Rob's (mostly) Asian movie blog.
Last Updated on September 29, 2020 by rob
Tough cop Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) finds his investigations into a Yakuza group complicated by corrupt superiors and his own attraction toward gangster’s wife Keiko (Meiko Kaji). But after he befriends Iwata (Tatsuo Umemiya) – the man lined up to take control of Keiko’s gang – Iwata is murdered while Kuroiwa finds himself … Read the rest
Last Updated on November 15, 2020 by rob
A film crew shooting a low-budget zombie pic in an abandoned WW2 facility suddenly come under attack from real zombies.
Cleverly conceived movie-within-a-movie which kicks off with the zombie movie proper before flashing back to show how the crew and project came together and then reruns the whole movie again. This time … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 17, 2020 by rob
After four years of work youthful train attendant Yajima (Katsuo Nakamura) sees no value in his job and wants to quit so he can marry girlfriend Kimie (Yoshiko Sakuma). She, however, thinks that job security is more important than a hasty marriage. So Kimie boards the Sakura – the Nagasaki bound express … Read the rest
