One of the most important Japanese exploitation efforts, Noboru Iguchi’s seminal “Machine Girl” still remains today a standout example of the explosion of crazy, over-the-top films that were part of a beloved crop of cult films from that time. Now, nearly a decade later, Iguchi steps back to instead produce a reboot of this film with up-and-coming director Yûki Kobayashi, now screening at the 2019 edition of Camera Japan.
“Rise of the Machine Girls” is now screening at Camera Japan:
Living in the lawless Ishinari District in a future Japan, sisters Ami (Hina Nagimiya) and Yoshie (Hanakage Kanon) who sold their bodies to help their parents, try to earn a living performing as an idol group in the area. When their performance causes stranger Matsukata (Tak Sakaguchi) a notorious hitman, to notice their condition, the three realize their worth to each other in the fight against Aoyama Dharma (Kimono Negishi...
“Rise of the Machine Girls” is now screening at Camera Japan:
Living in the lawless Ishinari District in a future Japan, sisters Ami (Hina Nagimiya) and Yoshie (Hanakage Kanon) who sold their bodies to help their parents, try to earn a living performing as an idol group in the area. When their performance causes stranger Matsukata (Tak Sakaguchi) a notorious hitman, to notice their condition, the three realize their worth to each other in the fight against Aoyama Dharma (Kimono Negishi...
- 9/28/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Nine-episode series to star Kaho in first full action role.
Amazon Prime Video Japan is working with maverick Japanese director Sion Sono on original series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, which is scheduled to stream from June 16.
Sion Sono’s first drama based on an original screenplay, the series revolves around a battle to save mankind from a vampire tribe. The cast includes actress Kaho, in her first full-scale action role, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka.
The nine-episode series was produced with Nikkatsu Corporation and written by Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto. Tomohiro Kubo and Daisuke Matsuo serve as directors and writers of two episodes. Filming took place on three soundstages at Nikkatsu Studios and on location in Transylvania, Romania.
“Our focus is to work with content creators to be innovative and deliver a content experience only available on Amazon. With his unique voice and baroque style, Sono puts his mark on any genre,” said...
Amazon Prime Video Japan is working with maverick Japanese director Sion Sono on original series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, which is scheduled to stream from June 16.
Sion Sono’s first drama based on an original screenplay, the series revolves around a battle to save mankind from a vampire tribe. The cast includes actress Kaho, in her first full-scale action role, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka.
The nine-episode series was produced with Nikkatsu Corporation and written by Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto. Tomohiro Kubo and Daisuke Matsuo serve as directors and writers of two episodes. Filming took place on three soundstages at Nikkatsu Studios and on location in Transylvania, Romania.
“Our focus is to work with content creators to be innovative and deliver a content experience only available on Amazon. With his unique voice and baroque style, Sono puts his mark on any genre,” said...
- 4/24/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Nine-episode series to star Kaho in first full action role.
Amazon Prime Video Japan is working with maverick Japanese director Sion Sono on original series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, which is scheduled to stream from June 16.
Sion Sono’s first drama based on an original screenplay, the series revolves around a battle to save mankind from a vampire tribe. The cast includes actress Kaho, in her first full-scale action role, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka.
The nine-episode series was produced with Nikkatsu Corporation and written by Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto. Tomohiro Kubo and Daisuke Matsuo serve as directors and writers of two episodes. Filming took place on three soundstages at Nikkatsu Studios and on location in Transylvania, Romania.
“Our focus is to work with content creators to be innovative and deliver a content experience only available on Amazon. With his unique voice and baroque style, Sono puts his mark on any genre,” said...
Amazon Prime Video Japan is working with maverick Japanese director Sion Sono on original series Tokyo Vampire Hotel, which is scheduled to stream from June 16.
Sion Sono’s first drama based on an original screenplay, the series revolves around a battle to save mankind from a vampire tribe. The cast includes actress Kaho, in her first full-scale action role, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka.
The nine-episode series was produced with Nikkatsu Corporation and written by Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto. Tomohiro Kubo and Daisuke Matsuo serve as directors and writers of two episodes. Filming took place on three soundstages at Nikkatsu Studios and on location in Transylvania, Romania.
“Our focus is to work with content creators to be innovative and deliver a content experience only available on Amazon. With his unique voice and baroque style, Sono puts his mark on any genre,” said...
- 4/24/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Sion Sono has inked a prime deal. The provocative Japanese auteur responsible for such controversial, must-see films as “Love Exposure” and “Tokyo Tribe” is creating the original series “Tokyo Vampire Hotel” for Amazon. The show will consist of nine episodes, all of which will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Japan beginning June 16.
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Telling the tried-and-true story of humanity fighting for its very survival against the mythical bloodsuckers, the series stars Kaho, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka, who happens to be Sono’s wife. Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto penned the screenplay; Tomohiro Kubo have Daisuke Matsuo have written and directed two episodes.
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“Our focus is to work with the content creators to...
Read More: ‘Anti-Porno’ Trailer: Japanese Director Sion Sono Returns with a Feminist Take on Sexuality
Telling the tried-and-true story of humanity fighting for its very survival against the mythical bloodsuckers, the series stars Kaho, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka, who happens to be Sono’s wife. Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto penned the screenplay; Tomohiro Kubo have Daisuke Matsuo have written and directed two episodes.
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“Our focus is to work with the content creators to...
- 4/23/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Dead Sushi
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
Japan, 2012
Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a sincere documentary about a humble 85-year old sushi maker, was an “effective, ultimately heartfelt, and handled deftly” film about the skill, spirit, and dedication needed to fully grasp the rarely mastered culinary art. Now, imagine if Jiro was having a menacing nightmare, a salacious wet dream, and was euphorically high off his head on smack at the same time, you’d have Noboru Iguchi’s otherwise impossible to explain Dead Sushi.
The story follows Keiko (Rina Takeda), the daughter and apprentice of a master martial artist and sushi maker (Jiji Bû). Despite her father’s attempt to mold her into a master of both trades, her femininity prevents her from becoming either (apparently). Distraught, Keiko runs away from home and takes up a job at an inn owned by a married...
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
Japan, 2012
Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a sincere documentary about a humble 85-year old sushi maker, was an “effective, ultimately heartfelt, and handled deftly” film about the skill, spirit, and dedication needed to fully grasp the rarely mastered culinary art. Now, imagine if Jiro was having a menacing nightmare, a salacious wet dream, and was euphorically high off his head on smack at the same time, you’d have Noboru Iguchi’s otherwise impossible to explain Dead Sushi.
The story follows Keiko (Rina Takeda), the daughter and apprentice of a master martial artist and sushi maker (Jiji Bû). Despite her father’s attempt to mold her into a master of both trades, her femininity prevents her from becoming either (apparently). Distraught, Keiko runs away from home and takes up a job at an inn owned by a married...
- 10/25/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Dead Sushi
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
2012, Japan
Junk food is tasty food with little to no long term pertinent effects, other than some negative health concerns if one consumes to much. Its purpose is to stuff that hole in one’s stomach in moments of hunger and nothing more. One does not savour junk food. One shoves it down’s one’s throat in appreciation of the fact that it probably tastes good because one was so famished at the time. Sushi cannot, under any circumstances, be considered junk food. Rather, it oft referred to as a form of delicacy, pending on where and how it was prepared. That did not prevent Japanese director Noboru Iguchi to make a junk food style film based on one of the tastiest, healthiest foods on the planet. Dead Sushi, which had its world premier at Fantasia a few days ago,...
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
2012, Japan
Junk food is tasty food with little to no long term pertinent effects, other than some negative health concerns if one consumes to much. Its purpose is to stuff that hole in one’s stomach in moments of hunger and nothing more. One does not savour junk food. One shoves it down’s one’s throat in appreciation of the fact that it probably tastes good because one was so famished at the time. Sushi cannot, under any circumstances, be considered junk food. Rather, it oft referred to as a form of delicacy, pending on where and how it was prepared. That did not prevent Japanese director Noboru Iguchi to make a junk food style film based on one of the tastiest, healthiest foods on the planet. Dead Sushi, which had its world premier at Fantasia a few days ago,...
- 8/3/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
We are now a week into the three week long Fantasia Film Festival, and while we admittedly have been a little behind due to some technical issues with our website, we still managed to get a dozen film reviews published. Keep coming back to our site as we promise twice the amount of articles by the end of week two. In the meantime, here is a round-up of what we’ve seen and written about so far.
Black Pond
Directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe
Written by Will Sharpe
U.K., 2011
Comedy, in its nature and its presentation, has morphed dramatically over the past decade or so, both in North America and in Europe, in particular the United Kingdom. From the more overt, on the nose comedy of yesteryear we have now live in an era in which the comedy is delivered with a completely different version of wit.
Black Pond
Directed by Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe
Written by Will Sharpe
U.K., 2011
Comedy, in its nature and its presentation, has morphed dramatically over the past decade or so, both in North America and in Europe, in particular the United Kingdom. From the more overt, on the nose comedy of yesteryear we have now live in an era in which the comedy is delivered with a completely different version of wit.
- 7/28/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Dead Sushi
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
2012, Japan
Junk food is tasty food with little to no long term pertinent effects, other than some negative health concerns if one consumes to much. Its purpose is to stuff that hole in one’s stomach in moments of hunger and nothing more. One does not savour junk food. One shoves it down’s one’s throat in appreciation of the fact that it probably tastes good because one was so famished at the time. Sushi cannot, under any circumstances, be considered junk food. Rather, it oft referred to as a form of delicacy, pending on where and how it was prepared. That did not prevent Japanese director Noboru Iguchi to make a junk food style film based on one of the tastiest, healthiest foods on the planet. Dead Sushi, which had its world premier at Fantasia a few days ago,...
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Written by Noboru Iguchi and Jun Tsugita
2012, Japan
Junk food is tasty food with little to no long term pertinent effects, other than some negative health concerns if one consumes to much. Its purpose is to stuff that hole in one’s stomach in moments of hunger and nothing more. One does not savour junk food. One shoves it down’s one’s throat in appreciation of the fact that it probably tastes good because one was so famished at the time. Sushi cannot, under any circumstances, be considered junk food. Rather, it oft referred to as a form of delicacy, pending on where and how it was prepared. That did not prevent Japanese director Noboru Iguchi to make a junk food style film based on one of the tastiest, healthiest foods on the planet. Dead Sushi, which had its world premier at Fantasia a few days ago,...
- 7/25/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Directed by: Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi
Written by: Jun Tsugita
Starring: Yumi Sugimoto, Naoto Takenaka, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuko Takayama
The delightfully insane Mutant Girls Squad is the latest frenetic experience in the Japanese splatter movement.
It brings together three of the most famous filmmakers in this inexplicable subgenre for the first time. Directors Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl) and Tak Sakaguchi (Samurai Zombie) have created a very wet, very funny body horror tale that is being touted as a spoof of the X-Men films. While there are a few similarities to that comic book franchise, Mutant Girls Squad is a decidedly different monster.
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto) is a timid teenager who is savagely bullied at school. Upon her 16th birthday, she discovers that she’s the progeny of a half-human, half-mutant union. This would explain why her right hand can morph...
Written by: Jun Tsugita
Starring: Yumi Sugimoto, Naoto Takenaka, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuko Takayama
The delightfully insane Mutant Girls Squad is the latest frenetic experience in the Japanese splatter movement.
It brings together three of the most famous filmmakers in this inexplicable subgenre for the first time. Directors Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl) and Tak Sakaguchi (Samurai Zombie) have created a very wet, very funny body horror tale that is being touted as a spoof of the X-Men films. While there are a few similarities to that comic book franchise, Mutant Girls Squad is a decidedly different monster.
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto) is a timid teenager who is savagely bullied at school. Upon her 16th birthday, she discovers that she’s the progeny of a half-human, half-mutant union. This would explain why her right hand can morph...
- 5/29/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Directors: Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi.
Writers: Noboru Iguchi (story), and Jun Tsugita (screenplay).
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Yumi Sugimoto, Yûko Takayama and Suzuka Morita.
The people behind Sushi Typhoon are at "it" again, and this time the directorial team of Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi created a product that's more digestible. Instead of one attractive female lead, there are three, and each director handled a segment of this movie. After a Charlie's Angel style introduction, this movie moves back in time to show how the Mutant Girls Squad formed.
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto) is an unassuming teen who is simply being bullied at school. After she celebrates her 16th birthday, her parents reveal that she is a mutant, a Hiruko that can manifest body armour or extra body parts. Her father is pure stock and mother a human, and that can lead to some interesting results when puberty almost changes her.
Writers: Noboru Iguchi (story), and Jun Tsugita (screenplay).
Cast: Naoto Takenaka, Yumi Sugimoto, Yûko Takayama and Suzuka Morita.
The people behind Sushi Typhoon are at "it" again, and this time the directorial team of Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi created a product that's more digestible. Instead of one attractive female lead, there are three, and each director handled a segment of this movie. After a Charlie's Angel style introduction, this movie moves back in time to show how the Mutant Girls Squad formed.
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto) is an unassuming teen who is simply being bullied at school. After she celebrates her 16th birthday, her parents reveal that she is a mutant, a Hiruko that can manifest body armour or extra body parts. Her father is pure stock and mother a human, and that can lead to some interesting results when puberty almost changes her.
- 2/6/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The surreal stylised start of Tomie: Unlimited is characteristic of Noboru Iguchi's films (2008's Machine Girl and 2010's Mutant Girls Squad). From the slow-motion union of two sisters, Iguchi quickly gets the blood flowing when a metal cross from a construction site falls and impales big sis, Tomie (Miu Nakamura).
A year after the accident, Tsukiko (Moe Arai) is still having hideous nightmares and her parents are shown ritualistically singing “Happy Birthday” to their deceased daughter, reflecting on where she'd be in her life if she were still alive. Seconds after finishing this bizarre memorial, the doorbell rings and Tomie's ghost matter-of-factly says “I'm your sister”.
While parents blubber and Tsukiko suffers from shock, all the returned Tomie can say is “I'm starving”. This reincarnated Tomie looks the same but is a crueler somewhat more demanding version, smashing a picture of herself, encouraging her father to savagely...
A year after the accident, Tsukiko (Moe Arai) is still having hideous nightmares and her parents are shown ritualistically singing “Happy Birthday” to their deceased daughter, reflecting on where she'd be in her life if she were still alive. Seconds after finishing this bizarre memorial, the doorbell rings and Tomie's ghost matter-of-factly says “I'm your sister”.
While parents blubber and Tsukiko suffers from shock, all the returned Tomie can say is “I'm starving”. This reincarnated Tomie looks the same but is a crueler somewhat more demanding version, smashing a picture of herself, encouraging her father to savagely...
- 1/10/2012
- Shadowlocked
The 10th annual Lausanne Underground Film Festival is a truly epic film event with an immense lineup of the strangest, sexiest, most grotesque, oddball and downright freakish movies from all over the world — from modern underground treats to classic cult movies of yesteryear.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
- 10/13/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
In recent years France has been among the front-runners in pushing the boundaries of modern horror. With such offerings as Frontier(s), Inside and High Tension, French filmmakers have been making us seriously squirm. It is with this reminder of the quality of their filmmaking that we at Dread Central bring you an announcement of the film list from the 17th Annual L'Etrange Festival, France's biggest horror film festival.
With over 70 films being screened and more than 17,000 attendees expected to descend on Paris, Le'Etrange Festival
Below we have the Complete listing of the festival's events:
From the Press Release
L’Étrange Festival – a unique event bringing filmgoers a fascinating roster of provocative and eye-opening films – is thrilled to announce the line-up for its 17th edition, September 2 – 11, 2011 in Paris, France.
The 2011 line-up continues the tradition of highlighting emerging talent, paying homage to independent-minded filmmakers and featuring a truly diverse program that includes cutting-edge works,...
With over 70 films being screened and more than 17,000 attendees expected to descend on Paris, Le'Etrange Festival
Below we have the Complete listing of the festival's events:
From the Press Release
L’Étrange Festival – a unique event bringing filmgoers a fascinating roster of provocative and eye-opening films – is thrilled to announce the line-up for its 17th edition, September 2 – 11, 2011 in Paris, France.
The 2011 line-up continues the tradition of highlighting emerging talent, paying homage to independent-minded filmmakers and featuring a truly diverse program that includes cutting-edge works,...
- 8/25/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The New York Asian Film Festival has announced that its tenth anniversary edition will open on July 1 with the North American premiere of Yoshimasa Ishibashi's Milocrorze: A Love Story ("one solid slab of psychedelia," promises the festival; image above) and close on July 14 with the New York premiere of Na Hong-Jin's The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer), which has just screened at Cannes in Un Certain Regard (see the roundup).
There'll be two Centerpiece Presentations, Benny Chan's Shaolin, with Andy Lau, Nic Tse and Jackie Chan, and Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! — which, you may remember Danny Kasman caught in Cannes, and got quite a nice kick out of it, too. The festival will also be screening Miike's "director's cut" of 13 Assassins.
There'll be three special focuses. First off...
Wu Xia: Hong Kong's Flying Swordsmen
Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame...
There'll be two Centerpiece Presentations, Benny Chan's Shaolin, with Andy Lau, Nic Tse and Jackie Chan, and Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! — which, you may remember Danny Kasman caught in Cannes, and got quite a nice kick out of it, too. The festival will also be screening Miike's "director's cut" of 13 Assassins.
There'll be three special focuses. First off...
Wu Xia: Hong Kong's Flying Swordsmen
Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame...
- 5/31/2011
- MUBI
[Our thanks to Taymans Damien for catching up with Horny House Of Horror writer-director Jun Tsugita at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and passing the results on to us.]Do you like sex? Do you like blood explosions? If so you should love Horny House of Horror, the first horror movie of Jun Tsugita. Selected at the 29th Brussels international fantastic film festival, Horny House of Horror (aka Fashion Hell) is the new child of the J-sploitation with many gore scenes, beautiful and sexy girls and base-ballers who want to have fun in a particular whorehouse... Before Horny House of Horror, you worked on Mutant Girls Squad. How did you come to this project?I've known the director of Mutants Girls Squad, Noboru Iguchi, for a very...
- 4/30/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Generally speaking, I’m usually not a fan of Japanese softcore horror, mostly because this sort of dodgy motion picture always fails to deliver anything that even remotely resembles entertainment. However, Jun Tsugita’s strangely titled “Fashion Hell” — or, depending on who you ask, “Horny House of Horrors” — sports some particularly vile special effects work from none other than “Tokyo Gore Police” and “Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl” director Yoshihiro Nishimura, a talented filmmaker that I’ll follow just about anywhere. Cinematically speaking, of course. The film chronicles the exploits of three friends who decide to pay a visit to a local sex shop, a decision which proves to be detrimental to the health of their respective groins. You’ll see what I mean in just a minute. Needless to say, this trailer is not safe for work. You have been warned. Seriously. “Fashion Hell” hits Japanese DVD on February 2nd,...
- 1/14/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Year: 2009
Directors: Noboru Iguchi/Yoshihiro Nishimura
Writers: Jun Tsugita
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6 out of 10
Goofy Japanese splatter films are an interesting breed with clear ties to a more candy coated slice of punk culture. Highly collaborative, working with low budgets, misfiring sidesplitting special effects, and cut-to-the-chase plots make for a truly junk food experience. They’re like a Snickers bar, if instead of chocolate, the nougaty peanut extravaganza was covered in feces. And when you tried to take a bite, a ninja from out of nowhere cuts your face off with a chainsaw shooting out of his rectum. Mind you, I’m not that far off from what actually goes on in the Noboru Iguchi / Yoshihiro Nishimura / Tak Sakaguchi directed Mutant Girls Squad. There are chainsaws. They protrude from unsavory orifices. There is a lot of mayhem.
The story is basic: Japanese girl with...
Directors: Noboru Iguchi/Yoshihiro Nishimura
Writers: Jun Tsugita
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6 out of 10
Goofy Japanese splatter films are an interesting breed with clear ties to a more candy coated slice of punk culture. Highly collaborative, working with low budgets, misfiring sidesplitting special effects, and cut-to-the-chase plots make for a truly junk food experience. They’re like a Snickers bar, if instead of chocolate, the nougaty peanut extravaganza was covered in feces. And when you tried to take a bite, a ninja from out of nowhere cuts your face off with a chainsaw shooting out of his rectum. Mind you, I’m not that far off from what actually goes on in the Noboru Iguchi / Yoshihiro Nishimura / Tak Sakaguchi directed Mutant Girls Squad. There are chainsaws. They protrude from unsavory orifices. There is a lot of mayhem.
The story is basic: Japanese girl with...
- 7/16/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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