Portrait of Hell (Shiro Toyoda, Japan, 1969)

Last Updated on September 29, 2020 by rob

In medieval Japan a rebellious Korean artist named Yoshihide (Tatsuya Nakadai) witnesses the death of a peasant at the hands of Lord Hosokawa (Kinnosuke Nakamura) and creates a painting of the dead man cursing Hosokowa that’s so vivid it panics the tyrant into visions of his ghost. So Hosokowa retaliates by ordering … Read the rest

Youngja On The Loose (Kim Ho-sun, South Korea, 1975)

Last Updated on December 1, 2020 by rob

After three years military service Changsoo (Song Jae-ho) returns home and is shocked to discover that Youngja (Yeom Bok-soon) – the woman he wooed before he left – has gone from hard working maid to brassy prostitute. Not only that but somewhere along the way she’s lost one of her arms! Determined … Read the rest