Friday, July 31, 2015

Screwed

Neji-shiki
Japan, 1998
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Miki Fujitani, Yuko Fujimori, Tetsuro Tanba

Thursday, July 30, 2015

The Samurai I Loved

Semishigure
Japan, 2005
Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
Starring: Somegoro Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Koji Imada, Takuya Ishida, Mieko Harada, Ken Ogata, Aimi Satsukawa

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Boiling Point

3-4 x jûgatsu
Japan, 1990
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Yurei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Romeo and Juliet

United Kingdom, 1968
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Michael York

1974 release

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Woman

Za ûman
Japan, 1980
Director: Yoichi Takabayashi
Starring: Akiko Kana, Noboru Nakaya

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Oiran

Japan, 1983
Director: Tetsuji Takechi
Starring: Kyoko Asuka, Takeshi Ito, Saeda Kawaguchi, Midori Yuzaki



Monday, July 13, 2015

The 47 Ronin

Genroku Chûshingura
Japan: 1941
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa

Poster for the 1979 release



Sunday, July 12, 2015

Greatful Dead

Gureitofuru deddo
Japan, 2014
Director: Eiji Uchida
Starring: Kumi Takiuchi, Takashi Sasano, Kkobbi Kim, Wakana Sakai

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Back to the Future Part III

USA, 1990
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue

Art by Drew Struzan

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The Last Starfighter

USA, 1984
Director: Nick Castle
Starring: Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Catherine Mary Stewart

Monday, July 6, 2015

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Superman (B)

USA, 1978
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Terence Stamp, Susannah York

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service

United Kingdom, 2015
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine

Friday, July 3, 2015

Murder Workshop

Satsujin Workshop
Japan, 2014
Director: Koji Shiraishi
Starring: Shohei Uno, Akiko Kiuchi, Mie Nishimura

Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Hybrid

Nue no ko 
Japan, 2015
Director: Toru Hano
Starring: Honoka Ishibashi, Ken Yamamura, Kotaro Shibata, Asuka Kurosawa