Monday, December 31, 2012

Fossilized Wilderness

Kaseki no kouya
Japan, 1982
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Atsuko Asano, Yusuke Kawazu, Jo Shishido

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Fireflies in the North

Kita no hotaru
Japan, 1984
Director: Hideo Gosha
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Koichi Sato, Tetsuro Tanba, Mikio Narita

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Zatoichi

Zatôichi
Japan, 2003
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Asano Tadanobu, Yui Natsukawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Akira Emoto

Friday, December 28, 2012

Sushi Girl

USA, 2012
Director: Kern Saxton
Starring: Tony Todd, James Duval, Noah Hathaway, Mark Hamill, Sonny Chiba, Jeff Fahey, Danny Trejo, Cortney Palm

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Sukiyaki Western Django (B)

Japan, 2007
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Renji Ishibashi, Yoshino Kimura, Yusuke Iseya

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Zero Woman: Final Mission

Zero Woman: Keishichô 0-ka no onna
Japan, 1995
Director: Koji Enokido
Starring: Misayo Haruki, Kosuke Hishinuma, Naoko Iijima, Miho Suzuki

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Welcome to the Quiet Room

Quiet room ni yôkoso
Japan, 2007
Director: Suzuki Matsuo
Starring: Yuki Uchida, Kankuro Kudo, Yu Aoi, Yuko Nakamura

Saturday, December 15, 2012

High and Low

Tengoku to jigoku
Japan, 1963
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai

Poster is for the 1977 release

Friday, December 14, 2012

Ran (A)

Japan, 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada

Ran (B)

Japan, 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Cool Dimension

Kûru dimenshon
Japan, 2006
Director: Ishii Yoshikazu
Starring: Ken'ichi Endo, Yoko Mitsuya, Mitsuho Otani, Mika Shigeizumi

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Love Punishment

Kemono-tachi no atsui nemuri
Japan, 1981
Director: Toru Murakawa
Starring: Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Usami, Jun Fubuki, Renji Ishibashi, Mikio Narita

Illustrated by Noriyoshi Ohrai

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Mirrored Mind

Kyoshin
Japan, 2005
Director: Sogo Ishii
Starring: Miwako Ichikawa, Kou Machida, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Nice illustrated poster highlighted with gold inks

Monday, December 10, 2012

Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess

Japan, 2008
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Masami Nagasawa, Jun Matsumoto, Daisuke Miyagawa, Kippei Shiina, Arata Furata, Jun Kunimura



Sunday, December 9, 2012

Princess From the Moon

Taketori monogatari
Japan, 1987
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kyoko Kishida, Koji Ishizaka

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Conan the Barbarian (B)

USA, 1982
Director: John Milius
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Art by Seito, unique to the Japanese release

Conan the Barbarian (A)

USA, 1982
Director: John Milius
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Art by Renato Casaro



Friday, December 7, 2012

Ilsa, the Wicked Warden

Greta - Haus ohne Männer
USA/West Germany, 1972
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Dyanne Thorne, Tania Busselier, Eric Falk, Lina Romay

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Daimajin

Japan, 1966
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Starring: Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Kôjirô Hongô, Shiho Fujimura, Riki Hashimoto, Shinji Hori

Poster for a 1984 screening featuring Daimajin (1966), Return of Daimajin (1966), and Wrath of Daimajin (1966)

Monday, December 3, 2012

Gamera Strikes Again

Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon
Japan, 1966
Director: Shigeo Tanaka
Starring: Kojiro Hongo, Kyoko Enami, Yuzo Hayakawa

Classic monster-movie poster for the 1984 release

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Hole in the Pants: The Movie

Pantsu no ana the movie: Doutei soushitsu rapusodi
Japan, 2011
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka
Starring: Ai Shinozaki, Renya Kishida, Saku Mihama, Aki Morita

Is it a bird? Is it a plane ? ... is that a hole in her pants ? !!

Night Train Molester

Soreyuke chikan
Japan, 1977
Director: Shinya Yamamoto
Starring: Shinji Kubo, Riko Izumi, Yasushi Matsuura

This is for the 2011 release