Crime
FIRST LOVE (2019)
Available now on Blu-ray and VOD Takashi Miike can be quite… eclectic, and in recent years his output has included several manga adaptions and kids TV shows. But here he goes back to basics with […]
Director: Takashi Miike
HCF Reviews
TERRA FORMARS [2016]: On Blu-ray Now
AKA TERA FOMAZU Japan AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic In the 21st century, Earth is overpopulated so a plan is made […]
Action
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL [2017]: In Selected Cinemas Now
AKA MUGEN NO JUNIN Japan IN SELECTED CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 140 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period. Manji is a highly skilled samurai who fails […]
Action
DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #3: DEAD OR ALIVE: FINAL [2002]: On Dual Format Now
Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 87 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic It’s the year 2346, […]
Crime
DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #2: DEAD OR ALIVE 2: BIRDS [2000]: On Dual Format Now
AKA DEDDO OA ARAIBU: TOBOSHA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 97 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
Crime
DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #1: DEAD OR ALIVE [1999]: On Dual Format Now
AKA DEDDO OA ARAIBU: HANZAISGA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #3: LEY LINES [1999]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA NIHON KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Desperate to […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #2: RAINY DOG [1997]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA GOKUDO KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 96 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Yuuji is […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #1: SHINJUKU TRIAD SOCIETY [1995]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA SHINJUKU KURO SHAKAI CHAINA MAFIA SENSO Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 104 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF […]
Drama
AUDITION [1999]: on Dual Format Steelbook and Blu-ray now
AKA ODISHON Japan/Korea AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT STEELBOOK AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 115 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Shigeharu Aoyama, a middle-aged widower of seven years, […]
Action
YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (2015) aka Gokudou Daisensou
YAKUZA APOCALYPSE (2015) aka Gokudou Daisensou Directed by Takashi Miike Japanese and English Language with Subtitles In UK cinemas on 6th January 2016 only Kagayama, a young Yakuza protege, is forced to step up to […]
Comedy
THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS [2001]: on Dual Format now
JAPAN AKA KATAKURI-KE KOFUKU AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: Now, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 113 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic The Katakuris are Masao who has just lost […]
Action
Lesson of Evil – Out Now on DVD and Blu Ray
LESSON OF EVIL English teacher Seiji Hasumi (Hideaki ITO) is on the outside a cool, handsome, well respected and well liked, by both fellow teachers and students, teacher in a Japanese high school. However, underneath […]
Action
Crows Zero 2 (2009) (Kurôzu Zero II) – Out on DVD July 2nd.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXtvE9DAH0[/youtube] Running Time: 133 mins Rating: 15 Reviewed by: David Gillespie – Official HCF Artist Takashi Miike first came to my attention with the romantic gorefest, Audition (1999). Having sat down to watch the film late one […]
Comedy
YATTERMAN (2009)
Yatterman (2009) Directed by Takashi Miike Japanese Language with English Subtitles Yatterman are a crime-fighting duo made up of Yatterman 1, a teenage mechanic also known as Gan (Sho Sakurai) and his girlfriend Ai-Chan (Saki […]
Action
13 Assassins (2010)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IzbkXo7bo[/youtube] 13 Assassins (2010) (Cert TBC) Running Time: 141 mins Director: Takashi Miike Writer: Kaneo Ikegami, based on a screenplay by DaisukeTengan Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yuseke Iseya Reviewed by: Matt Wavish, official HCF […]
Genres
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Directed by legendary Japanese film maker, Takashi Miike, of Ichi the Killer and Audition fame, Sukiyaki Western Django is a tale of two tribes at war (a point is all that you can score – […]