Director: Lee Tso-Nam Starring: Elsa Yeung, Chen Kuan-Tai, Peng Kong, Kam Yin-Fei Challenge of the Lady Ninja is a difficult film to describe because it refuses to explain itself. Not that any film should have to spoon feed an audience, but in this instance it almost comes across as if they were making the story [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Elsa Yeung, Hong Kong, Ninjas, Sexploitation
Tagged Asian Cinema, Elsa Yeung, Hong Kong, Ninjas, Sexploitation
19Nov13
The Bodyguard (1973 / 1976)
Country: Japan Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Aaron Banks, Judy Lee, Bill Louie Director: Tatsuichi Takamori (1973) Director: Simon Nuchtern (1976) Cinematographer: Joel Shapiro Music: Maurice Sarli Producer: Susumu Yoshikawa (1973) Producer: Terry Levene (1976) AKA: Chiba The Bodyguard, Viva Chiba Original Title: Karate Kiba Sometimes in this day and age it is easy to [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
22Oct13
The Killing Machine (1975)
Country: Japan Starring: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Sato, Naoya Makoto, Sanae Kitabayashi, Akiko Mori, Hosei Komatsu, Tetsuro Tanba Director: Norifumi Suzuki Writer: Isao Matsumoto Cinematographer: Yoshio Nakajima Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi Original Title: Shôrinji kenpô Minor warning. This review contains adult themes. As a teenager at school, out in the yard, talk would often drift [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Caligula, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caligula, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanba
11May13
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
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 [...]
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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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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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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Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
