The Imaginary (2024)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Yoshiyuki Momose
Starring: Kokoro Terada | Riisa Naka | Rio Suzuki | Sakura Andô | Takayuki Yamada
Shinjuku Swan (2015)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Erika Sawajiri | Gou Ayano | Nobuaki Kaneko | Takayuki Yamada | Yusuke Iseya
Jason says: “Like a lot of movies adapted from long-running manga, SHINJUKU SWAN shows a lot of telltale signs of screenwriters Rikiya Mizushima and OsamuSuzuki trying to cram a lot of storylines and fan-favorite characters into a couple hours. It’s
Read the review...Monsterz (2014)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Motoki Ochiai | Satomi Ishihara | Takayuki Yamada | Tatsuya Fujiwara
Jason says: “2011’s HAUNTERS was an excellent Korean movie that established a simple premise – two people with opposite superpowers (mind control and rapid healing) on a collision course – and delivered with entertaining action pieces, a likable cast of
Read the review...Milocrorze: A Love Story (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi
Starring: Anna Ishibashi | Eiji Okuda | Maiko | Mieko Harada | Seijun Suzuki | Takayuki Yamada
Jason says: “MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY is the sort of colorful, genre-mashing flick that doesn’t just try to bowl the audience over, but practically insists on it, overwhelming the viewer with color and sound and sudden shifts until they either
Read the review...13 Assassins (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.9
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Gorô Inagaki | Koji Yakusho | Masachika Ichimura | Takayuki Yamada | Yusuke Iseya
Thom says: “As is probably well known, I am a colossal Takashi Miike fan. I’ve almost certainly seen more (feature) films by Miike than any other director, so I had to see this presentation. What most surprised my brother and
Read the review...