extreme, very graphic and well over-the-top, that said that it's never quite as crazy or surprising as some of Miike's other films. It also slows down too much in the middle, which hurts the overall pacing. That said, there's no way around this one if you care for Japanese cinema...
Another casualty of capitalism’s cruelty, Yoshio barely scrapes through each day, without having any real chance in life. What’s initially presented as youthful freedom soon becomes frustration and humiliation as Fukutani highlights the inhumanity of the Japanese social system, which we’ve seen b...
If anything, Masaki had an even more contemporary style of direction (or, you might argue, more of a Japanese sense of pace and composition) – meaning Takashi’s film adds very little in terms of the 50 years between the films. It’s not what I would call, as has been stated in ...
a zero. It's a very normal common name of the Japanese first name. So yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yeah, that's why. So, yea...
articulating themes of social alienation and aberration that would resound throughout his filmography. The trilogy’s focus on ethnic minorities living “catch as catch can” in the margins of the cultural mainstream can be attributed, at least in part, to Miike’s own mixed Korean-Japanese ...
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would have been unthinkable, into a blood-brother. If I'd never been able to put a name to the face of one of the men who had harmed me, and never discovered that behind that face there was also a damaged life, the nightmares would always have come from a past without meaning." ...
(who also recorded commentaries for Arrow Video’s release of Miike’sBlack Society Trilogy) offers an invaluable resource for understanding the series, particularly for American audiences who’re largely unfamiliar with the Japanese and Chinese cultures that significantly influences these films. Mes ...