by Todd Brown, November 21, 2009 10:15 PM
Big, big thanks to Kevin at Nippon Cinema for digging this one up. My utter Japanese illiteracy was preventing me from finding it myself and it was making me more than a little crazy ...Back in late July news...
by Rodney Perkins, November 21, 2009 11:00 AM
2009 has been a great year for the release of vintage Japanese films on North American DVD. One of the more unique and unexpected Japanese releases of the year is AnimEigo's four disc collector's set of the sentimental Tora-san...
by X, November 20, 2009 10:30 PM
Few directors have had as big an impact with their debut film as Na Hong-Jin of 추격자 (The Chaser) had last year, convincing critics that we might have a major talent on our hands, but also selling over five million...
by Andrew Mack, November 20, 2009 7:38 PM
Well this is just... just... well it's just FANTASTIC news coming from our friends at Evokative Films. Together with Fantastic Fest they will be having their first ever US theatrical release in Austin, Texas early in December. the film? You...
by Todd Brown, November 19, 2009 12:29 PM
Though there is still minimal plot information available for Paprika director Satoshi Kon's new kid-friendly science fiction animated feature The Dreaming Machine the official website and blog have just been updated with the first images released from the film. ...
by Todd Brown, November 19, 2009 10:49 AM
With John Woo's epic Red Cliff starting its theatrical run yesterday the fine people at Magnet Releasing have released an extended battle clip from the film that demonstrates why aim is important if you're going to go shooting arrows...
by Andrew Mack, November 18, 2009 11:05 AM
Noteworthy in the sense that we've only just been talking about a new chambara film being prepared in Japan. Perhaps we didn't care or thought the idea was just too silly that it couldn't be true but almost a...
by Andrew Mack, November 18, 2009 9:25 AM
The first trailer for Michael Chuah's upcoming action film Fist of Dragon hit the web late last week and I gotta say that is some fine old school HK action filmmaking going on there. Harkening back to the action...
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by Andrew Mack, November 18, 2009 7:50 AM
Production of The Legend of Chen Zhen began this week with the usual press conference launch on Sunday. Wu-jing.org has links to video on Sina [find that below] and promptly translated some of it for the rest of us...
by X, November 18, 2009 12:46 AM
Ha... now that's peculiar nostalgia.Although twenty-something Korean viewers might react in a different way at the mention of 빨간마후라 (Red Muffler) - don't ask - to old school Korean cinema fans, the title can only mean Shin Sang-Ok's ridiculously fun...
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