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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, August 25, 2008

It’s the landmark ninkyo eiga (chivalry films) yakuza film, Theater Of Life: Hishakaku by Tadashi Sawashima. Give yourself 10 points if you can name the actor and actress in this still.

Theater Of Life: Hishakaku (Jinsei Gekijo - Hishakaku) will be screening as part of the Japan in Black program at this years San Sebastian International Film Festival (more info).

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, August 21, 2008

The world needs more images and more and more of Jo Shishido in furious and blazing Nikkatsu Action!

Youth of the Beast (Yaju no seishun) will be screening as part of the Japan in Black program at this years San Sebastian International Film Festival (more info).

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Amazon.com Link:
::: Buy the No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema (Cinema Classics) Book
::: Buy the Youth of the Beast - Criterion Collection DVD

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More amazing Japanese poster artwork for Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero (Kurôzu zero). Surprisingly enough in the past 7 days this film has been the most popular title among site readers. In addition and I haven’t said this enough here if your a big fan of Miike then definitely check out the Tom Mes book on Miike - Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike.

Related Coverage:
::: Japanese Poster Artwork
::: Review by Mark Schilling
::: AFM: CROWS 0 Review (Todd @ Twitch)

Amazon.com Link: Buy the Tom Mes (Midnight Eye) book on Miike - Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji

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The big news today is coming from Tokyograph (read here) who inform us that Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero will be getting a sequel. Apparently this will tie everything up with a nice resounding ending. Expect it to come out sometime in 2009.

Via: Ryuganji

Related Coverage:
::: Japanese Poster Artwork
::: Review by Mark Schilling
::: AFM: CROWS 0 Review (Todd @ Twitch)

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

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