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
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)	Trashy but demented fun	2020-09-19	Simon
Ghost Squad (2018)	Decent idea, shame about the execution	2020-09-18	Simon
Akira (1988)	A landmark in animation and sci-fi	2020-09-17	Simon
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)	Sion Sono doing his best Takashi Miike impression	2020-09-14	Simon
For Love's Sake (2012)	It's a Miike musical	2020-08-31	Simon
Shinjuku Swan II (2017)	No real reason for this film to exist	2020-08-29	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
Crab Goalkeeper (2006)	There must be something only a crab can do?	2020-08-22	Simon
Monday (2000)	Just one of those days	2020-08-22	Simon
The Forest of Love (2019)	Cinema is life, you know	2020-08-16	Simon
Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple (1955)	The way of women is to love	2020-08-15	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)	One of the classic samurai films	2020-08-09	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
Violent Cop (1989)	A landmark in Japanese cinema	2020-07-11	Simon
The Virgin Psychics (2015)	It's outrageous	2020-06-25	Simon
Tokyo Fist (1995)	Peak Shinya Tsukamoto	2020-05-23	Simon
Raivu (2014)	Something went horribly wrong here	2020-05-10	Simon
Meatball Machine (2005)	Budget constrained but imaginative	2020-05-10	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
Girl's Blood (2014)	Largely inexplicable fusion of elements but somehow it works	2019-11-16	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
R100 (2013)	Only in Japan	2014-10-05	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
Confessions (2010)	One sin leads to another	2014-03-08	Simon