Reviews from Japan

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
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)	Good rather than great	2021-06-29	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Grudge Song (1973)	...read review...	2021-07-06	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972)	A genuine classic	2021-06-19	Simon
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)	...read review...	2012-05-21	Simon
Fish Story (2009)	Can music save the world?	2013-05-03	Simon
For Love's Sake (2012)	It's a Miike musical	2020-08-31	Simon
Fudoh (1996)	Hilariously transgressive	2002-03-17	Simon
Full Metal Yakuza (1997)	Super-cheap but gleefully twisted and inventive	2002-12-03	Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005)	Maybe the strangest film I've seen	2006-02-09	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Getting Any? (1994)	Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master	2003-04-19	Simon
Ghost in the Shell (1995)	Who are you?	2021-07-17	Simon
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004)	Pretentious as hell, but undeniably beautiful	2004-11-08	Simon
Ghost Squad (2018)	Decent idea, shame about the execution	2020-09-18	Simon
Girl Boss Guerilla (1972)	Enjoyable, if still far from exceptional	2012-05-22	Simon
Girl's Blood (2014)	Largely inexplicable fusion of elements but somehow it works	2019-11-16	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)	Terrible until the last 40 minutes	2006-03-31	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon (1977)	Poorly written, acted and directed	2007-06-06	Simon
Gonin (1995)	Really really violent	2001-06-19	Simon
Gonin 2 (1996)	worth watching, if not unforgettable	2002-07-08	Simon
Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)	Great name, good trailer... that's about it though	2013-05-04	Simon
Gozu (2003)	Wonderful creativity	2004-06-05	Simon
Graveyard of Honour (Fukasaku) (1975)	A reminder that Yakuza are generally not nice people	2021-10-03	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	Less interesting than Fukasaku's original	2021-10-05	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	I'd hoped for something more	2003-03-15	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon