The ace cop of a totalitarian police force and a drifting android play their parts in a post-apocalyptic society. They are destined to fight. Their encounter will change them forever.Read More »
Shô Aikawa
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Takashi Miike – Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
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Takashi Miike – Gokudô kuroshakai AKA Rainy Dog (1997)
1991-2000CrimeDramaJapanTakashi Miike
Gokudô kuroshakai (1997) A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.Read More »
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Takahisa Zeze – Reiketsu no wana AKA The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998)
1991-2000JapanTakahisa ZezeThriller
Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.Read More »
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Kôsaku Yamashita – Gokudo no onna-tachi: Saigo no tatakai AKA Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)
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Takashi Miike – Waru (2006)
Takashi Miike2001-2010CrimeDramaJapan
Quote:
While it has been reported on several anime news sites that the newest Takashi Miike film is based on the Hashida Yukari “boy’s love” manga, WARU, the live action film is actually based on a popular 70s manga of the same title. Japanese sources clearly credit Hisao Maki’s dramatic action manga, WARU — an edgy action-packed tale of outlaw swordsman Youji Himuro — as the story on which the film is based.Read More » -
Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Hebi no michi AKA Serpent’s Path (1998)
1991-2000AsianJapanKiyoshi KurosawaThriller
Midnight Eye review:
Serpent’s Path and its companion piece Eyes of the Spider (Kumo No Hitomi) both start from the same premise: a man taking revenge for the murder of a child. Kurosawa used this premise as the jumping-off point for the two films rather than their definition, resulting in a pair of works which are not so much occupied with revenge, but with the mental processes of human beings in situations that have placed them outside everyday life.Read More » -
Takashi Miike – Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha (1999)
1991-2000AsianCrimeJapanTakashi Miike
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Tough gangster Ryuichi and his ethnically Chinese gang make a play to take over the drug trade in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district by massacring the competition. He meets his match in Detective Jojima, who will do everything to stop them.Read More » -
Takashi Miike – Dead or Alive 2: Tôbôsha AKA Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
Drama1991-2000AsianJapanTakashi Miike
Dead or Alive 2 Tôbôsha (2000) Quote:
From the ashes of Dead or Alive’s apocalyptic ending comes Dead or Alive 2, both a continuation of the series and a stand-alone film on par with its predecessor. Serving up shockingly graphic violence, sincere character nuance, engaging humor and transcendent magical realism with equal mastery, Dead or Alive 2 offers definitive evidence of why the New York Post hailed director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) as “one of the most exciting, versatile directors working today.”Read More »
