One of the latest trends in world cinema is the “Greek Weird Wave”, with films like “Dogtooth” and “Attenberg,” that take reality and push it to its borders, occasionally surpassing the lines of surrealism. Regarding weirdness however, if Greece has a wave, Japan has a tsunami, and has been having one for decades now. With films like “Robo Geisha” and “Dead Sushi”, Noboru Iguchi is a definite member of the genre, and his latest movie, “Slavemen” is a testament to the fact, as it takes the concept of the “masked hero” to its most extreme, despite the fact that gore is totally absent from this film.
Yasuyuki is a true loser. He aspires to become a filmmaker, but is only a cleaner, spending his days mopping floors, and living with his somewhat abusive sister. Nothing seems to improve his life, and things become even worse when, one day at work,...
Yasuyuki is a true loser. He aspires to become a filmmaker, but is only a cleaner, spending his days mopping floors, and living with his somewhat abusive sister. Nothing seems to improve his life, and things become even worse when, one day at work,...
- 5/12/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Loosely based on the Saitama serial murders of dog lovers, a case of a married couple who owned a pet shop and murdered at least four people, “Cold Fish” gave Sono the opportunity to present his version of how a serial killer film ought to be like.
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Syamoto is a humble and guileless exotic fish shop owner who is taken advantage of by both his spoiled daughter, Mitsuko and his second wife, Taeko. His daughter is an underage delinquent who spends her time flirting and sometimes beating her stepmother. One night, a grocery shop attendant catches her stealing; however, a peculiarly friendly man, Murata, manages to convince the clerk not to call the police. Furthermore, he is also an exotic fish shop owner and offers to hire Mitsuko in his establishment, which is far larger than Syamoto’s. Moreover, when Murata, who has become a friend of Syamoto,...
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Syamoto is a humble and guileless exotic fish shop owner who is taken advantage of by both his spoiled daughter, Mitsuko and his second wife, Taeko. His daughter is an underage delinquent who spends her time flirting and sometimes beating her stepmother. One night, a grocery shop attendant catches her stealing; however, a peculiarly friendly man, Murata, manages to convince the clerk not to call the police. Furthermore, he is also an exotic fish shop owner and offers to hire Mitsuko in his establishment, which is far larger than Syamoto’s. Moreover, when Murata, who has become a friend of Syamoto,...
- 12/31/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Director: Kazushi Nakadaira. Review: Adam Wing. When it comes to movies starring Asami (Gothic & Lolita Psycho, The Machine Girl), should we really be worrying about specifics? Everything we need to know is laid out for us in the opening credits sequence. A young girl pulls herself from an early grave, badly beaten and chained to a wooden cross. She’s tired and weary, delirious and deadly - not to mention pretty much naked. We watch her cross the deserted landscape to the beats of a funky, retro soundtrack, still for all intents and purposes, pretty much naked. Welcome to the wonderful world of Yakuza Hunters, the first of two films directed by Kazushi Nakadaira and Shin’ichi Okuda respectively. Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) takes charge of the special effects and make up, with VFX supervision provided by Tsuyoshi Kazuno (The Machine Girl). Also starring Jiro Sato (20th Century Boys Pt.
- 3/16/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Kazushi Nakadaira. Review: Adam Wing. When it comes to movies starring Asami (Gothic & Lolita Psycho, The Machine Girl), should we really be worrying about specifics? Everything we need to know is laid out for us in the opening credits sequence. A young girl pulls herself from an early grave, badly beaten and chained to a wooden cross. She’s tired and weary, delirious and deadly - not to mention pretty much naked. We watch her cross the deserted landscape to the beats of a funky, retro soundtrack, still for all intents and purposes, pretty much naked. Welcome to the wonderful world of Yakuza Hunters, the first of two films directed by Kazushi Nakadaira and Shin’ichi Okuda respectively. Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) takes charge of the special effects and make up, with VFX supervision provided by Tsuyoshi Kazuno (The Machine Girl). Also starring Jiro Sato (20th Century Boys Pt.
- 3/16/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Kazushi Nakadaira. Review: Adam Wing. When it comes to movies starring Asami (Gothic & Lolita Psycho, The Machine Girl), should we really be worrying about specifics? Everything we need to know is laid out for us in the opening credits sequence. A young girl pulls herself from an early grave, badly beaten and chained to a wooden cross. She’s tired and weary, delirious and deadly - not to mention pretty much naked. We watch her cross the deserted landscape to the beats of a funky, retro soundtrack, still for all intents and purposes, pretty much naked. Welcome to the wonderful world of Yakuza Hunters, the first of two films directed by Kazushi Nakadaira and Shin’ichi Okuda respectively. Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) takes charge of the special effects and make up, with VFX supervision provided by Tsuyoshi Kazuno (The Machine Girl). Also starring Jiro Sato (20th Century Boys Pt.
- 3/16/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Kazushi Nakadaira. Review: Adam Wing. When it comes to movies starring Asami (Gothic & Lolita Psycho, The Machine Girl), should we really be worrying about specifics? Everything we need to know is laid out for us in the opening credits sequence. A young girl pulls herself from an early grave, badly beaten and chained to a wooden cross. She’s tired and weary, delirious and deadly - not to mention pretty much naked. We watch her cross the deserted landscape to the beats of a funky, retro soundtrack, still for all intents and purposes, pretty much naked. Welcome to the wonderful world of Yakuza Hunters, the first of two films directed by Kazushi Nakadaira and Shin’ichi Okuda respectively. Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) takes charge of the special effects and make up, with VFX supervision provided by Tsuyoshi Kazuno (The Machine Girl). Also starring Jiro Sato (20th Century Boys Pt.
- 3/16/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Live from the NY Asian Film Festival 2009 at the IFC Center, Tokyo Gore Night proved to be quite the "spectacle", to say the least! Highlights included punishment to the directors for unleashing such mind-boggling films onto the world by way of darts to the ass courtesy of Tak Sakaguchi. Those who toughed it out were seen as true samurai!
After the initial punishment, it was announced that for Noburo Iguchi's birthday he would be getting some porn, a penis cake, and some well placed paddle whacks from excited fans. A selection of short films that complement Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl followed, and when that ended, we settled in for Tokyo Gore Police with live commentary from director Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noburo Iguchi's (director of Machine Girl), Tsuyoshi Kazuno (CG Supervisor on Tgp), and comments from Marc Walcow of the NY Asian Film Fest, translated with much hilarity by Chisato Uno.
After the initial punishment, it was announced that for Noburo Iguchi's birthday he would be getting some porn, a penis cake, and some well placed paddle whacks from excited fans. A selection of short films that complement Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl followed, and when that ended, we settled in for Tokyo Gore Police with live commentary from director Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noburo Iguchi's (director of Machine Girl), Tsuyoshi Kazuno (CG Supervisor on Tgp), and comments from Marc Walcow of the NY Asian Film Fest, translated with much hilarity by Chisato Uno.
- 8/12/2009
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
Japanese filmmaker/makeup FX artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (pictured) has tackled all sorts of genre staples and given them his own bizarre spin in his features, from the mutants of Tokyo Gore Police to the modern variations on traditional creatures in his new Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl. While presenting the world premiere of the latter at the currently running New York Asian Film Festival, Nishimura revealed he’ll be tackling the walking dead next.
“I’m going to work on a film where high-school girls go around running over a bunch of zombies,” he said. “You heard it here first! I think it will be lighter, but also bloodier than Tokyo Gore Police.” Anyone who’s seen the latter knows that’ll be quite a feat. And those who attended the festival’s “Tokyo Gore Night” on Saturday, featuring Nishimura, Machine Girl director Noburo Iguchi (who posed as Vampire Girl...
“I’m going to work on a film where high-school girls go around running over a bunch of zombies,” he said. “You heard it here first! I think it will be lighter, but also bloodier than Tokyo Gore Police.” Anyone who’s seen the latter knows that’ll be quite a feat. And those who attended the festival’s “Tokyo Gore Night” on Saturday, featuring Nishimura, Machine Girl director Noburo Iguchi (who posed as Vampire Girl...
- 6/30/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Remember that crazy-ass trailer we posted in April for Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (watch it again here)? Now we've got the poster and a few more details to go along with it -- including where you might be able to see the film!
Nippon Cinema got the first look at the artwork and also provided this more detailed synopsis:
A teenaged vampire girl named Monami (Yukie Kawamura) tries to win over her high school crush by converting him into a vampire via tainted Valentine’s Day chocolate. When his current girlfriend, Keiko (Eri Otoguro of Onechanbara), tries to get revenge, she's quickly dispatched by the powerful Monami. Keiko's mad scientist father decides to piece her back together, complete with various "improvements" to help assist her in a rematch against the boyfriend-stealing vampire.
Naoyuki Tomomatsu (Stacy, Zombie Self-Defense Force) wrote the screenplay and directed the dramatic sequences. Yoshihiro Nishimura handled all the gore,...
Nippon Cinema got the first look at the artwork and also provided this more detailed synopsis:
A teenaged vampire girl named Monami (Yukie Kawamura) tries to win over her high school crush by converting him into a vampire via tainted Valentine’s Day chocolate. When his current girlfriend, Keiko (Eri Otoguro of Onechanbara), tries to get revenge, she's quickly dispatched by the powerful Monami. Keiko's mad scientist father decides to piece her back together, complete with various "improvements" to help assist her in a rematch against the boyfriend-stealing vampire.
Naoyuki Tomomatsu (Stacy, Zombie Self-Defense Force) wrote the screenplay and directed the dramatic sequences. Yoshihiro Nishimura handled all the gore,...
- 6/8/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
As if the lineup of genre features already announced for this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (see item here) wasn’t cool enough, yesterday brought word of a must-see addition to the lineup. As part of its celebration of filmmaker/FX artist Yoshihiro Nishimura, the event will host the world premiere of his new film Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl. Co-directed by Nishimura and Stacy’s Naoyuki Tomomatsu (the latter also scripted), with the former handling the copious splatter and J-action fave Tak Sakaguchi overseeing the stuntwork, Vampire Girl is set in a school for misfit teens where a love triangle between two students and a pretty bloodsucker leads to all manner of mayhem. As previously announced, Nishimura and visual FX Tsuyoshi Kazuno will attend the NY Asian Fest, and Sakaguchi will be on hand as well. Go here for more info on the festival, see our first...
- 5/21/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Two things that get nerds hot. Tokyo and Gore!!! Put them together and you have magic. New York Asian Film Festival is shaping up nicely and we announced the creepiest of the bunch a couple of days back.
Now the crew have added an event you'll never be able to pass up ...
"One of the most insane new voices in cinema is the screaming howl of Yoshihiro Nishimura, director of Tokyo Gore Police, and special effects genius (who also did the effects for Love Exposure and Samurai Princess, screening in this year¹s festival). He couldn¹t join us for the premiere of Tokyo Gore Police last year so for one weekend only we¹ll be hosting him at the New York Asian Film Festival and holding a special Tokyo Gore Night event. First up will be screenings of several completely nuts short films from Nishimura and his cabal of...
Now the crew have added an event you'll never be able to pass up ...
"One of the most insane new voices in cinema is the screaming howl of Yoshihiro Nishimura, director of Tokyo Gore Police, and special effects genius (who also did the effects for Love Exposure and Samurai Princess, screening in this year¹s festival). He couldn¹t join us for the premiere of Tokyo Gore Police last year so for one weekend only we¹ll be hosting him at the New York Asian Film Festival and holding a special Tokyo Gore Night event. First up will be screenings of several completely nuts short films from Nishimura and his cabal of...
- 5/8/2009
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
No sooner had we posted the news about the U.S. date for Park Chan-wook’s Thirst than we found out about a bunch more Asian titles coming to the big screen this summer—in Manhattan, at least. Yes, the New York Asian Film Festival is gearing up to unleash what it calls “our biggest, most ridiculous [event] yet!”
The fest will present its 2009 lineup June 19-July 2 at the IFC Center (323 6th Avenue) and July 1-5 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). The opening-night and closing-night films, centerpiece presentations and Hong Kong New Action titles have yet to be announced, but among the many titles already confirmed are several of special interest to Fangorians.
One must-see event will be Tokyo Gore Night, with filmmaker/FX artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (pictured above) presenting several of his insane short movies set in the universes of his feature Tokyo Gore Police as well as Machine...
The fest will present its 2009 lineup June 19-July 2 at the IFC Center (323 6th Avenue) and July 1-5 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). The opening-night and closing-night films, centerpiece presentations and Hong Kong New Action titles have yet to be announced, but among the many titles already confirmed are several of special interest to Fangorians.
One must-see event will be Tokyo Gore Night, with filmmaker/FX artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (pictured above) presenting several of his insane short movies set in the universes of his feature Tokyo Gore Police as well as Machine...
- 5/7/2009
- Fangoria
Taking a cue from Mr. Magee over at JFilm there is another gore and effects laden genre film coming out of Japan, Samurai Princess, and its from that same zany crew of sickos who have been responsible for previous offerings. Tokyo Gore Police director Yoshihiro Nishimura is doing the special FX on Princess. The screenplay for Samurai Princess was written by Sôtarô Hayashi, based on a story by Kenjo Kaji who wrote Tgp. Tsuyoshi Kazuno from Machine Girl was responsible for its visual effects.
Erotic-grotesque action film from Japan to the worldwide viewers! Produced by Yoshihiro Nishimura, a world-famous special effects director!
The story takes place sometime, somewhere in a world during the Samurai era, where people live together with highly developed mechanical dolls. However, excessively developed mechanical dolls start causing harm to the human society, leading to ghastly bloodsheds happening all over the place.
Under the circumstances, Kyoraku, a mad scientist,...
Erotic-grotesque action film from Japan to the worldwide viewers! Produced by Yoshihiro Nishimura, a world-famous special effects director!
The story takes place sometime, somewhere in a world during the Samurai era, where people live together with highly developed mechanical dolls. However, excessively developed mechanical dolls start causing harm to the human society, leading to ghastly bloodsheds happening all over the place.
Under the circumstances, Kyoraku, a mad scientist,...
- 4/1/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
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