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
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970)	Fairly lightweight but ticks along	2024-12-15	Simon
Lion-Girl (2023)	Total trash, by design	2024-04-20	Simon
Yakuza Wolf: Perform Murder (1972)	Standard early 1970's Yakuza fare	2024-01-06	Simon
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Giko Awakens (2019)	Continues/concludes the BCG story	2022-12-22	Simon
Crows Explode (2014)	A slight improvement	2022-11-28	Simon
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)	Probably more interesting if you know the manga/anime/games	2022-03-07	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	Less interesting than Fukasaku's original	2021-10-05	Simon
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)	Sounds more fun than it actually is	2021-09-25	Simon
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Sequel switches onto a different track	2021-08-01	Simon
Vital (2004)	An unclassifiable enigma	2021-07-06	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Grudge Song (1973)	...read review...	2021-07-06	Simon
Wonderful Paradise (2020)	My kind of party	2021-06-05	Simon
Hold Up Down (2005)	People who have little to forgive have little to love	2021-03-21	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)	More posing and fighting	2020-12-12	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
For Love's Sake (2012)	It's a Miike musical	2020-08-31	Simon
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)	Another Japanese kids show revival project	2013-02-10	Simon
Deadball (2011)	Splattery and demented, but not as good as it could be	2013-01-25	Simon
Kotoko (2011)	A journey into a very troubled mind	2012-11-22	Simon
Yatterman (2009)	Too adult for kids, too childish for adults?	2012-11-19	Simon
The Neighbour No. 13 (2005)	just so much meaningless violence, really.	2012-05-22	Simon
Killing Machine (1976)	Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else	2012-05-22	Simon
Girl Boss Guerilla (1972)	Enjoyable, if still far from exceptional	2012-05-22	Simon
Returner (2002)	Entertaining for a couple of hours	2003-03-23	Simon