Film Review Archives

Yuko (Rin Takanashi) at Home in Her Library in Goth - Love of Death

Welcome to the archives. Here you will find nearly all of the reviews I have written for this particular blog. The reviews stretch out over the years and so some have no ratings. This is not everything I have seen but is still a sizeable list which I have broken down by region.

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Japanese

5 Million Dollar Life 五億円のじんせい (2019) Dir: Moon Sung-Ho

100 Yen Love 「百円の恋」 (2014) Dir: Masaharu Take (4.5/5)

13 Assassins 「十三人の刺客」2010 Dir: Takashi Miike

19 (ナインティーン)(2001) Dir: Kazushi Watanabe

A Japanese Boy Who Draws ある日本の絵描き少年 (2018) Dir: Masanao Kawajiri

A Room of Her Own – Rei Naito and Light あえかなる部屋 内藤礼と、光たち (2016) Dir: Yuko Nakamura

A Silent Voice 声の形 (2016) Dir: Naoko Yamada

Actor’s Revenge, An 雪之丞変化 (1963) Dir: Kon Ichikawa

Actor, The 俳優亀岡拓 (2016) Dir: Satoko Yokohama

Adrift in Tokyo 「転々」 (2007)  Dir: Miki Satoshi (4/5)

After the Storm 海よりもまだ深く (2016) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda

Afternoon Breezes 風たちの午後 デジタルリマスター版 (1980) Dir: Hitoshi Yazaki

Alien vs Ninja 「AVN エイリアンVSニンジャ」(2011) Dir: Seiji Chiba (2.5/5)

All Around Us ぐるりのこと。(2008) Dir: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

All the Things We Never Said 生きちゃった (2020) Dir: Yuya Ishii

Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり (2021) Dir: Mayu Nakamura

Along the Sea 海辺の彼女たち (2020) Dir: Akio Fujimoto

Amiko あみこ (2017) Dir: Yoko Yamanaka

Among Four of Us 4人のあいだで (2020) Dir: Mayu Nakamura

An Ant Strikes Back アリ地獄天国 (2019) Dir: Tokachi Tsuchiya

And Your Bird Can Sing きみの鳥はうたえる (2018) Dir: Sho Miyake

Angel Dust 「エンジェルダスト」 (1994) Dir: Sogo Ishii (4.5/5)

Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない (2022) Dir: Kashou Iizuka (First Draft)

Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない (2022) Dir: Kashou Iizuka (Rewrite)

Antiporno アンチポルノ (2016) Dir: Sion Sono

Apartment 1303 「1303号室」 (2007) Dir: Ataru Oikawa (3/5)

Aroused by Gymnopedies「ジムノペディに乱れる」 (2017) Director: Isao Yukisada

Arrietty 「借りぐらしのアリエッティ」 (2011) Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

As the Gods Will 「神さまの言うとおり」 (2014) Dir: Takashi Miike (4/5)

Asyl: Park and Love Hotel (2008) Dir: Izuru Kumasaka

At the Terrace (2016) テラスにて Dir: Kenji Yamauchi

Attack Girls’ Swim Team vs. the Undead  「女子競泳反乱軍」 (2007) Dir: Koji Kawano (1/5)

Audition 「オーディション」 (1999) Dir: Takashi Miike

Au revoir l’ete ほとりの朔子 (2014) Dir: Koji Fukada

BAMY バーミー (2017) Dir: Jun Tanaka

Bad Poetry Tokyo 東京不穏詩 (2017) Dir: Anshul Chauhan

Bagmati River バグマティ リバー (2021) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (First Draft)

Bagmati River バグマティ リバー (2021) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (Rewrite)

Before We Vanish 散歩する侵略者 (2017) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Being Good きみはいい子 (2015) Dir: Mipo O

Being Natural 天然☆生活 (2018) Dir: Tadashi Nagayama

Beloved Wife, A 喜劇 愛妻物語 (2019) Dir: Shin Adachi

Be My Baby 「恋の渦」 (2013) Dir: Hitoshi Ōne (4/5)

Beneath the Shadow (Eiri) 影裏 (2020) Dir: Keishi Otomo

Berserk: Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King 「ベルセルク黄金時代篇I:覇王の卵」 (2012) Dir: Toshiyuki Kubooka (4.5/5)

Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey 「ベルセルク黄金時代篇 IIドルドレイ攻略」 (2012) Dir: Toshiyuki Kubooka (3/5)

Berserk: Golden Age Arc III: Advent  「ベルセルク黄金時代篇 III 黄金時代篇III:降臨」 Dir: Toshiyuki Kubooka (3/5)

Big Tits Zombie 「巨乳ドラゴン 温泉ゾンビVSストリッパー5」  (2010) Dir: Takao Nakano (2.5/5)

Birthday Wonderland バースデー・ワンダーランド (2019) Dir: Keiichi Hara

Bitter Honey 蜜のあわれ (2016) Dir: Gakuryu Ishii

Black Butler 「黒執事」 (2014) Dir: Kentaro Otani, Keiichi Sato (4/5)

Blame! ブラム (2017) Dir: Hiroyuki Seshita

Bleached Bones Avenue 白骨街道 (2018) Dir: Akio Fujimoto

Blood of Wolves, The 孤狼の血 (2018) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi

Body Remember ボディ・リメンバー (2020) Dir: Keita Yamashina

book-paper-scissors つつんで、ひらいて (2019) Dir: Nanako Hirose

Born Bone Born 洗骨 (2018) Dir: Toshiyuki Teruya

Boy, Sprouted 少年、なにかが発芽する (2021) Dir: Yuko Watanabe

Breathless Lovers 息ぎれの恋人たち (2017) Dir: Shumpei Shimizu

Bride of Rip Van Winkle, The「リップヴァンウィンクルノ花嫁」  (2016)  Dir: Shunji Iwai 4.5/5

Bright Future 「アカルイミライ」(2003) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4/5)

Bright Night レンコーンの夜 (2016) Dir: Yasumasa Konno

Broken Commandment 破戒 (2022) Dir: Kazuo Maeda

Bullet Ballet バルットバレエ (2000) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto

Burden of the Past, The 過去負う者 (2023) Dir: Atsushi Funahashi

Call Boy 娼年 (2018) Dir: Daisuke Miura

Carved – The Slit-Mouthed Woman 「口裂け女」 (2007) Dir: Koji Shiraishi (2.5/5)

Cesium and a Tokyo Girl 「セシウムと少女」(2015)  Dir: Ryo Saitani (4.5/5)

Charisma「カリスマ」 (2000) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4.5/5)

Close-Knit 彼らが本気で編むときは、 (2017) Dir: Naoko Ogigami

Cold Fish 「冷たい熱帯魚」 (2011) Dir: Sion Sono (5/5)

colorless 猿楽町で会いましょう (2020) Dir: Takashi Koyama

Columbus (2017) Dir: Kogonada

Coming Back Sunny おかえり、カー子 (2019) Dir: Noriko Yuasa

Cooperation and Community [績(う)みの村] (2015) Dir: Keishiro Ikeda

Creepy クリーピー 偽りの隣人 (2016) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Crime or Punishment?!? 「罪とか罰とか」 (2009) Dir: Keralino Sandorovich (4/5)

Cure「キュア」 (1997) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (5/5)

CYCLE-CYCLE (2018) Dir: Junichi Kanai

Daguerrotype ダゲレオタイプの女 (2016) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Dark Maidens, The 暗黒女子 (2017) Dir: Saiji Yakumo

Dawn of the Felines「牝猫たち」 (2016) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi

Day of Destruction, The 破壊の日 (2020) Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda

Deadball 「デッドボール」 (2011) Dir: Yudai Yamaguchi (3.5/5)

Dead Waves 「死霊波」 (2005) Dir: Yoichiro Hayama (2/5)

Dear Doctor  「ディア・ドクター 」(2009) Dir: Miwa Nishikawa (4.5/5)

Dear Etranger 幼な子われらに生まれ (2017) Dir: Yukiko Mishima

December 赦し (2022) Dir: Anshul Chauhan

Dedicated Life, A 全身小説家 (1994) Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi

Demolition Girl JK エレジー (2018) Dir: Genta Matsugami

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり (2017) Dir: Takashi Yamazaki

Destruction Babies ディストラクション・ベイビーズ (2016) Dir: Tetsuya Mariko

Detroit Metal City 「デトロイトメタルシテイ」 (2008) Dir: Toshio Lee (4/5)

Devil’s Path, The 「凶悪」 (2013) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi (2.5/5) 

Disciples of Hippocrates 「 ヒポクラテスたち」 (1980) Dir: Kazuki Ohmori (4/5)

Distance ディスタンス (2001) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Dolls 「ドールズ 」 (2002) Dir: Takeshi Kitano (4/5)

Domains 王国 (あるいはその家について) (2019) Dir: Natsuka Kusano

Dong Teng Town ドンテンタウン (2020) Dir: Kouhei Inoue

Don’t Look Up (1996) 女優霊 Dir: Hideo Nakata

Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions 二重のまち 交代地のうたを編む (2021) Dirs: Haruka Komori, Natsumi Seo

Double Life  「二重生活」(2016) Dir: Yoshiyuki Kishi

Dreams for Sale  「夢売るふたり」  (2012) Dir: Miwa Nishikawa (4/5)

Drive into Night 夜を走る (2022) Director: Dai Sako

Drudgery Train, The 「 苦役列車」 (2012) Dir: Nobuhiro Yamashita (4/5)

Dynamite Graffiti 素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル (2018) Dir: Masanori Tominaga

East of Jefferson ジェファソンの東 (2018) Dir: Koji Fukada

Emi-Abi エミアビのはじまりとはじまり (2016) Dir: Kensaku Watanabe

Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On, The ゆきゆきて、神軍 (1987) Dir: Kazuo Hara

Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On, The ゆきゆきて、神軍 (1987) Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi  (2021 Rewrite)

Erica 38 エリカ38 (2019) Dir: Yuichi Hibi

Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 交響詩篇エウレカセブン ハイエボリューション (2017), Dirs: Tomoki Kyoda, Hisatoshi Shimizu

Exte: Hair Extensions 「エクステ」 (2007) Dir: Sion Sono (3.5/5)

Eyes of the Spider 「蜘蛛の瞳」 (1999) Dir:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4.5/5)

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 極私的エロス 恋歌1974 (1974) Dir: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi

Fable, The ザ・ファブル (2019) Dir: Kan Eguchi

Fable: A Contract Killer Who Doesn’t Kill, The ザ・ファブル 殺さない殺し屋 (2021) Dir: Kan Eguchi

Far Away, Further Away 遠くへ,もっと遠くへ (2022) Dir: Shinji Imaoka

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with A Lie グッドバイ 嘘からはじまる人生喜劇  (2020) Dir: Izuru Narushima

Fate/stay night Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower (2017) Dir: Tomonori Sudo

Filled with Steam 湯気満ちて (2017) Dir: Rina Tanaka

Fine, Totally Fine 「全然大丈夫」 (2008) Dir: Yosuke Fujita (5/5)

Fires on the Plain 野火 (1959) Dir: Kon Ichikawa

Fires on the Plain  「野火」 (2014) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (4/5)

Fish Story フィッシュストーリー (2009) Dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura

Flowers and Rain 花と雨 (2019) Dir: Takafumi Tsuchiya

For Love’s Sake 「愛と誠」 (2012) Dir: Takashi Miike (5/5)

Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker, The 「アヒルと鴨のコインロッカ」 (2007) Dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura (5/5)

Forest of Love, The 愛なき森で叫べ (2019) Dir: Sion Sono

For Rei レイのために (2019) Dir: Yukari Sakamoto

Fuan no Tane 「不安の種」 (2013)  Dir: Toshikazu Nagae (4/5)

Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats  「福福荘の福ちゃん」 (2014) Dir: Yosuke Fujita (5/5)

Fuse: A Gun Girl’s Detective Story 「伏 鉄砲娘の捕物帳」 (2012) Dir: Masayuki Miyaji (4/5)

Gan / Wild Geese / The Mistress 雁 (1953) Shiro Toyoda

GEMINI 双生児 -GEMINI- (1999) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto

Getting Any? みんな~やってるか! (1995) Dir: Takeshi Kitano

GFP Bunny タリウム少女の毒殺日記 (2012) Dir: Yutaka Tsuchiya

Ghost System 「ゴーストシステム」 (2002) Dir: Toshikazu Nagae (2/5)

Ghost Train 「オトシモノ」 (2006) Dir: Takeshi Furusawa (3/5)

Girl Returned 帰ってきた少女 (2017) Dir: Satoru Hirohara

Girl, Wavering 空っぽの渦 (2015) Dir: Noriko Yuasa

Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell 吸血鬼ゴケミドロ (1968) Dir: Hajime Sato

Good-bye グッドバイ (2020) Dir: Aya Miyazaki

Goodbye CP さようならCP (1972) Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi

Goodbye Silence Saraba Seijaku サラバ静寂 (2018) Dir: Kenichi Ugana

Goth – Love of Death 「ゴス」 (2008)  Dir: Gen Takahashi (4/5)

Gotō-san ゴトーさん (2020) Dir: Hiroshi Gokan

Graceful Brute, The しとやかな獣 (1962) Dir: Yuzo Kawashima

Great Passage, The 「舟を編む」 (2013) Dir: Yuya Ishii (4/5)

Greatful Dead 「グレイトフル デッド」 (2013)  Dir: Eiji Uchida (4/5)

Grown-ups わたし達はおとな (2022) Dir: Takuya Kato

Guard From Underground, The 「地獄の警備員」 (1992) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (3/5)

Gukoroku – Traces of Sin 愚行録 (2017) Dir: Kei Ishikawa

Gun, The 銃 (2018) Dir: Masaharu Take

Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack 「ギョ」 (2012) Dir: Takayuki Hirao  (4.5/5)

Hammock (2018) Dir: Kentaro Kishi

Hana-bi 「花火」 (1998) Dir: Takeshi Kitano (5/5)

Hanagatami 花筐 (2017) Dir: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Happy Hour 「ハッピーアワー」 (2015) Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (4/5)

Hard-core ハード・コア (2018) Dir: Nobuhiro Yamashita

Harmonium 深田晃司 (2016) Dir: Koji Fukada

Haruka’s Pottery ハルカの陶 (2019) Dir: Naruhito Suetsugu

Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory 春子超常現象研究所 (2015) Dir: Lisa Takeba

Haruneko はるねこ (2016) Dir: Sora Hokimoto

Heat After Dark (1997) Dir: Ryuhei Kitamura (3/5)

Helldriver 「ヘルドライバー」 (2011) Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura

Hellevator: The Bottled Fools 「グシャノビンツメ」 (2005)  Dir: Hiroki Yamaguchi (3/5)

Her Sketchbook 世界は今日から君のもの (2017) Dir: Masaya Ozaki

Here and Here 憧れ (2017) Dir: Yoshimasa Jimbo

Higanjima Escape From Vampire Island 「彼岸島」 (2009)  Dir: Kim Tae-Gyun

Himizu  「ヒミズ」 (2012) Dir: Sion Sono (5/5)

Hold Me Back 私をくいとめて (2020) Dir: Akiko Ohku

Hold Your Breath Like a Lover 息を殺して (2014) Dir: Kohei Igarashi

Hole in the Sky 空の穴 (2001) Dir: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, The オルジャスの白い馬 (2019) Director: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba

hospitalité 歓待1.1 (2011) Dir: Koji Fukada

House 「ハウス」 (1977)  Dir: Nobuhiko Obayashi,

Howling 遠吠え (2022) Dir: Sheikh M Haris (First Draft)

Howling 遠吠え (2022) Dir: Sheikh M Haris (Rewrite)

How Selfish I Am! 「自分の事ばかりで情けなくなるよ」 (2013) Dir: Daigo Matsui (4/5)

Human Comedy in Tokyo 東京人間喜劇 (2008) Dir: Koji Fukada

Hungry Lion, The 飢えたライオン (2017) Dir: Takaomi Ogata

Hydra (2019) Dir: Kensuke Sonomura

I Am a Hero アイアムアヒーロー (2016) Dir: Shinsuke Sato

I Wish 奇跡」  (2011) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (4/5)

Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops アイスと雨音 (2018) Dir: Daigo Matsui

Idol アイドル (2020) Dir: Ryushi Lindsay

If Cats Disappeared From the World 世界から猫が消えたなら (2016) Dir: Akira Nagai

Inabe いなべ (2013) Dir: Koji Fukada

Infection 「感染」 (2006)  Dir: Masayuki Ochiai (4/5)

Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 (2021) Dir: Mayu Nakamura

Inuyashiki いぬやしき (2018) Dir: Shinsuke Sato

Isn’t Anyone Alive? 「生きてるものはいないのか」 (2012) Dir: Gakuryu Ishii (4/5)

It Feels So Good 火口のふたり (2019) Dir: Haruhiko Arai

Ito いとみち (2021) Dir: Satoko Yokohama

jam (2018) Dir: Sabu

Japanese Girls Never Die 「アズミ・ハルコは行方不」(2016) Dir: Daigo Matsui

Jeux de Plage 浜辺のゲーム (2019) Dir: Aimi Natsuto

Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale 地獄の花園 (2021) Dir: Kazuaki Seki

Jimami Tofu ジーマーミ豆腐 (2017) Dirs: Jason Chan, Christian Lee

Joint ジョイント (2020) Dir: Oudai Kojima

Joy of Man’s Desiring 人の望みの喜びよ (2014) Dir: Masakazu Sugita

Judge! 「ジャッジ!」 (2014) Dir: Akira Nagai (4.5/5)

Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド (2021) Dir: Takahide Hori

Ju-On: The Curse 「呪怨」 (2000) Dir: Takashi Shimizu

Ju-On: The Curse 2 「呪怨 2」 (2000) Dir: Takashi Shimizu

Ju-On: Old Lady in White/ Girl in Black 「呪怨白い老女/ 呪怨黒い少女」 (2009) Dirs: Ryuta Miyake, Mari Asato

Just Only Love 愛がなんだ (2019) Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi

Kako: My Sullen Past ふきげんな過去 (2016) Dir: Shiro Maeda

Kamagasaki Cauldron War, The 月夜釜合戦 (2018) Dir: Leo Sato

KAMATA PRELUDE 蒲田前奏曲 (2020) Dirs: Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu Akiyama, Yuka Yasukawa, Hirobumi Watanabe

Kanro 甘露 (2022) Dir: Haruna Tanaka

Key of Life 「鍵泥棒のメソッド」 (2012) Dir: Kenji Uchida (5/5)

Kidofuji (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro

Kikujiro 「菊次郎の夏」 (1999) Dir: Takeshi Kitano  (4.5/5)

Kimi no Tomodachi 「きみの友だち」 (2010) Dir: Ryuichi Hiroki (5/5)

Kinta and Ginji 金太と銀次 (2020) Dir: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura

Kirishima Thing, The 「桐島、部活やめるってよ」  (2012) Dir: Daihachi Yoshida (4.5/5)

Kiseki 「奇跡(2011) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (4/5)

Kontora コントラ (2019) Dir: Anshul Chauhan

Kotoko (2011) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (4.5/5)

Ku_On 「クオン久遠」 (2013) Dir: Takayuki Hatamura (4/5)

KUSHINA, what will you be クシナ (2018) Dir: Moët Hayami

Land of Hope, The 「希望の国」 (2012)  Dir: Sion Sono (4.5/5)

Last Judgement / Saigo no Shinpan 最後の審判 (2019) Dir: Shinya Kawakami

Last of the Wolves 孤狼の血 LEVEL2 (2021) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi

Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 (2022) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi

Let Him Rest in Peace 友よ、静かに瞑れ (1985) Director: Yoichi Sai

License to Live 「ニンゲン合格」 (1998) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4/5)

Light Shines Only There, The 「そこのみにて光輝く」 (2014) Dir: Mipo O (5/5)

Like Father, Like Son 「そして父になる」 (2013) Dir:  Hirokazu Koreeda (4.5/5)

Little Girl’s Dream, A 夢は牛のお医者さん (2014) Dir: Yoshiaki Tokita

Locker, The (aka Shibuya Kaidan) 「渋谷怪談」 (2004) Dir: Kei Horie (2.5/5)

Locker 2, The (aka Shibuya Kaidan II) 「渋谷怪談 2」  (2004) Dir: Kei Horie (3/5)

Loft 「ロフト」 (2005) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4/5)

Long Excuse, The 「永い言い訳 」 2016 Dir: Miwa Nishikawa

Looking for my lost sunflowers あの、ヒマワリを探しに (2014) Dir: Noriko Yuasa

Love and Goodbye and Hawaii 恋とさよならとハワイ (2017) Dir: Shingo Matsumura

Love and Murder of Sheep and Wolf 羊とオオカミの恋と殺人 (2020) Director: Kayoko Asakura

Love and Other Cults 獣道 (2017) Dir: Eiji Uchida

Love & Peace ラブ&ピース (2015) Dir: Sion Sono

Love at Least 生きてるだけで、愛 (2018) Dir: Kosai Sekine

Love Exposure 「愛のむきだし」 (2009) Dir: Sion Sono (4.5/5)

Lovers on Borders ポルトの恋人たち時の記憶  (2018) Dir: Atsushi Funahashi

Love’s Whirlpool 愛の渦 (2014) Dir: Daisuke Miura

Lying to Mom 鈴木家の嘘 (2018) Dir: Katsumi Nojiri

Machine Girl, The 「片腕マシンガール」 (2008) Dir: Noboru Iguchi (4/5)

Mai Mai Miracle 「マイマイ新子 と千年の魔法」 (2009) Dir: Sunao Katabuchi (5/5)

Maison de Himiko 「メゾン・ド・ヒミコ」(2005) Dir: Isshin Inudo (4/5)

Make-Believers 夢見びと (2020) Dir: Kenjo McCurtain

Many Faces of Chika, The またの日の知華 (2005) Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer/Writer: Sachiko Kobayashi

Mari and Mari 彼女来来 (2021) Dir: Tatsuya Yamanishi

Matango マタンゴ (1963) Dir: Ishiro Honda

Meatball Machine  「ミートボールマシン」 (2006) Dirs: Yudai Yamaguchi, Junichi Yamamoto (3/5)

Melancholic メランコリック (2018) Dir: Seiji Tanaka

Melting Sounds ほとぼりメルトサウンズ (2021) Dir: Kahori Higashi (First Draft)

Melting Sounds ほとぼりメルトサウンズ (2021) Dir: Kahori Higashi (Second Rewrite)

Memoirs of a Murderer 22年目の告白―私が殺人犯です― (2017) Dir: Yu Irie

Milocrorze: A Love Story ミロクローゼ (2011) Dir: Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Mind Game マインド・ゲーム (2004) Dir: Masaaki Yuasa

Miracle of Crybaby Shottan, The 泣き虫しょったんの奇跡 (2018) Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda

Miss Hokusai  「百日紅 ~Miss HOKUSAI~」  (2015) Dir: Keiichi Hara (4/5)

Mitsuko Delivers 「ハラがコレなんで」 (2011) Dir: Yuya Ishii (3.5/5)

Miyamoto 宮本から君へ (2019) Dir: Tetsuya Mariko

Modern Lovers, The 東京の恋人 (2019) Dir: Atsuro Shimoyashiro

Movie Capital, A 映画の都 (1991) Dir: Toshio Iizuka

Mrs. Noisy ミセス・ノイズィ (2020) Dir: Chihiro Amano

Murders of Oiso, The ある殺人、落葉のころに (2019) Dir: Takuya Misawa

Mushishi 「蟲師」 (2007) Dir: Katsuhiro Otomo (4/5)

Mutant Girls Squad「戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説」 (2010) Dir: Tak Sakaguchi, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura (3/5)

My Dad and Mr. Ito お父さんと伊藤さん (2016) Dir: Yuki Tanada

My Little Sweet Pea 「麦子さんと」 (2013) Dir: Keisuke Yoshida (4/5)

My Lovely Days, Yuka-chan no Aishita Jidai ゆかちゃんの愛した時代 (2018) Dir: Yun Hayama

NAGISA なぎさ (2017) Dir: Takeshi Kogahara

Neko Atsume House ねこあつめの家 (2017) Dir: Masatoshi Kurakata

New Directions in Japanese Cinema (2019) Dir: Various

New Religion ニューレリジョン (2022) Dir: Keishi Kondo

New Wind Blows, A 新しい風 (2021) Dir: Yutaro Nakamura

Night is Short, Walk on Girl, The  夜は短し歩けよ乙女 (2017) Dir: Masaaki Yuasa

Nightmare Detective 「悪夢探偵 」(2007) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (5/5)

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘(こ)(2021) Dir: Yu Irie

Ninja Kids!!! 「忍たま乱太郎」 (2011) Dir: Takashi Miike (4/5)

Noise ノイズ (2017) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto

Noriko’s Dinner Table 「紀子の食卓」 (2006)  Dir: Sion Sono (5/5)

Normal Life: Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler 辛抱, A (2009) Dir: Jill Coulson

Noroi: The Curse 「ノロイ」 (2005) Dir: Koji Shiraishi (3.5/5)

North Shinjuku 2055 北新宿2055 (2022) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki (First Draft)

Norwegian Wood 「ノルウェイの森」 (2011) Dir: Anh Hung Tran

Nunchaku and Soul ヌンチャクソウル (2019) Dir: Akiyoshi Koba

Of Love and Law 愛と法 (2017) Dir: Hikaru Toda

Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊! (2022) Dir: Eiji Uchida

On the Edge of Their Seats アルプススタンドのはしの方 (2020) Dir: Hideo Jojo

One Cut of the Dead カメラを止めるな! (2017) Dir: Shinichiro Ueda

One Missed Call 「着信アリ」 (2004) Dir: Takashi Miike

One Missed Call II 「着信アリ 2」 (2005) Dir: Renpei Tsukamoto (3/5)

One Missed Call Final 「着信アリファイナル」 (2006) Dir: Manabu Aso (3/5)

One Night ひとよ (2019) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi

Ordinary Everyday 優しい日常 (2017) Dir: Noriko Yuasa

Orphan’s Blues オーファンズ・ブルース (2018) Dir: Riho Kudo

Our House Party ボクらのホームパーティー (2022) Dir: Shuichi Kawanobe

Our Little Sister / Umimachi Diary  「海街 Diary」(2015) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda (4.5/5)

Out of TOKYO202x (2021) Dir: Akinori Ikuse (First Draft)

Out of TOKYO202x (2021) Dir: Akinori Ikuse (Rewrite)

Over the Town 街の上で (2019) Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi

Ox-Head Village 牛首村 (2022) Dir: Takashi Shimizu

Oyayubi Sagashi 「親指さがし」 (2007) Dir: Naoto Kumazawa (2.5/5)

Oyster Factory, The 牡蠣工場 (2016) Dir: Kazuhiro Soda

Parade 「パレード」 (2010)  Dir: Isao Yukisada (4/5)

Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night 「パラノーマル・アクティビティ 第2章/TOKYO NIGHT」 (2010) Dir: Toshikazu Nagae (3/5)

Parks パークス (2017) Dir: Natsuki Seta

Passage of Life 僕の帰る場所 (2017) Dir: Akio Fujimoto

Patema Inverted 「サカサマのパテマ」 (2013) Dir: Yasuhiro Yoshiura (4.5/5)

Path Leading to Love, The  アイニ向カッテ (2017) Dir: Kohei Takayama

Penguin Highway ペンギン・ハイウェイ (2018) Dir: Hiroyasu Ishida

Petal Dance 「ペタル ダンス」 (2013) Dir: Hiroshi Ishikawa (4/5)

Pink and Gray ピンクとグレー (2015) Dir: Isao Yukisada

Pinkie, The さまよう小指 (2014) Dir: Lisa Takeba

Poetry Angel ポエトリーエンジェル (2017) Dir: Toshimitsu Iizuka

Ponyo (2010) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki

POP! (2021) Dir: Masashi Komura

POV – A Cursed Film POV~呪われたフィルム~」 (2012) Dir: Norio Tsuruta (4/5)

Promises 子供たち (2015) Dir: Mikihiro Endo

Pulse 「回路」 (2001) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (5/5)

Puzzle 「パズル」 (2014) Dir: Eisuke Naito (4.5/5)    

Quirky Guys and Gals 「サビ男サビ女」 (2010) Dirs:  Yosuke Fujita (Cheering Girls), Mipo O (Claim Night), Tomoko Matsunashi (Boy? Meets Girl), Gen Sekiguchi (Sebiro Yashiki) (4/5)

Radiance 光 (2017) Dir: Naomi Kawase

Rage 「怒り」 (2016) Dir: Sang-il Lee

Rainbow-colored Trip, A にじいろトリップ (2021) Dir: Shinji Imaoka

Rampo Noir 乱歩地獄 (2005) Dirs: Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Hisyasu Sato, Atsushi Kaneko

RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019) Dir: Takuji Suzuki

Random Call ランダム・コール (2022) Dir: Riki Ohkanda

Ravine of Goodbye, The  「さよなら渓谷」 (2013) Dir: Tatsushi Omori (4/5)

Real 「リアル 完全なる首長竜の日」 (2013)  Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (3/5)

Real Thing, The  本気のしるし (2020) Dir: Koji Fukada

Reiko and the Dolphin れいこいるか (2019) Dir: Shinji Imaoka

Reiwa Uprising れいわ一揆 (2019) Dir: Kazuo Hara

RE:BORN リボーン (2017) Dir: Yuji Shimomura

Rentaneko 「レンタネコ」 (2012) Dir: Naoko Ogigami (4/5 )

Residents, The 暮らしの残像 (2022) Dir: Kahori Higashi

Retribution 「さけび 叫」 (2007)  Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (5/5)

Ribbon (2021) Dir: Non

Road, A あるみち (2015) Dir: Daichi Sugimoto

Room For Let 貸間あり (1959) Dir: Yuzo Kawashima

Rurouni Kenshin 「るろうに剣心」 (2012) Dir: Keishi Ohtomo (4.5/5)

Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno 「るろうに剣心京都大火編」 (2014) Dir: Keishi Ohtomo (4.5/5)

Sacrifice サクリファイス (2019) Dir: Taku Tsuboi

Samurai Marathon サムライマラソン (2019) Dir: Bernard Rose

Samurai Princess 「サムライプリンセス外道姫」 (2009) Dir: Kengo Kaji (3/5)

SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 (2022) Dir: Ryohei Sasatani (First Draft)

SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 (2022) Dir: Ryohei Sasatani (Second Draft)

Sawako Decides 「川の底からこんいちは」 (2010) Dir: Yuya Ishii

Sayonara さよなら (2015) Dir: Koji Fukada

Sayounara 左様なら (2018) Dir: Yuho Ishibashi

School Radio to Major Tom こちら放送室よりトム少佐へ (2020) Dir: Takuya Chisaka

Scythian Lamb, The 羊の木 (2018) Dir: Daihachi Yoshida

Seance 「こうれい 高齢」 (1999) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

See You Tomorrow, Everyone  「みなさん、さようなら」 (2013) Dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura (2.5/5)

Sekai 世界 (2023) Dir: Marina Tsukada

Sennan Asbestos Disaster ニッポン国VS泉南石綿村 (2018) Dir: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi

Serpent’s Path, The 「蛇の道」(1999) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4/5)

Seventh Code (2014) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (3.5/5)

Shady 「かしこい狗は、吠えずに笑う」(2012) Dir: Ryohei Watanabe (5/5)

Shall We Love You (2022) Dir: Haruka Tanaka

Shell and Joint (2019) Dir: Isamu Hirabayashi

Shikoku 「死国」 (1999)  Dir: Shunichi Nagasaki (3.5/5)

Shindo – The Beat Knocks Her World – 「震動」(2013)  Dir: Asami Hirano (4/5)

Shindo – Wonder Child 「神童」 (2007)  Dir: Koji Hagiuda (4/5) A great drama about a piano prodigy.

Shinjuku Tiger 新宿タイガー (2019) Dir: Yoshinori Sato

Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Dir: Shinji Higuchi

Shiver 戦慄せしめよ (2022) Director: Toshiaki Toyoda

Shoplifters 万引き家族 (2018) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023) Dir: Chihiro Ito

Sion Sono, The 園子温という生きもの (2016) Dir: Arata Oshima

Sisterhood シスターフッド (2018) Dir: Takashi Nishihara

Sleeping Insect, The 眠る虫 (2019) Dir: Yurina Kaneko

Slowly ゆっくり (2019) Dir: Momoko Fukuda

Snake Beneath the Flower Petals 湖底の蛇 (2016) Dir: Rina Tanaka

Snake of June, A 「六月の蛇」 (2002) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (4/5)

Snow White Murder Case, The 「白ゆき姫殺人事件」 (2014) Dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura (4.5/5)

Snow Woman 雪女 (2017) Dir: Kiki Sugino

Snow Woman, The 怪談雪女郎 (1968) Dir: Tokuzo Tanaka

Somebody’s Flowers 誰かの花 (2022) Dir: Yusuke Okada

Song I Remember, A ひとつの歌 (2012) Dir: Kyoshi Sugita

Sower, The 種をまく人  (2016) Dir: Yosuke Takeuchi (2016)

Soul Music ソウル・ミュージック (2020) Dir: Masaki Soejima

Sound of Light, The ひかりのおと (2013) Dir: Junichiro Yamasaki

Sound of Grass, The 草の響き (2021) Dir: Hisashi Saito

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies 「ステーシー」(2008) Dir: Naoyuki Tomomatsu (2.5/5)

Starfish Hotel 「スターフィッシュホテル」(2007) Dir: John Williams (3.5/5)

Stay (2019) Dir: Naoya Fujita

Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても (2008) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Story of Yonosuke, The 「横道世余之介」(2013) Dir: Shuichi Okita (4.5/5) A wonderful film about memories and the positive impact a person can have

Strangers 人知れず Dir: Sae Suzuki

Strange Circus 「奇妙なサーカス」 (2005) Dir: Sion Sono (5/5) Brilliant

Suffering of Ninko 「仁光の受難」(2016) Dir: Niwatsukino Norihiro

Suicide Circle (aka Suicide Club) 「自殺サークル」 (2002) Dir: Sion Sono (5/5) Magnificent

Suicide Manual, The 「自殺マニュアル」 (2003) Dir: Osamu Fukutani (2.5/5)

Su-ki-da 「好きだ,」(2006) Dir: Hiroshi Ishikawa (4/5)

Summer Lights 「なつのひかり」 (2016) Dir: Jean-Gabriel Periot

Summer Wedding 恋がする (2022) Dir: Azusa Hieda (First Draft)

Summer Wedding 恋がする (2022) Dir: Azusa Hieda (Second Draft)

Survive Style 5+ 「サバイブスタイル5+」(2004) Dir: Gen Sekiguchi

Sway 「ゆれる」 (2006) Dir: Miwa Nishikawa (4.5/5)

Sweet Bean あん (2015) Dir: Naomi Kawase

Sweet Home 「スウィトホーム」(1989) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (4/5)

Sweetest Truth スイーテスト・トゥルース (2016) Dir: Evdoxia Kyropoulou

Sword of the Stranger ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚- (2007) Dir: Masahiro Ando

Tag リアル鬼ごっこ (2015) Dir: Sion Sono

Tailwind 追い風 (2020) Dir: Ryo Anraku

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade 「タジョウマル」 (2009) Dir: Hiroyuki Nakano

Tale of Iya, The 祖谷物語 おくのひと (2014) Dir: Tetsuchiro Tsuta

Tamami: The Baby’s Curse 「赤んぼ少女」(2008) Dir: Yudai Yamaguchi (4/5)

Taste of Tea, The 茶の味 (2004) Dir: Katsuhito Ishii

Temple of Wild Geese, The 雁の寺 (1962) Dir: Yuzo Kawashima

Ten Dark Women 黒い十人の女 (1961) Dir: Kon Ichikawa

Terrarium Locker テラリウムロッカー (2019) Dir: Rika Aoi

Tetsuo: The Iron Man 「鉄男 Tetsuo」 (1989) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (5/5) Cinematic Classic that Needs to be Seen!

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer 「鉄男 Tetsuo II Body Hammer」(1992) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (5/5)

That’s It それだけ (2015) Dir: Gakuryu Ishii

Thicker Than Water 犬猿 (2018) Dir: Keisuke Yoshida

Third Murder, The (2017)  三度目の殺人 Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda

Three Stories of Love 恋人たち (2015) Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Tokyo Fist 「東京フィスト」(1995) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (4.5/5)

Tokyo Gore Police 「東京残酷警察」(2008) Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura (3/5/5)

Tokyo Idols (2017) Dir: Kyoko Miyake

Tokyo Night Sky is Always the Densest Shade of Blue, The 夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ (2017) Dir: Yuya Ishii

Tokyo Sonata 「トウキョウソナタ」(2008) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa  (5/5) Classic/Masterpiece and every other word used for high praise

Tokyo.Sora  「Tokyo.Sora」(2002) Dir: Hiroshi Ishikawa (3.5/5)

Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro とんかつDJアゲ太郎 (2020) Dir: Ken Ninomiya

Torso トルソ (2009)  Dir: Yutaka Yamazaki

Touching the Skin of Eeriness 不気味なものの肌に触れる (2014) Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Tourism (2018) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki

To the Ends of the Earth 旅のおわり世界のはじまり (2019) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

To Sleep So as to Dream 夢みるように眠りたい (1986) Dir: Kaizo Hayashi

Toward a Common Tenderness あの優しさへ (2017) Dir: Kaori Oda

Transferring 転校生 (2012) Dir: Junichi Kanai

Transform! へんしんっ! (2021) Dir: Tomoya Ishida

Twilight Samurai, The 「たそがれ清兵衛」(2002) Dir: Yoji Yamada (4/5)

Twisted Justice「日本で一番悪い奴ら」 (2016) Dir: Kazuya Shiraishi (3.5/5)

Under Your Bed アンダー・ユア・ベッド (2019) Dir: Mari Asato

Ushiku 牛久 (2021) Dir: Ian Thomas Ash

Uzumaki 「うずまき」(2000) Dir: Higuchinsky (4/5)

Uzumasa Limelight 「太秦ライムライト」 (2014)  Dir: Ken Ochiai (4/5)

Vampire Clay 血を吸う粘土 (2017) Dir: Soichi Umezawa

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl 「吸血少女対少女フランケン」(2009) Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu (4/5)

Videophobia (2019) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki

Villain 「悪人」(2011) Dir: Sang-il Lee

Virgin Psychics, The 映画みんな!エスパーだよ (2015) Dir: Sion Sono

Vision ビジョン (2018) Dir: Naomi Kawase

Visualized Hearts 可視化する心たち (2017) Dir: Akiko Igarashi

Vital 「ヴィタール」(2003) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (5/5)

Wandering Alien Detective Robin さすらいのエイリアン 私立探偵ロビン (2012) Dir: Lisa Takeba

Wasted Eggs (2018) Dir: Ryo Kawasaki

Watashi no Otoko 「私の男」(2014) Dir: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (4/5)

What Can You Do about It だってしょうがないじゃない (2019) Director: Yoshifumi Tsubota

Wet Woman in the Wind「風に濡れた女 」(2017) Dir: Akihiko Shiota

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead 家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしていま (2018) Dir: Toshio Lee

Where Love Goes 愛のゆくえ (2023) Dir: Fuka Miyajima

While the Women are Sleeping 女が眠る時 (2016) Dir: Wayne Wang

Whiplash of the Dead きみが死んだあとで (2021) Dir: Haruhiko Daishima

Whispering Star, The ひそひそ星 (2016) Dir: Sion Sono

White Panic 「怖来」(2005) Dir: Shugo Fujii (1/5)

Whole (2019) Dir: Bilal Kawazoe

Why Don’t You Play in Hell? 「地獄でなぜ悪い 」(2013) Dir: Sion Sono (5/5)

Wild 7 「ワイルド7」(2011) Dir: Eiichiro Hasumi (3.5/5)

Wild Berries  「蛇イチゴ」(2003) Dir: Miwa Nishikawa (5/5)

Wild Geese / The Mistress 雁 (1953) Dir: Shiro Toyoda

Wild Tour ワイルドツアー (2018) Dir: Sho Miyake

Wild Zero  「ワイルドゼロ」 (1999) Dir: Tetsuro Takeuchi (3/5)

Wolf Children, The 「おおかみこどもの雨と雪」(2012) Dir: Mamoru Hosoda (5/5)

Woman Called Abe Sada, A 「実録阿部定」(1975) Dir: Noboru Tanaka (4.5/5)

Woman of the Photographs 写真の女 (2020) Dir: Takeshi Kushida

Woodsman & the Rain, The 「キツツキと雨」 (2012) Dir: Shuichi Okita (5/5)

Workhorse and the Bigmouth, The ばしゃ馬さんとビッグマウス (2013) Dir: Keisuke Yoshida

World of Kanako, The 「渇き」(2014)  Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima (4.5/5)

X-Cross 「エクスクロス 魔境伝説」 (2007) Dir: Kenta Fukasaku (4/5)

Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld   「極道大戦争」 (2015)  Dir: Takeshi Miike  (3/5)

Yalta Conference Online ヤルタ会談 “オンライン化”! (2020) Dir: Koji Fukada

Yamato (California) 大和(カリフォルニア) (2017) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki

Yan 燕Yan (2019) Dir: Keisuke Imamura

yes, yes, yes (2020) Dir: Akihiko Yano

Young Birds 雛鳥 (2021) Dir: Eriko Izumi

Zero Focus 「ゼロの焦店」 (2009) Dir: Isshin Inudo (4.5/5)

Zigeunerweisen ツィゴイネルワイゼン (1980) Director: Seijun Suzuki

Zombie Self-Defence Force「ゾンビ自衛隊」 (2006) Dir: Naoyuki Tomomatsu (3/5)

South Korean

Afternoon Landscape (2020) Dir: Sohn Koo-yong

Aloners 혼자 사는 사람들 (2021) Dir: Hong Sung-eun

Arirang (2011) Dir: Kim Ki-duk (4/5)

Beasts Clawing at Straws 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들 (2020) Dir: Kim Yong-hoon

Bedevilled (2010) Dir: Jang Cheol-Su (4/5)

Behind the Camera (2013) Dir: E J-Yong (4/5)

Berlin File, The (2013) Dir: Ryoo Seung-Wan (3/5)

Bittersweet Life, A  (2005) Dir: Kim Jee-Woon (5/5)

Border 경계 (2023) Dir: Mai Nakanishi

Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action 바운더리  (2021) Dir: Yun Ga-hyun

Broken (2014) Dir: Lee Jung-Ho (4/5)

Company Man, A (2012) Dir: Lim Sang-Yoon (3/5)

Death Bell (2008) Dir: Chang (3.5/5)

Desire to Kill (aka Enemy at the Dead End) (2010) Dir: Owen Cho, Kim Sang-Hwa (4.5/5)

Doll Master, The (2004) Dir: Lee Myung-se (2.5/5)

Duelist (2005) Dir: Lee Myung-se (4/5)

Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 (2021) Dir: Ryoo Seung-wan

Flu, The (2013) Dir: Kim Sung-Su (4/5)

Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, The 악인전 (2019) Dir: Lee Won-Tae

Girl on a Bulldozer, The 불도저에 탄 소녀 (2021) Dir: Park Ri-woong

Han Gong-Ju (2013) Dir: Lee Sujin (4/5)

Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric

I Don’t Fire Myself 나는 나를 해고하지 않는다 (2021) Dir: Lee Tae-Gyeom

I Saw the Devil (2010) Dir: Kim Jee-Woon (4.5/5)

Kick the Moon (2001) Dir: Kim Sang-Jin (4/5)

Lucky Chan-sil 찬실이는 복도 많지 (2019) South Korea Dir: Kim Cho-hee

Maggie 메기 (2018) Dir: Yi Ok-seop

Man From Nowhere, The (2010) Dir: Lee Jeong-beom (3.5/5)

Memento Mori (1999)  Dir: Kim Tae-Yong, Min Kyu-Dong (5/5)

Mother (2009) Dir: Bong Joon-Ho (4/5)

Night Working 夜間勤務 (2017) Dir: Kim Jung-eun

Our Sunhi (2013) Dir: Hong Sang-Soo (4/5)

Petty Romance (2010) Dir: Kim Jeong-Hoon (4.5/5)

Poetry (2010) Dir: Lee Chang-Dong (5/5)

Public Enemy (2002) Dir: Kang Woo-suk

Quiet Family, The (1998) Dir: Kim Jee-woon (5/5)

Seoul Station 서울역 (2016) Dir: Yeon Sang-Ho

Slug, The 태어나길 잘했어 (2020) Dir: Choi Jin-young

Thieves, The (2012) Dir: Choi Dong-Hun (3/5)

Thirst (2010) Dir: Park Chan-Wook

Three Sisters 세자매 (2020) Director: Lee Seung-won

Train to Busan 부산행 (2016) Dir: Yeon Sang-Ho

Way Back Home 비밀의 정원 (2019) Dir: Park Sun-joo

Whispering Corridors (1998)  Dir: Park Ki-Hyeong (4.5/5)

Wishing Stairs (2003) Dir: Yun Jae-Yeon (3.5/5)

Voice, The (2005) Dir: Choi Ik-Hwan (4.5/5)

Elsewhere

12 Years a Slave (2013) US Dir: Steve McQueen (5/5)

2 Days in New York (2012) FRA Dir: Julie Delpy (4/5)

4,3,2,1 (2010) UK Dir: Noel Clarke

47 Ronin (2013) US Dir: Carl Erik Rinsch (2.5/5)

Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn 3D, The (2011) UK/US Dir: Steven Spielberg (4/5)

Ad Astra (2019) USA Dir: James Gray

Alice in Wonderland 3D (2010) UK/US Dir: Tim Burton

All is Lost (2013) US Dir: J.C. Chandor (3.5/5)

Artist, The (2012) FRA Dir: Michel Hazanavicus (4/5)

Astro Boy (2010) HK/JP/UK Dir: David Bowers

Attack the Block (2011) UK Dir: Joe Cornish

Avatar (2009) US Dir: James Cameron

A Yellow Bird (2016), Singapore, Dir: K Rajagopal

Back to the Future (1985) US Dir: Robert Zemeckis

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans, The (2010) US Dir: Werner Herzog

Belle (2013) UK Dir: Amma Asante (4/5)

Best of Youth La meglio gioventù, The, (2003) ITA  Dir: Mario Tullio Giodarna

Birdshot (2016) Philippines Dir: Mikhail Red, Philippines, Mikhail Red

Black Death (2010) UK Dir: Christopher Smith

Black Swan (2011) US Dir: Darren Aronofsky

Blue Ruin (2013) US Dir: Jeremy Saulnier (4.5/5)

Book of Eli, The (2010) US Dir: The Hughes Brothers

Bulbul Can Sing (2018) India Dir: Rima Das

Carnage (2012) FRA/US Dir: Roman Polanski (3/5)

Cabin in the Woods, The (2012) US Dir: Drew Goddard (5/5)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D (2011) FRA/GER Dir: Werner Herzog

Certified Copy (2010) FRA Dir: Abbas Kiarostami

Chico and Rita (2010) ESP/UK  Dir: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando

Cold in July (2014) US Dir: Jim Mickle (4/5)

Conjuring, The (2013) US Dir: James Wan (4/5)

Crossing, The (2018) China Dir: Bai Xue

Detective vs Sleuths 神探大战 (2022) HK Dir: Wai Ka-Fai

Drive (2011) US Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn (4.5/5)

Due Date (2010) US Dir: Todd Phillips

Earthquake Bird (2019) Dir: Wash Westmoreland

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) US Dir: Doug Liman (4/5)

Eternity Between Seconds, The (2018) Dir: Alec Figuracion

Fair Game (2011) US Dir: Doug Liman

Four Lions (2010) UK Dir: Chris Morris

Gainsbourg – Vie Heroique (2010) FRA Dir: Joann Sfar

Garden of Evening Mists, The 夕霧花園 (2019) Malaysia Dir: Tom Lin

Ghost, The (2010) UK/US Dir: Roman Polanski

Gift, The (2015) Dir: Joel Edgerton (4/5)

Girl and the Gun, The (2019)  Philippines Dir: Rae Red

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2010) SWE Dir: Niels Arden Oplev

Godzilla (2014) US Dir: Gareth Edwards (4/5)

Green Jail 緑の牢獄 (2021) Dir: Huang Yin-yu

Green Zone (2010) US/UK Dir: Paul Greengrass

Guest, The (2014) US Dir: Adam Wingard (4.5/5)

Hana (2018) Japan/South Korea Dir: Mai Nakanishi

Happy Old Year (2019) Thailand Dir: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit

Haywire (2012) US Dir: Steven Soderbergh (4/5)

Heavy Craving 大餓 (2019) Taiwan Dir: Hsieh Pei-ju

I Am Love (aka Io Sono L’Amore) (2010) ITA Dir: Luca Guadagnino

I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) CHN Dir: Xiaogang Feng

Inception (2010) US/UK Dir: Christopher Nolan

Inside the Red Brick Wall 理大圍城 (2020) Dirs: Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers

Insidious (2011) US Dir: James Wan

Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) US Dir: James Wan (3.5/5)

Irma Vep (1995) FRA Dir: Olivier Assayas (5/5)

Jane Eyre (2011) UK/US Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga

John Carpenter’s The Ward (2011) US Dir: John Carpenter

Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 (2020) Dir: Man Lim Chung

Kick Ass (2010) UK/US Dir: Matthew Vaughn

Kids Are All Right, The (2010) US Dir: Lisa Cholodenko

King’s Speech, The (2011) UK Dir: Tom Hooper

Laundromat on the Corner (2020) Dir: Tetsuki Ijichi

Leaving (2010) FRA Dir: Catherine Corsini

Let Me In (2010) UK/US Dir: Matt Reeves

London Assurance (2011) UK Dir: Nicholas Hytner

Melancholia (2011) DEN/SWE/FRA Dir: Lars von Trier

Miss Andy 迷失安狄 (2019) Malaysia-Taiwan Dir: Teddy Chin

Monsters (2010) UK/US Dir: Gareth Edwards

Monty Python’s He’s Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) (2010) UK Dir:  Aubrey Powell

Museum Hours (2013) US/AUT Dir: Jem Cohen

My Prince Edward (2019) Hong Kong Dir: Norris Wong

My Sister 姊姊 (2021) Dir: Pan Ke-yin

Narrow Road, The 窄路微塵 (2022) Dir: LAM Sum

Nightcrawler (2014) US – Dir: Dan Gilroy

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) W GER/FRA Dir: Werner Herzog

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019) US Dir: Quentin Tarantino

Pacific Rim (2013) US Dir: Guillermo del Toro (4/5)

Passenger, The (1975) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Please Give (2010) US Dir: Nicole Holofcener

Poetic Voices (1960s) Taiwan Dir: Various

Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) HK Dir: Stanley Tong

Pontypool (2009) CAN Dir: Bruce McDonald

Prometheus (2012) US/UK Dir: Ridley Scott

Prophet, A (2009) FRA Dir: Jacques Audiard

Red Light Revolution (2012) CHN Dir: Sam Voutas

Resident Evil Afterlife in 3D (2010) US Dir: Paul WS Anderson

Revenge: A Love Story (2011) HK Dir: Wong Ching Po (3/5)

Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2014) Philippines Dir: Khavn

Salt (2010) US Dir: Philip Noyce

Sake-Bomb (2013) US/JP Dir: Junya Sakino (3/5)

Sally Potter’s Rage  US Dir: Sally Potter

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) US Dir: Edgar Wright

Secret in their Eyes, The (2010) ARG Dir: Juan Jose Campanella

Shame (2012) UK Dir: Steve McQueen (5/5)

Sherlock Holmes (2010) UK/US Dir: Guy Ritchie

Shutter Island (2010) US Dir: Martin Scorsese

Skin I Live In, The (2011) ESP Dir: Pedro Almodóvar

Skyfall (2012) UK/US/JP  Dir: Sam Mendes (5/5)

Social Network, The (2010) US  Dir: David Fincher

Somewhere (2010) US Dir: Sofia Coppola

Source Code (2011) US Dir: Duncan Jones

Spinal Tap, This is (1984) US Dir: Rob Reiner

Stake Land (2011) US Dir: Jim Mickle

Still Human 淪落人 (2018) Hong Kong Dir: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan

Submarine (2011) UK Dir: Richard Ayoade

Sucker Punch (2011) US Dir: Zack Snyder

Swallow 喰之女 (2021) Dir: Mai Nakanishi

Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛 (2022) Dir: Mochi Lin

Tam Cam: The Untold Story (2016), Vietnam, Dir: Veronica Ngo

Thing, The 遊星からの物体X (1982) Dir: John Carpenter

Three Musketeers 3D, The (2011) UK/US Dir: Paul WS Anderson

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) UK Dir: Tomas Alfredson

True Grit (2011) US Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen

Up in the Air (2010) US Dir: Jason Reitman

Unstoppable (2010) US Dir: Tony Scott

Vulgaria (2012) HK Dir: Pang Ho-Cheung (4/5)

Warrior’s Way, The (2010) AUS/KOR Dir: Sngmoo Lee

We Are What We Are (2010) MEX Dir: Jorge Michel Grau

Winter’s Bone (2010) US Dir: Debra Granik

Woman in Black, The (2012) UK Dir: James Watkins (5/5)

World War Z (2013) US/UK Dir: Marc Foster (3.5/5)

You’re Next (2013) US Dir: Adam Wingard (4/5)

Your Name Engraved Herein 刻在你心底的名字 (2020) Taiwan Dir: Liu Kuang-hui

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4 thoughts on “Film Review Archives

    1. This is just a list of film reviews I’ve posted on this blog. I’ve seen many films from the Golden Age and New Wave directors from Japan (Ozu, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Oshima, Imamura) and many more by ’90s directors (Kitano, Ishii, Shimizu) but most haven’t been reviewed yet. I’ve got quite a few reviews in the draft stage with Gifs and Jpgs ready to roll.

      As for Imamura, my favourite is Warm Water Under a Red Bridge:

      Terrible looking trailer… I know it’s one of his tamer ones but I like it a lot!!!

  1. elektric899

    I’m glad to read that, well you’ve hit the target, cause Warm water is my favourite too.
    It’s original, funny and with chemistry between the couple.

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