Ichi the Killer | 殺し屋 1 (2001)
Ichi the Killer, the Japanese title translates to “murder dealer Ichi” is a seriously messed up bit of movie from a seriously messed up individual, Takashi Miike. I mean, I know I’ve said it before, but damn, what is the deal?! A psychologist’s dream, this guy.
Look, I’m not even [...]
US Title: The Machine Girl
Japanese Title: 片腕マシンガール (One armed Mashin Gaaru)
Continuing on with the Halloween/J-Horror theme, I bring you… well, I’m not quite sure what to make of this. The Machine Girl is a twisted film spanning a few genre’s really, typical Tokyo “splatter” horror, comedy, and action.
Although it really doesn’t pull off any of [...]
US Title: Suicide Club
Japanese Title: 自殺サークル (Suicide Circle)
First off, you know any movie with a tagline of ”それではみなさん、さようなら！” (“Well then, goodbye everybody”) is going to be involving a lot of death and carnage. And “Suicide Club”, or “Suicide Circle” does not disappoint.
Sure enough, from the get-go, as a group of high school girls throw themselves [...]
