Tokyo Psycho (東京伝説~蠢く街の狂気) - 2004.
Low budget, straight to DVD horror that hardly inspires. The subtitles i had on my copy weren't the best so my opinion may be slightly skewed. Basically about some girl who is pursued by an obsessive mentalist she used to go to high school with who is intent on marrying her. Simple. It's attained a cult following in Japan but I don't really know why I watched this.
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In the Realm of the Senses (愛のコリーダ) - 1976.
This films still carries a lot of baggage to the day due to the fact it contains scenes of unsimulated sex, but putting all the controversy that surrounded it to the side, it's actually a really good portrayal of mutual obsession and subsequent jealousy with a stockholm syndrome-y (?) undercurrent. It's rather perplexing watching a movie that is basically hardcore porn, but hey, even if you don't like it, it's an XXX movie for the collection.
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Gozu (極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭) - 2003.
Gozu plays out like a Tsutomu Miyazki daydream. The film is downright preposterous to the point i can't actually formulate an opinion on it. Is it horror or surrealist comedy? If guys getting off on soup ladels and weird cow head creatures wearing boys underwear is your thing, then give
it a go. The intro (posted above) to the film is one of the funniest scenes i've ever witnessed. Just don't take it seriously.
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Suicide Club (自殺サークル) - 2002.
it a go. The intro (posted above) to the film is one of the funniest scenes i've ever witnessed. Just don't take it seriously.
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Suicide Club (自殺サークル) - 2002.
It's ashame that this movie is such a befuddled, fragmented mess because the synopsis is actually really cool. Adolescent suicide cults start popping up inexplicably across Tokyo with 3 detectives (one of them is played by Ryo Ishibashi who makes an appearance in Audition) left to unravel the mystery. At first it's straightforward enough but the plot develops ridiculously and the ending is a bit of a mess.
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男) - 1989.
I had already seen this movie before but I was stoked about watching it again. It only lasts for an hour but it's like the movie Lynch and Cronenberg would have created if they collaborated back in the day. It's a cyberpunk film about a world where metal and flesh collide which predictably results in a bit of a furore. It may sound lightweight and rumbustious, but if you look at it closely it kinda gives you an insight into Japan's anxiety towards technology and industrialization.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男) - 1989.
I had already seen this movie before but I was stoked about watching it again. It only lasts for an hour but it's like the movie Lynch and Cronenberg would have created if they collaborated back in the day. It's a cyberpunk film about a world where metal and flesh collide which predictably results in a bit of a furore. It may sound lightweight and rumbustious, but if you look at it closely it kinda gives you an insight into Japan's anxiety towards technology and industrialization.
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