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Tezuka’s Barbara

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Tsukamoto (Killing / Haze / Denchu-Kozo)

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25 Jul 2021

Tezuka’s Barbara

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13 Jul 2021

Godzilla Raids Again - Review 2 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

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09 Jul 2021

Pink Films Vol. 3&4

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28 Jun 2021

Godzilla - Review 1 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975.

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21 Jun 2021

Godzilla vs Kong

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02 Apr 2021

Mothra (1961)

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26 Mar 2021

Age of Samuarai Battle for Japan

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28 Feb 2021

Pink Films vol 1& 2

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16 Feb 2021

Alice in Borderland

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13 Dec 2020

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Reviewed: 2013

Miss Granny

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2015

Himizu (Theatrical release)

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2012

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Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker, The

8/10

Godzilla Raids Again - Review 2 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

7/10

13 Assassins

9/10

1911: Revolution

5/10

252: Sign of Life

5/10

About Her Brother (Otouto)

7/10

6/10

9/10

9/10

9/10

Age of Samuarai Battle for Japan

7/10

Air Doll

8/10

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

8/10

7/10

8/10

6/10

8/10

Animal World (theatrical screening)

7/10

Antique Bakery

7/10

Arirang

9/10

Asleep

8/10

Assassination Classroom

8/10

Assassins, The

7/10

Asura: The City of Madness

9/10

Attack on Titan: Parts 1 and 2 (Theatrical screening)

5/10

Attack on Titan: The Movie - Part 1

6/10

Attack on Titan: The Movie - Part 2: End of the World

6/10

Au revoir l'ete

8/10

Audition

9/10

Back to 1942

7/10

Bad Company (Mabudachi)

7/10

Battles Without Honour and Humanity Box Set

10/10

Be My Baby (Theatrical screening)

7/10

Behind the Camera

8/10

Birth of the Dragon

8/10

Black Society Trilogy

8/10

5/10

7/10

8/10

8/10

9/10

9/10

8/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

10/10

8/10

8/10

Dark Harbour, The (Futoko)

8/10

Dark Water

8/10

Dead or Alive Trilogy

8/10

Death Bell

5/10

Death Note (TV)

7/10

Death Notice: Ikigami

8/10

Desire to Kill

7/10

Destruction Babies

1/10

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

9/10

Dolls

9/10

Dong-ju: The Portrait of a Poet (Theatrical screening)

8/10

7/10

8/10

9/10

6/10

9/10

5/10

Farewell My Concubine

9/10

Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection

8/10

Fires on the Plain

8/10

Flowers of War, The

7/10

For Love's Sake

7/10

For Love's Sake (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Four, The

7/10

Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Gantz

7/10

Gantz: Perfect Answer

8/10

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

6/10

Genghis: The Legend of the Ten

6/10

Ghost in the Shell

7/10

Girl At My Door, A (Theatrical Review)

9/10

Godzilla - Review 1 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975.

10/10

Godzilla (2014)

6/10

Godzilla vs Kong

4/10

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Theatrical screening)

6/10

6/10

7/10

7/10

9/10

9/10

Happiness of the Katakuris, The

8/10

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei) 3D

7/10

Hard Day, A

8/10

Helpless (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Himizu

8/10

Himizu (Theatrical release)

10/10

HK: Forbidden Superhero

7/10

Human Condition Trilogy, The

9/10

I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)

8/10

I Wish (Kiseki)

8/10

Insect Woman, The (Nippon-Konchuki)

9/10

Instant Swamp

9/10

Judge! (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Kai (Theatrical screening)

6/10

Kick, The

4/10

Kids Return

8/10

Kiju Yoshida: Love Plus Anarchism

10/10

Kikujiro

9/10

King of Fists and Dollars

6/10

Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, The

9/10

Kirishima Thing, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Kite

6/10

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter

8/10

Kunoichi: Ninja Girl

3/10

Lady Snowblood / Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

9/10

Land of Hope, The (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Last Princess, The

8/10

Lesson of Evil

7/10

Let the Bullets Fly

9/10

Let the Bullets Fly (Theatrical)

8/10

8/10

9/10

7/10

8/10

Love Exposure (Blu-Ray)

7/10

Love Strikes! (Moteki)

6/10

Lowlife Love

7/10

Makeup Room

7/10

Man With Style, A - Azemichi no Dandi

7/10

Massacre Gun

8/10

Matter of Interpretation, A

8/10

Miss Granny

7/10

Missing

8/10

Moebius (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Monster Chronicles, The: Tiktik

7/10

Mothra (1961)

7/10

Mountains May Depart

9/10

My Ex

3/10

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

7/10

New Directors From Japan

8/10

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 1

9/10

Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Vol. 2

8/10

Ninja Kids!!! (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Obon Brothers

8/10

Ode to My Father

7/10

One on One (Theatrical screening)

6/10

One Way Trip

8/10

Otakus in Love

8/10

Outlaw: Gangster VIP Collection

9/10

Over Your Dead Body

7/10

Pale Moon

9/10

Parasite

10/10

Parasyte the Movie: Part 1

8/10

Parasyte the Movie: Part 2

8/10

Phantom Detective, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

8/10

7/10

8/10

9/10

9/10

Pokemon Detective Pikachu (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

8/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

Rebirth (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Reign of Assassins

8/10

Retaliation

7/10

Revenge: A Love Story

6/10

Rigor Mortis

7/10

Road Stained Crimson, A

8/10

Rogue Ninja

3/10

Rolling

7/10

Romance Joe

7/10

Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno

8/10

Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends

8/10

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

8/10

Sacrifice

8/10

Sado Tempest (Arashi)

7/10

Sake-Bomb

6/10

Sake-Bomb (Theatrical screening)

6/10

Salute! Sun Yat-Sen

8/10

Sawako Decides

7/10

Scene at the Sea, A

9/10

Secrets in the Hot Spring

6/10

Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies

9/10

Serpent's Path / Eye of the Spider

8/10

Seven Samurai (60th anniversary BFI Blu-ray)

8/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

7/10

8/10

Shin Godzilla (Home Video Release)

9/10

Shin Godzilla: Theatrical Review

8/10

Shirome

7/10

Snake of June, A

9/10

Snow White Murder Case, The (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Sonic the Hedgehog

8/10

Spring in a Small Town

8/10

Story of Yonosuke

8/10

Story of Yonosuke, The

8/10

Stray Cat Rock Collection

8/10

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist

9/10

Suicide Club

8/10

Sweet Little Lies

9/10

Tag

8/10

Tag (Dual Format Release)

9/10

Tale of Iya, The

9/10

Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story, A

7/10

Taste of Money, The

7/10

Terraformars

7/10

Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

10/10

Tezuka’s Barbara

7/10

The Villainess

7/10

The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae)

8/10

Thermae Romae (Theatrical screening)

7/10

Thunderbolt Fantasy Eps. 1-5

8/10

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

6/10

Tokyo Fist

9/10

Tokyo Ghoul

8/10

Toshiaki Toyoda: The Early Years

8/10

Touch of Sin, A

8/10

Train to Busan (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Tsukamoto (Killing / Haze / Denchu-Kozo)

8/10

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

7/10

7/10

7/10

6/10

9/10

Unlucky Woman's Blues

6/10

Uzumasa Limelight

8/10

Veteran

8/10

Villain

7/10

Violent Prosecutor, A (Theatrical screening)

8/10

Vulgaria

8/10

We Are X

9/10

Wood Job!

8/10

Woodsman and the Rain, The

8/10

World of Kanako, The (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

Wu Xia

9/10

Yatterman

8/10

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