PINOCCHIO 964
Director Shozin Fukui employs innumerable over-the-top touches here, creating what may be the ultimate “punk” movie
PARASITE EVE
A film that falls into every conceivable trap, turning its memorable source novel into a silly and misconceived muddle
JUDGE
More old school manga madness from Japan. This film is too short and rather cheesy, but it’s also interesting and imaginative
GOZU
I can sum this film up in two words: Fucked Up
GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA
From 1959, a stunningly executed, no-nonsense exercise in old-fashioned ghost story chills
GEMINI
Another fascinating and unprecedented film from Japan’s foremost underground auteur Shinya Tsukamoto
LUMINOUS MOSS
A Japanese made depiction of wartime cannibalism that’s reasonably striking with its restrained yet startlingly graphic approach
LUCKY SKY DIAMOND
The LSD of the title is entirely appropriate, this being a seriously bizarre Japanese gore fest
THE LAST FRANKENSTEIN
This 1992 Japanese production is that rarity of rarities: a successful attempt at reimagining a classic story
TOMIE (Film)
A popular, heavily sequalized Japanese horror-fest, one of several to follow in the wake of the phenomenally successful RINGU