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October 9th, 2014: Zoku Zatôichi Monogatari aka The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

Oct9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Drama, Jidaigeki, Martial Arts, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged blind, brothers, Daiei, double cross, insanity, Japan, masseuse, master swordsman, samurai swords, Shintaro Katsu, sword cane, wanderer, Yakuza, Zatoichi

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

May 28th, 2013: You Only Live Twice (1967)

May28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Travel Tagged Akiko Wakabayashi, Albert R. Broccoli, Anthony Ainley, assassin, astronauts, bad makeup, Bernard Lee, Blofeld, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Charles Gray, Cold War, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Eon Productions, femme fatale, fishermen, fishing boat, gimmick weapon, gyrocopter, gyrojets, Harry Saltzman, helicopter, hijacking, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Japan, John Barry, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, magnets, MI5, Mie Hama, ninja, nuclear war, poison, Roald Dahl, samurai swords, scientists, Sean Connery, Soviet Union, space hijacking, space race, sumo wrestling, undercover, United Artists, volcano, wedding

January 4th, 2013: Blind Fury (1989)

Jan4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip Tagged blind, casino, corrupt cops, cult, drug dealers, drugs, ex-husband, ex-wife, homage, Las Vegas, Lisa Blount, master swordsman, Meg Foster, Miami, Nick Cassavetes, Noble Willingham, Phillip Noyce, Randall "Tex" Cobb, remake of a foreign film, Rick Overton, Rutger Hauer, samurai swords, Sho Kusugi, stealth remake, sword cane, Terry O'Quinn, TriStar Pictures

August 11th, 2012: Demons (1985)

Aug11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Demons, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Zombies Tagged "terror in the aisles", Berlin, Billy Idol, children of famous people, cursed objects, Dario Argento, demon, dirt bike, gore, grindhouse, homage, it's not over, Italy, Lamberto Bava, mask, Motley Crue, movie theater, pimp, pop soundtrack, punks, Rick Springfield, samurai swords, teens, twist

May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

May25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

March 31st, 2012: Showdown in Little Tokyo

Mar31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, DTV, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Fear of a Japanese Planet", Al "Kabong" Leong, Brandon Lee, California, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, children of famous people, code of honor, decapitation, Dolph Lundgren, drug dealers, ethnic enclave, gang conference, Gerald Okamura, homoerotic subtext, Ice, impotent villain, Los Angeles, Mark L. Lester, maverick cops, motorcycle gang, mustache twirling, parade, samurai swords, scar, Tia Carrere, torture, Warner Brothers, Yakuza

January 4th, 2012: Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi aka Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Jan4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Chanbara, Drama, Jidaigeki, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sequel, Tragedy Tagged Akira Ifukube, Daiei, double cross, gambler, Japan, Kan Shimosawa, Masaichi Nagata, master swordsman, Ronin, samurai swords, sumo wrestling, Tokuzo Tanaka, Yakuza, Zatoichi

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Dec16 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, DTV, Full Reviews, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Al "Kabong" Leong, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, children of famous people, code of honor, decapitation, Dolph Lundgren, drug dealers, ethnic enclave, gang conference, Gerald Okamura, Ice, impotent villain, Mark L. Lester, maverick cops, mustache twirling, parade, samurai swords, scar, Tia Carrere, Warner Brothers, Yakuza

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