent mix of The Crow and […]

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THE SACRED SPIRIT (2021)

Available from Arrow Video July 18th To paraphrase the old legal maxim; ignorance is not an excuse. This central theme runs through The Sacred Spirit, as it explores the lives of a family facing the […]

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KILLING (2018)

Available on demand and on Blu-ray from Third Window Films Welcome to the edge of the blade. And welcome back Tsukamoto fans. In some ways the culmination of what had come before, Killing includes further […]

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FIRES ON THE PLAIN (2014)

Available on demand and from Third Window Films Welcome to the inferno. And welcome back Tsukamoto fans. Some might say there’s no such thing as a true anti-war film. After all, something is always lost […]