Friday, March 19th, 2010
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Vomitron
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Writer: Jiku Yamatoya, based on a manga by Masaaki Sato
Release year: 1979
Japanese title: Dabide no hoshi: Bishôjo-gari
Human depravation… Sex… Torture… Death.
Or, how to be mislead by Japanese 70′s exploitation cinema.
Tatsuya is a handsome but lonely man who inherits his family’s fortune. This includes his late parents’ luxurious mansion on an isolated and serene location. Tatsuya likes beautiful young women. He also likes inviting them to his mansion. But sadly, they don’t really like what all he does to them.
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Drama, Horror, Reviews, Romance Tags: Exploitation, Pinky Violence, Psychological, Sexploitation, Torture
Monday, March 15th, 2010
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Vomitron
Director: David Russo
Writer: David Russo
Release year: 2009
Funny, trippy and swift
Dory (Marshall Allman) manages to get fired from his job as a data-programmer. Or perhaps ‘quitting it like he didn’t care’ would be a more accurate description. He becomes a newborn janitor, working the night shifts. Together with his colleagues, he also enlists in a marketing study that’s looking for people to try out new cookies. If you thought space-cake is something that can weigh a little hard on your stomach, then just wait until you get a load of these biscuits…
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Comedy, Reviews Tags: Experiment, Hallucinations, Mutations
Monday, March 15th, 2010
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Coventry
Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Shunya Ito, Fumio Konami and Hirô Matsuda, based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô
Surreal Female Convicts’ Road trip!
A year has passed since Nami’s last imprisonment. A year she spent in complete solitude, deep down between the walls of an isolated dungeon. A year of torture, rape & humilation. But her spirit is not broken yet. When a prominent figure arrives to inspect the prison facility, Nami sees another opportunity to attempt another break-out. And this time, she’s not alone…
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Action, Drama, Reviews, Thriller Tags: Exploitation, Pinky Violence, Revenge, Road-Movie, Survival, Women In Prison
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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Coventry
Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Fumio Konami, Hirô Matsuda based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu 701-gô: Sasori
W.I.P without dull clichés and stereotypes
In love with a corrupt police detective, Nami (Meiko Kaji) foolishly agrees to infiltrate the Yakuza. Things go very wrong. Betrayed, battered and bruised, she ends up in a violent prison environment with only one thing left on her mind… Revenge.
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Action, Drama, Reviews, Thriller Tags: Crime, Exploitation, Pinky Violence, Rape/Revenge, Revenge, Sacrifice, Women In Prison, Yakuza
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
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Vomitron
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
Writer: Hangan Oguri
Release year: 2009
Japanese title: Yomigaeri No Chi
Simply beyond and back, with the sound of rock.
Japan during the middle ages, a time when mysticism and dark overlords still ruled the land. A deviant tyrant, master of a ruthless clan, calls on a respectable masseur to ease his physical burdens. The masseur agrees to help, and for this he pays with his life. But his refusal to enter the hereafter, has him coming back as a ‘hungry ghost’ to take care of unfinished business…
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Drama, Fantasy, Reviews Tags: Afterlife, Rebirth, Sacrifice, Transcendence
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
