• Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    Jul 4, 2018

    Fans of exploitation cinema as well as students of international cinema and its trends will have solid reward from ‘Female Convict #701: Scorpion’ and the powerful ferocity of the onscreen tale of love, betrayal and revenge it weaves.

  • Samurai Wolf

    Jan 22, 2024

    Short but sharp samurai flick from an early on in his career Hideo Gosha, ‘Samurai Wolf’ still packs a punch despite its short running time and being almost 60 years old.

  • Samurai Wolf II

    Jan 22, 2024

    Slicker and swifter this time around, ‘Samurai Wolf II’ is still some dark, fight filled, chanbara entertainment but is perhaps unnecessarily complex and convoluted for its own good.

  • Violent Streets

    Feb 10, 2023

    A tough film with many unlikable characters but a thrilling tale of gangster revenge that has lost none of its force over the past 50 years.

  • Virus

    Jan 1, 2024

    You will probably have to be in a certain mood to watch a film as pessimistic as this, but the reward is an excellent piece of entertainment with plenty of food for thought.