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  • Shunichi Nagasaki – Doggusu AKA Dogs (1998)

    1991-2000Film NoirJapanShunichi NagasakiThriller

    A tough woman is dragging a weaker man deeper and deeper into crime. Woman cop Miki is chasing a wanted man when she stumbles on a crashed car and sees the driver, Koichi, ignite spilled petrol to kill himself and his passenger. She drags Koichi to safety, but the passenger dies. Miki says nothing to challenge the inquest finding of `accidental death’, and when she visits Koichi in hospital he begins to understand that her complicity in his crime implies a sexual invitation. But a gumshoe has photos of the crash, and the only way to stall his blackmail is to kill him, the first of several murders…Read More »

  • Takashi Miike – Kamisama no pazuru AKA God’s Puzzle (2008)

    2001-2010JapanSci-FiTakashi Miike

    A set of twins — one a hard-working student and the other a drifter — team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.Read More »

  • Takashi Miike – Bijitâ Q AKA Visitor Q (2001)

    2001-2010AsianComedyJapanTakashi Miike

    Synopsis;
    A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.

    A father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. “Q”, a perfect stranger somehow gets involved and enter the bizzare family who’s son beats his mom, who in turn is also a prostitute and a heroin addict…Read More »

  • Takashi Miike – Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi AKA The Guys from Paradise (2000)

    1991-2000ActionDramaJapanTakashi Miike

    Quote:
    Allegedly based on a number of true cases, The Guys From Paradise is a prison story set in the Phillipines against a background of corruption, drug trafficking and paedophilia. This being a Takashi Miike film however, the results are far from conventional. It’s essentially a film of two parts: the first set in a prison named “Paradise” where a small community of Japanese prisoners led by veteran criminal Yoshida (Tsutomu Yamazaki) enjoy a life of relative freedom and privilege, the second the story of their exploits outside prison walls with police and a deranged yakuza on their trail.Read More »

  • Takashi Miike – Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi AKA The Guys from Paradise (2000)

    1991-2000ActionDramaJapanTakashi Miike

    Quote:
    Allegedly based on a number of true cases, The Guys From Paradise is a prison story set in the Phillipines against a background of corruption, drug trafficking and paedophilia. This being a Takashi Miike film however, the results are far from conventional. It’s essentially a film of two parts: the first set in a prison named “Paradise” where a small community of Japanese prisoners led by veteran criminal Yoshida (Tsutomu Yamazaki) enjoy a life of relative freedom and privilege, the second the story of their exploits outside prison walls with police and a deranged yakuza on their trail.Read More »

  • Takashi Ishii – Hana to hebi aka Flower and Snake (2004)

    2001-2010EroticaExploitationJapanTakashi Ishii

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    Synopsis
    In this erotically charged drama, Shizuko (Aya Sugimoto) is a beautiful and talented dancer who feels like her husband no longer cares for her, and has begun to indulge in sexual fantasies of sadomasochistic edge play. When her husband falls deep in debt to a powerful gangster, Shizuko is kidnapped by members of the yakuza and held for ransom until he makes good on what he owes. To prove they mean business, the gangsters force Shizuko to take part in a series of perverse S & M performances, but Shizuko finds that her “punishment” is beginning to reflect the rough treatment of which she’s been dreaming. Hana to Hebi (aka Flower and Snake) was written and directed by Japanese underground auteur Takashi Ishii, adapted from a novel by Oniroku Dan. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie GuideRead More »

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