J-Film Blog

The Bad Sleep Well | 悪い奴ほどよく眠る (1960) The Bad Sleep Well, aka 悪い奴ほどよく眠る, or “the bad guys sleep well”…. an apt description for this complex drama from master Akira Kurosawa. Look, I’m going to be honest with you.  This movie’s plot is quite complex.  I’m not even sure I understood exactly what all was happening.  [...]

Retribution | 叫 (2006) A creepy murder-mystery with a ghost-story twist, Retribution (or 叫, “sakebi” actually isn’t all that bad!  Better than I was expecting, anyway.  Even if a bit predictable. Police detective Yoshioka (Kouji Yakusho) is called upon to investigate a bizarre series of drownings.  They think that they’re dealing with a serial killer, [...]