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
Hold Up Down (2005)	People who have little to forgive have little to love	2021-03-21	Simon
Himizu (2011)	It's tough to be a teenager.	2012-10-24	Simon
High Kick Girl (2009)	Good Karate showcase disguised as a film	2013-03-31	Simon
High & Low: The Movie (2016)	...read review...	2020-09-26	Simon
High & Low The Movie 3: Final Mission (2017)	A new low bar for the franchise	2021-03-21	Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)	More posing and fighting	2020-12-12	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Helldriver (2010)	Epic and deranged	2021-11-21	Simon
Heaven And Earth (1990)	Waste of time (theirs and mine)	2004-07-01	Simon
Hazard (2006)	Sleepy but restless	2021-03-18	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
Hard Revenge Milly (2008)	More Japanese ultra-violence	2010-10-14	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon
Hanging Garden (2005)	Complex and rich, defying easy description or summary	2006-02-09	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Hana-Bi (1997)	Close to cinematic perfection	2021-08-10	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	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
Graveyard of Honour (Fukasaku) (1975)	A reminder that Yakuza are generally not nice people	2021-10-03	Simon
Gozu (2003)	Wonderful creativity	2004-06-05	Simon
Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)	Great name, good trailer... that's about it though	2013-05-04	Simon
Gonin 2 (1996)	worth watching, if not unforgettable	2002-07-08	Simon
Gonin (1995)	Really really violent	2001-06-19	Simon
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon (1977)	Poorly written, acted and directed	2007-06-06	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)	Terrible until the last 40 minutes	2006-03-31	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon