Tom Mes' overview of Meiko Kaji's career is more than an overblown Arrow Video booklet even if it doesn't spend very much time in her post-Snowblood career.
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Film Review: Anti-Porno (Sion Sono)
in Film Reviews
Sono's latest is his F for Fake, an assault on the intellect that dares you to look away and forces you to mentally keep up.
Read MoreFilm Review: Wet Woman in the Wind (Akihiko Shiota, 2016)
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From Nikkatsu's reboot of the roman porno genre comes this fun, self-aware battle of the sexes that indulges in the formula as much as it transcends it.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Retaliation (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1968) – Arrow Video
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The second film in Arrow Video’s recent double helping of Yasuharu Hasebe, Retaliation was released a year after Massacre Gun and also features a supporting Jo Shishido. Arrow's extra make this release a useful resource for Japanese film buffs.
Read MoreBlu-Review: Massacre Gun (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1967) – Arrow Video
in Blu-ray/DVD
1967 was a great year for Jo Shishido. It saw the release of not only what he says to be his favorite film of his, A Colt is My Passport, but also what he will probably be known for, Branded to Kill. Arrow Video, still in the first months of breaking into the North American market, has released another 1967 film starring Shishido.
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