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
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)	Sounds more fun than it actually is	2021-09-25	Simon
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island (1956)	Solid conclusion to the trilogy	2020-09-20	Simon
Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple (1955)	The way of women is to love	2020-08-15	Simon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)	One of the classic samurai films	2020-08-09	Simon
Samurai Fiction (1998)	Totally dull	2002-09-29	Simon
Salaryman Kintaro (1999)	An engaging story of some likeable characters	2005-09-14	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
Sabu (Movie) (2002)	Not a samurai movie as advertised	2004-10-13	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)	Good if not quite great conclusion	2021-06-17	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)	The legend returns	2021-06-19	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)	A strange film to end the series on	2021-07-30	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)	A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre	2021-06-06	Simon
Roningai (1990)	Gently paced but ultimately satisfying samurai film	2005-08-18	Simon
Robogeisha (2009)	A vehicle for an amazing imagination	2010-10-14	Simon
Roaring Fire (1981)	Tons of fun	2024-02-27	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon
Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)	A fun throwback to the Golden Age of Japanese Splatter	2022-05-21	Simon
Ringu (1998)	It's definitely scary, but why do you want to be scared?	2012-10-15	Simon
Returner (2002)	Entertaining for a couple of hours	2003-03-23	Simon
Return Of The Streetfighter (1974)	Neither as gory or as good as the original	2006-03-14	Simon
Red Tears (2011)	Rather tepid action/horror/splatter film	2013-11-16	Simon
Red Post On Escher Street (2020)	My face isn't a crowd	2021-05-15	Simon
Red Blade (2018)	It all starts when the book sucks your blood	2021-02-14	Simon
Rashomon (1950)	Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart	2012-11-13	Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4 & 5 (2014)	I do not like where this series ended	2021-08-30	Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2 & 3 (2013)	Harder to defend than the first film	2021-08-28	Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead (2012)	A better film than it probably needed to be	2021-08-28	Simon
Ran (Chaos) (1985)	Kurosawa despairs at the human condition	2012-05-22	Simon