Detective Noboru (Koji Yakusho) investigates the killing of a woman found drowned in a puddle of salt-water. As more victims are murdered in the same manner Noboru finds himself haunted by a figure in a red dress (Riona Hazuki) accusing him of her death. But when the victim’s killer turns out to be her ex-boyfriend Noboru realises that the vengeful … Read the rest
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The Sword And The Lute (Sui Jang-Hung, Hong Kong, 1967)
Kuei Wu (Jimmy Wang-yu) and Lien Chu (Chin Ping) are escorting the deadly dart-spitting Phoenix Lute when it’s stolen by the Flying Tiger Clan whose leader, Wei Feihu (Miao Ching), frantically seeks a cure after his own son is poisoned by the Lute’s darts during battle. But Feihu’s attempt to trick the innocent Shen Shuwen (Yueh Hua) into leading him … Read the rest
Gorath (Ishiro Honda, Japan, 1962)
The Earth learns that an approaching planetoid named Gorath is on a collision course. Dr.Tazawa (Ryo Ikebe) persuades the United Nations to co-operate in the construction of a massive nuclear engine at the South Pole whose thrust can literally push the Earth out of Gorath’s path. But a space mission to gather data on Gorath leaves astronaut Kanai (Akira Kubo) … Read the rest
Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 1997)
In Tokyo a string of murders in which all the victims have ‘X’ carved into their body convinces Detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) that the killers may have been hypnotised. When a young man with unusual powers of suggestion named Mamiya (Masato Hagiwara) is arrested on suspicion his connection with an early 20th century hypnotist named Mesmer is discovered. As Takabe … Read the rest
Planet of Snail (Yi Seung-jun, South Korea, 2011)
A warm and engaging love story in the shape of a fly on the wall documentary about two souls who complement each other so perfectly it’s as if they need no one else. The man, Young-chan, is blind and deaf and his wife who suffers from spinal damage, Soon-ho, is barely three feet tall. But despite his severe disabilities Young-chan … Read the rest
Chocolate (Prachya Pinkaew, Thailand, 2008)
When Zin, the girlfriend of gangster boss No 8 becomes pregnant by his rival, a yakuza named Masashi, No 8 warns Zin she must never see Masashi again. But many years later Zin is diagnosed with cancer so her autistic daughter Zen sets out to collect the debts from the local gangsters that could fund her medical treatment. The local … Read the rest
Cash Calls Hell (Hideo Gosha, Japan, 1966)
On the eve of his release from prison after killing a father and his child in a car crash Oida (Tatsuya Nakadai) accepts an offer of 15 million yen from his cellmate Sengoku to kill three men with no questions asked. But when the first of his intended victims is killed by two hitmen the deceased man’s infant daughter Tomoe … Read the rest
Sea Fog (Shim Sung-bo, South Korea, 2014)
Desperate for money Captain Kang (Kim Yoon-seok) agrees to smuggle Chinese immigrants into South Korea in his dilapidated fishing boat the Junjiho. But following a dangerous rendezvous at sea a burst pipe suffocates the travellers as they hide in the ship’s hold. So when the Captain discovers that a young female immigrant named Hong-mae (Han Ye-rin) has survived because the … Read the rest
Broken Oath (Jeong Chang-hwa, Hong Kong, 1977)
Jie (Angela Mao) sets out to take vengeance on four ruthless killers and their master – the corrupt Prince Kui – who murdered her parents 20 years before. Armed with her own formidable kung-fu skills and a collection of deadly scorpions, Jie is helped in her quest by a mother and son team of pickpockets, Thousand Hands and her son … Read the rest
Erotic Nightmare (Wai-Man Cheng, Hong Kong, 1999)
Cracking, sexy variation on the old ‘dreams can kill’ scenario with the great Anthony Wong as a sexually frustrated husband (wife has a heart problem) stitched up like a kipper by an occultist who offers him sizzlingly hot erotic dreams for a price. At first it’s great fun for our Anthony but corpses soon begin to turn up around the … Read the rest
