Drama Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Balloon Club, Afterwards (2006)	The limitless potential of youth	2021-02-08	Simon
Cold Fish (2011)	Life is Pain	2021-02-01	Simon
A Scene At The Sea (1991)	A quieter, more contemplative Kitano film	2021-01-17	Simon
Love Exposure (2009)	It's holier than a hard-on. It's about love.	2021-01-16	Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)	More posing and fighting	2020-12-12	Simon
Rage (2016)	...read review...	2020-11-01	Simon
Strange Circus (2005)	Flowers are scars	2020-10-27	Simon
Noriko's Dinner Table (2006)	We All Just Wanna Avoid Pain	2020-10-26	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon
A Taxi Driver (2017)	Powerful	2020-09-05	Simon
For Love's Sake (2012)	It's a Miike musical	2020-08-31	Simon
Unagi (1997)	But why an eel?	2020-08-28	Simon
Shinjuku Swan (2015)	It's about demand and supply	2020-08-23	Simon
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)	Pretentious nonsense	2020-08-22	Simon
Exodus (2007)	Quirky little black comedy	2020-08-20	Simon
The Forest of Love (2019)	Cinema is life, you know	2020-08-16	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
The Killer's Love (1993)	Just awful	2020-08-13	Simon
Vampire (2012)	Not a film about a vampire	2020-08-13	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
The Delinquent (1973)	Gritty social commentary results in bloody fight fest	2020-08-05	Simon
Dangerous Encounter - 1st Kind (1980)	Controversial	2020-08-02	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Violent Cop (1989)	A landmark in Japanese cinema	2020-07-11	Simon
My Sassy Girl (2001)	The most romantic movie of all time?	2020-06-19	Simon
Killer's Nocturne (1987)	Chin Siu-Ho fights a kangaroo	2020-06-14	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)	One of the finest sequels ever made?	2020-03-27	Simon
Aberdeen (2014)	Quietly, gently, beautifully devastating	2020-02-22	Simon