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Tag: Japan

Mamoru Oshii directs this landmark cyberpunk anime from 1995

The original ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and the ‘2.0’ revision on MUBI

!Featured, Action, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, International Cinema, MUBI, Science Fiction, SVOD 03/26/202303/25/2023 Sean Axmaker

Mamoru Oshii’s animated cyberpunk thriller is a dazzling work of science fiction and visual invention that mixes adventure, mystery, and metaphysics.

‘Avalon’ – a virtual odyssey on Paramount+

!Featured, adventure, DVD, fantasy, International Cinema, Paramount+, Science Fiction, SVOD, war 03/23/202303/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

Life is a video game in Mamoru Oshii’s cyber-thriller, a marriage of Japanese direction and design and Polish actors and artists.

Takuya Kimura stars in Miike Takashi 's extreme samurai violence epic from Japan

Takashi Miike’s samurai Armageddon ‘Blade of the Immortal’ on Hulu

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Hulu, International Cinema, Kanopy, martial arts, SVOD 02/15/202302/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

A samurai cursed with immortality goes on a mission of vengeance in this blood-spattered thriller with operatic action and flamboyant violence.

‘Tokyo Godfathers’ – Christmas on the streets streaming free on Hoopla

!Featured, Animation, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Christmas, DVD, Free, Hoopla, International Cinema, remake, socially aware cinema, SVOD 12/08/202212/08/2022 Sean Axmaker

Satoshi Kon directs this Christmas fantasy set in the modern world of urban homelessness and social drop-outs.

‘Tokyo Story’ on HBO Max and Criterion Channel and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, Essential Viewing, Free, HBO Max, International Classics, Kanopy, Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, socially aware cinema, SVOD 12/08/202212/08/2022 Sean Axmaker

Yasujiro Ozu’s classic about an elderly couple neglected by their adult children is a gently devastating drama that placed in the number four spot in the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Films poll.

Hiromasa Yonebayashi directs the animated fantasy based on the children's novel by British author Mary Stewart

Last chance: ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ – a magical odyssey on Hulu

!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Hulu, Kid Stuff, literary adaptation, Streaming Movies 11/20/202212/02/2022 Sean Axmaker

A normal human schoolgirl receives magical powers from a flower that blooms once every seven year in this magical fantasy by Japanese animator and filmmaker Hiromasa Yonebayashi.

The original ‘Godzilla’ on HBO Max, Peacock, and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, giant monsters, HBO Max, International Classics, Peacock, Science Fiction, SVOD 11/03/202211/03/2022 Sean Axmaker

The greatest atomic age giant monster rises from the radioactive depths and descends upon Tokyo in the 1954 classic, now restored to its original Japanese cut.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film from Japan is one of his greatest

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s haunting horror film ‘Pulse’ on Prime Video, MUBI, AMC+, and more

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, AMC+, Arrow, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Halloween, Hoopla, horror, International Cinema, Kanopy, MUBI, supernatural, suspense, SVOD 10/20/202210/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

The meditative and metaphysical horror cinema of Kiyoshi Kurosawa made him one of the masters of modern Japanese horror. This haunting tale is one of his greatest works, perhaps his best.

‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ – Japanese cyberpunk on Criterion Channel, Shudder, and more

!Featured, AMC+, Arrow, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, International Cinema, Kanopy, Science Fiction, Shudder, SVOD 10/19/202210/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

Shinya Tsukamoto’s manga-influenced cyberpunk vision reimagines the marriage of flesh and technology as a surreal waking dream.

‘Audition’ – Takashi Miike’s horror masterpiece on Fandor and Arrow and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Arrow, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, Fandor, Free, Halloween, horror, International Cinema, Kanopy, SVOD 10/18/202210/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

What begins as a gentle romance based on a lie turns into a disturbed and disturbing psycho-horror nightmare that rockets into the Twilight Zone of obsession, sadism, and mutilation.

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