Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Bruce Lee in G.O.D

Japan, 2000
Director: Toshi Ohgushi
Starring: Bruce Lee, James Tien, Yuan Chieh

Deluxe print featuring a UV overlay, creating glossy highlights over a matte finish.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Shogun's Ninja

Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu
Japan, 1980
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Yuki Ninagawa, Tetsuro Tanba

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Tetsuo (New Print)

Japan, 1989
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring: Kei Fujiwara, Tomorowo Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka, Renji Ishibashi

Deluxe print using metallic inks, for the 2000 release.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Guilty of Romance (B)

Koi No Tsumi
Japan, 2011
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Megumi Kagurazaka, Makoto Togashi, Kanji Tsuda, Miki Mizuno, Ryuju Kobayashi, Mae Ohtsuka

A sexy, twisted ero-guro masterpiece.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Love Exposure (A)

Ai no mukidashi
Japan, 2008
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Ando, Atsuro Watabe

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Re:Play-Girls

Ripurei garuzu
Japan, 2010
Director: Yuki Saito
Starring: Erika Tonooka, Sato Sakura, Mai Endo, Kobayashi Kana, Koizumi Maya

More kick-ass schoolgirls :)

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Reigo, the Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato

Shinkaijû Reigô
Japan, 2008
Director: Shinpei Hayashiya
Starring: Yukijiro Hotaru, Miyu Oriyama, Mao Urata, Saori Hara

Great monster poster featuring the Senso-ji Temple and Asahi Beer building in Asakusa, Tokyo.


Monday, August 19, 2013

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Jigoku de naze warui
Japan, 2013
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Akihiro Kitamura, Tak Sakaguchi, Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaido

Sion Sono is THE MAN. Can't wait to check this movie out - if it's anything like previous masterpieces Strange Circus, Cold Fish, Love Exposure, and Guilty of Romance.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Violet & Daisy

USA, 2011
Director: Geoffrey Fletcher
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, Danny Trejo, James Gandolfini

Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Fox with Nine Tails

Gumiho
South Korea, 1994
Director: Hun-Su Park
Starring: So-young Ko, Woo-sung Jung, Eun-hee Bang

Friday, August 16, 2013

Lost in Translation

USA, 2003
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Hell Worms

Jigoku no mushi
Japan, 1979
Director: Tatsuo Yamada
Starring: Takahiro Tamura, Ichiro Izawa, Ken Mishima, Junko Miyashita

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

009-1: The End of the Beginning

Japan, 2013
Director: Koichi Sakamoto
Starring: Aya Sugimoto, Naoto Takenaka, Nao Nagasawa

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Kiki's Delivery Service (Live Action)

Japan, 2014
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono, Fûka Koshiba

Friday, August 9, 2013

Christiane F.

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Germany, 1981
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Devils

United Kingdom, 1971
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Speedtrap (1977)

USA, 1977
Director: Earl Bellamy
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Richard Jaeckel

Illustration by Seito



Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Death Race 2000

USA, 1975
Director: Paul Bartel
Starring: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov

Illustration by Seito