Country: South Korea Director: Jeong-beom Lee Starring: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim, Tae-hoon Kim, Hee-won Kim, Seong-oh Kim, Jong-pil Lee Writer: Jeong-beom Lee Music: Hyun-jung Shim There’s a tough little sub genre of spy films, I like to call the ‘messed with the wrong guy’ spy film. It usually features a band of villains picking on [...]
11May13
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
10Oct12
Liner Notes: Kevin Pyrtle
Everyone loves movie music, don’t they? That fusion of images and sound can create true cinema magic regardless of genre. Maybe you’re old school, and love the swelling, bombastic scores of Max Steiner and Wolfgang Maria Korngold – or perhaps you’re a rocker and have King Creole or The Girl Can’t Help It constantly on [...]
8Oct12
Liner Notes: Carol Borden
Everyone loves movie music, don’t they? That fusion of images and sound can create true cinema magic regardless of genre. Maybe you’re old school, and love the swelling, bombastic scores of Max Steiner and Wolfgang Maria Korngold – or perhaps you’re a rocker and have King Creole or The Girl Can’t Help It constantly on [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema, Music
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Asian Cinema, David Shire, Ennio Morricone, Jim Jarmusch, Seijun Suzuki, Soundtracks, The Cultural Gutter, Tom Waits, Yojimbo
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Asian Cinema, David Shire, Ennio Morricone, Jim Jarmusch, Seijun Suzuki, Soundtracks, The Cultural Gutter, Tom Waits, Yojimbo
1Oct12
Liner Notes: Andrez Bergen
Everyone loves movie music, don’t they? That fusion of images and sound can create true cinema magic regardless of genre. Maybe you’re old school, and love the swelling, bombastic scores of Max Steiner and Wolfgang Maria Korngold – or perhaps you’re a rocker and have King Creole or The Girl Can’t Help It constantly on [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Andrez Bergen, Asian Cinema, Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Japan, Michael Caine, Mothra, Quincy Jones
Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Andrez Bergen, Asian Cinema, Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Japan, Michael Caine, Mothra, Quincy Jones
12Sep12
She Shoots Straight (1990)
Country: Hong Kong Starring: Joyce Godenzi, Tony Leung, Carmina Lau, Wah Yuen, Anglie Leung, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue Pik-Wan Tang, Sarah Lee, Agnes Aurelio, Sammo Hung Screenplay: Cory Yuen, Barry Wong Director: Cory Yuen Cinematography: Moon-Tong Lau, Chi Ming Leung Music: Lowell Lo Producers: Lenard Ho, Sammo Hung Original Title: Huang jia nu jiang For [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Country: Japan Director: Teruo Ishii Starring: Sonny Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Ryô Ikebe, Tetsurô Tanba, Makoto Satô Music: Hajime Kaburagi Original Title: Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten The Executioner II: Karate Inferno is a broad comedic caper film, with a pinch of extreme violence added at the end (which may be somewhat [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
1Sep12
Black Cat (1991)
Country: Hong Kong Director: Stephen Shin Starring: Jade Leung, Simon Yam, Thomas Lam, Zdenek Juricek, Yvonne Drinovz, Curtis Fraser, Denise Stauffer, Jordy Shane, Audrey Rene Writer: Lun Ah, Bo Shun Chan, Lam Tan Ping Editors: Ting Hung Kuo, Wong Chau On, Wing-ming Wong Music: Danny Chung Cinematographer: Kin Keung Lee Producers: Stephen Shin, Dickson Poon [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Asian Cinema, French Cinema, Hong Kong, Jade Leung, Luc Besson, Nikita, Simon Yam
Tagged Asian Cinema, French Cinema, Hong Kong, Jade Leung, Luc Besson, Nikita, Simon Yam
Country: Japan Director: Yutaka Kohira Starring: Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba, Yasuaki Kurata, Masashi Ishibashi, Jirô Chiba, Bin Amatsu Original Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi AKA: Which is Stronger, Karate or Tiger? Original Title: Hissatsu onna kenshi In some parts of the world, this film was known as Sonny Chiba’s Dragon Princess, which would imply that this is [...]
1May12
King Kong Escapes (1968)
Country: Japan Director: Inoshiro Honda Starring: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Eisei Amamoto The nuclear submarine, Explorer, a vessel of the United Nations Research Council, under the command of Commander Carl Nelson (Rhodes Reason), is on a mission to discover oil. On route under the Java Sea, Nelson, who also happens to [...]
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Posted in Film
Tagged Asian Cinema, Hairy Beasts, King Kong, Mie Hama, Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, Rampaging Robots
Tagged Asian Cinema, Hairy Beasts, King Kong, Mie Hama, Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, Rampaging Robots
