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FROM THE ARCHIVE

Classic titles from a bygone age

Insect Woman, The (Nippon-Konchuki)

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2012

Serpent's Path / Eye of the Spider

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2013

Sado Tempest (Arashi)

by Hayley Scanlon

Reviewed: 2012

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27 Apr 2012

Confessions

21 Jun 2021

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

15 Dec 2015

Battles Without Honour and Humanity Box Set

24 Nov 2015

Kiju Yoshida: Love Plus Anarchism

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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

9/10

5/10

5/10

9/10

A Fugitive from the Past

9/10

About Her Brother (Otouto)

7/10

About the Pink Sky

6/10

Adrift in Tokyo

9/10

Adrift in Tokyo (blu-ray)

8/10

After Life

9/10

After The Storm

9/10

Age of Samuarai Battle for Japan

7/10

Air Doll

8/10

Akira Kurosawa Samurai Collection

8/10

Alice in Borderland

7/10

Alita Battle Angel

8/10

Alive

6/10

All Monsters Attack - Review 10 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

6/10

Ang Lee Trilogy

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

Big Time Gambling Boss

9/10

Birth of the Dragon

8/10

Black Society Trilogy

8/10

5/10

7/10

8/10

8/10

7/10

9/10

9/10

8/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

10/10

8/10

Cowboy Bebop (Netflix)

5/10

Crazy Thunder Road

8/10

Crocodile

8/10

Daimajin Collection

7/10

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

Decision to Leave

7/10

Desire to Kill

7/10

Destroy All Monsters - Review 9 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

6/10

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

Doomsday Book

7/10

Dragon

8/10

Drudgery Train, The

9/10

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep - Review 7 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

5/10

Edge of Tomorrow

6/10

Electric Dragon 80,000v

9/10

Exit

9/10

Fairy Tale Killer

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

Funky Forest & Warped Forest

5/10

Gantz

7/10

Gantz: Perfect Answer

8/10

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

6/10

Gemini

9/10

Genghis: The Legend of the Ten

6/10

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - Review 5 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

7/10

Ghost in the Shell

7/10

Giants and Toys

8/10

Girl At My Door, A (Theatrical Review)

9/10

8/10

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

10/10

Godzilla (2014)

6/10

Godzilla vs Kong

4/10

Godzilla vs. Gigan - Review 12 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

4/10

Godzilla vs. Hedorah - Review 11 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

7/10

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

Hiruko the Goblin

7/10

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

In Front of Your Face (theatrical screening)

8/10

Insect Woman, The (Nippon-Konchuki)

9/10

Instant Swamp

9/10

Invasion of Astro-Monster - Review 6 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

6/10

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 Kong vs. Godzilla - Review 3 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975.

2/10

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

Kwaidan

8/10

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

Mothra vs. Godzilla - Review 4 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

8/10

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

Nobuhiko Obayashi's 80s Kadokawa Years

8/10

Obon Brothers

8/10

Ode to My Father

7/10

One on One (Theatrical screening)

6/10

One Way Trip

8/10

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (theatrical screening)

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

Pink Films vol 1& 2

8/10

Pink Films Vol. 3&4

7/10

Pink Films Vol. 5 & 6

8/10

Piper, The

8/10

Pluto

9/10

Poetry

9/10

Pokemon Detective Pikachu (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

7/10

7/10

8/10

7/10

9/10

8/10

Rebirth (Theatrical screening)

9/10

Red Angel

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

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

9/10

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

Son of Godzilla - Review 8 from Godzilla: The Showa era films 1954-1975

6/10

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

Summer Time Machine Blues

7/10

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 Bullet Train

8/10

The Executioner Collection

6/10

The H-Man / Battle in Outer Space

6/10

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

7/10

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

7/10

The Street Fighter Trilogy

7/10

The Taste of Tea

7/10

The Villainess

7/10

The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae)

8/10

Thermae Romae (Theatrical screening)

7/10

Three Outlaw Samurai

9/10

Thunderbolt Fantasy Eps. 1-5

8/10

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

6/10

To Sleep So As To Dream

10/10

Tokyo Drifter (Theatrical Screening)

9/10

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

7/10

8/10

9/10

8/10

Woodsman and the Rain, The

8/10

World of Kanako, The (Theatrical Screening)

8/10

9/10

8/10

8/10

6/10

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