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
Adrenaline Drive (1999)	Highly recommended!	2003-02-01	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon
Audition (1999)	A more sophisticated film than it is given credit for	2012-10-15	Simon
Bird People Of China (1997)	Not necessarily a must-see movie, but undoubtedly worth seeing.	2003-02-01	Simon
Blue Spring (2001)	Beautiful	2002-03-17	Simon
Blues Harp (1998)	A subtle and complex work	2021-08-24	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Bushido Man (2013)	Awesome fights and surprisingly funny	2021-08-23	Simon
Chasuke's Journey (2015)	Another unique film from Sabu	2022-06-18	Simon
City Of Lost Souls (2000)	Best use of CGI in a movie ever!	2001-10-13	Simon
Dancing Mary (2019)	Another Sabu masterpiece	2022-01-09	Simon
Dead Or Alive 2: Birds (2000)	Another great movie from Takashi Miike	2002-06-27	Simon
Dead Or Alive 3: Final (2002)	Decent finale	2003-03-07	Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)	Absurd and poetic	2022-06-07	Simon
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)	A Sion Sono film	2021-01-03	Simon
Face (Kao) (2000)	fascinating and unpredictable	2006-09-28	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Fish Story (2009)	Can music save the world?	2013-05-03	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Ghost in the Shell (1995)	Who are you?	2021-07-17	Simon
Gozu (2003)	Wonderful creativity	2004-06-05	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Hanging Garden (2005)	Complex and rich, defying easy description or summary	2006-02-09	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Kamikaze Taxi (1994)	A very quirky, contemplative film that is never predictable	2004-12-10	Simon
Kill! (1968)	Kept me entertained from start to finish	2006-01-23	Simon
Miss Zombie (2013)	The PARASITE of zombie films	2021-04-10	Simon
Monday (2000)	Just one of those days	2020-08-22	Simon
MPD Psycho (2000)	Essential viewing for the Miike fan	2012-05-22	Simon