Film Review Archives

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.

Japanese | South Korean | Elsewhere |

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

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, 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)

Amiko あみこ (2017) Dir: Yoko Yamanaka

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Born Bone Born 洗骨 (2018) Dir: Toshiyuki Teruya

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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」 (2014) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto (4/5)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

hospitalité 歓待1.1 (2011) Dir: Koji Fukada

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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 Other Cults 獣道 (2017) Dir: Eiji Uchida

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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 Film Review 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

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

Ponyo (2010) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Tourism (2018) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki

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

Transferring 転校生 (2012) Dir: Junichi Kanai

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)

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)

Wasted Eggs (2018) Dir: Ryo Kawasaki

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

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

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 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)

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

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

Arirang (2011) Dir: Kim Ki-duk (4/5)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Thirst (2010) Dir: Park Chan-Wook

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

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

Due Date (2010) US Dir: Todd Phillips

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 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

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

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

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

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)

Please Give (2010) US Dir: Nicole Holofcener

Poetic Voices (1960s) Taiwan Dir: Various

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

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

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