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May 25th, 2014: Tôkyô Nagaremono aka Tokyo Drifter (1966)

May24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Arthouse, Camp, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged bar, bar fight, betrayal, brawl, code of honor, double cross, go go dancers, hero sings his own song, homage, Japan, low-budget, mobsters, nightclub, Nikkatsu, powder blue coat of honor, prostitutes, protege, samurai swords, Seijun Suzuki, singer, snow, surrogate father, Technicolor, torch singer, train, Yakuza

February 1st, 2014: Tattooed Life

Feb1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged adultery, affair, artist model, between the wars, brothers, con artist, construction workers, double cross, Japan, Manchuria, Nikkatsu, on the lam, sabotage, samurai swords, Seijun Suzuki, tunnel, Yakuza, younger brother

December 27th, 2013: Denjin Zaborgar aka Karate-Robo Zaborger

Dec27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Robots, Sci-Fi, Spoof, Superheroes, Tokatsu Tagged "...years later...", bad taste, brothers, cops, corrupt politicians, cyborg, father-daughter relationship, father-son relationship, giant robot, goofy monster suit, gore, Hiroyuki Wantanabe, homage, Japan, karate, motorcycle, Naoto Takenaka, Nikkatsu, Noboru Iguchi, scientists, sins of the father, transformable robot, twins

June 7th, 2012: Branded to Kill

Jun7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Gangster, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Anne Mari, double cross, femme fatale, hit man, Japan, Jo Shishido, Nikkatsu, rice, Seijun Suzuki, Yakuza

February 26th, 2012: Kenka Erejî aka The Fighting Elegy aka The Born Fighter

Feb26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire Tagged adults playing teens, boarding house, Catholic, coup, Facism, February 26th Incident, Hideki Takahashi, Japan, militarists, Nikkatsu, Seijun Suzuki, street gang, teens, World War Two

Tantei jimusho 23: Kutabare akuto-domo aka Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards

Dec17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Detective, Gangster, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged double cross, homage, Japan, Jo Shishido, musical interlude, nightclub, Nikkatsu, Seijun Suzuki, under siege, undercover, Yakuza

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