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Blu-ray Review: The “One Missed Call” Trilogy Is Best Left Unanswered

Eamon TracyMarch 30, 2020March 30, 2020

  An iconic trilogy of J-horror films comes to Blu-ray for the first time! In the first installment in the trilogy, 2003’s One Missed Call, student Yoko (Anna Nagata, Battle Royale) receives a phone message from her future self, ending with her own death scream. Two days later, she dies in a horrific rail collision. …

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Blu-ray Review: Takashi Miike’s “First Love” Is One Intense Journey

Daniel PappasFebruary 5, 2020February 5, 2020

  A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.

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2019 Fantastic Fest Review: First Love’s Intense Journey

Daniel PappasSeptember 21, 2019September 21, 2019

  A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.

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Blu-ray Review: Arrow Video Shows You The “Audition” You Can’t Unsee

Xander McCabeMarch 13, 2019March 13, 2019

  A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

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Blu-ray Review: Takashi Miike’s Cult Classic “Ichi The Killer” Is A Bloodbath Masterpiece

Ashley Marie WellsMarch 20, 2018March 20, 2018

[yasr_overall_rating]   As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

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Blu-ray Review: The “Dead Or Alive” Trilogy Doesn’t Get Any Crazier Than This

Blake LynchApril 29, 2017April 29, 2017

[yasr_overall_rating]   Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented director Takashi Miike’s reputation overseas as one of the most provocative Enfants Terrible of Japanese cinema, yet also one of its most talented and innovative filmmakers.

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