#kôji fujiyama

[mariocki]

Onna hissatsu ken: Kiki ippatsu (Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread, 1974)

"What amazing sisterly love. Ha ha ha! I'll be sure to send Koryu to the afterworld in a manner even more cruel."

"You kill innocent people like they're insects. It's inhuman!"

#Onna hissatsu ken: Kiki ippatsu #Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread #street fightin' cinema #japanese cinema #blood tw #eye trauma #(it's a fake eye anyway it's cool) (like within the film it is also a fake eye) #kazuhiko yamaguchi #masahiro kakefuda #norifumi suzuki #etsuko shihomi #tamayo mitsukawa #michiyo bandô #hideo murota #hisako tanaka #kôji fujiyama #takashi hio #taiko rin #masashi ishibashi #kazuyuki saito #osamu kaneda #shunsuke kikuchi #aww yeeeh she's back! breaking bones and smashing faces! a virtual retread of the first SSF film‚ with Shihomi once again investigating a #smuggling operation in Japan‚ facing familial betrayal‚ bizarro martial arts masters and the incomparable Ishibashi as chief henchman #it's becoming a familiar formula but im not complaining‚ these films are just fun ok. i did miss Chiba a little this time around but at the #same time I think it's only fair that Shihomi get full lead status and his presence tended to detract from that a little in the previous #entry. there's a racecourse set fight in this one which does fascinating things with a concrete brutalist setting (very much at odds with #the busy streets or natural beaches of the first film's major showdowns). highly enjoyable hokum and Shihomi still kicking it out of the #park (and directly into a goon's face) as the titular badass with a heart of gold and fists of pure justice

[brody75]

Wolf Guy (1975)

#wolf guy #kazuhiko yamaguchi #Shin'ichi Chiba #sonny chiba #saburô date #kôji fujiyama #kumi taguchi #urufu gai: moero ôkami-otoko

[abs0luteb4stard]

“Wolfguy: Enraged Lycanthrope” AKA “Wolf Guy” (2017 US Blu Ray title)

WATCHING

#wolf guy #wolfguy: enraged lycanthrope #ウルフガイ #sonny chiba #japanese horror #action horror #grindhouse #werewolf #watching #kazuhiko yamaguchi #shinichi chiba #koji fujiyama #saburo date #hideo murota #hiroshi kondo #kyôsuke machida #hiroshi nawa #tooru hanada #kôji miemachi #ryuji hayami #kumi taguchi #yuriko azuma #keiko itô #fukunosuke izumi #naoko izumi #yayoi watanabe #URUFU GAI: MOERO OKAMI-OTOKO

[visplay]

Chris: Gamera vs. Zigra is not the best Gamera film, there are not many battle scenes, and Zigra is a flying shark monster, this one can be skipped, Avoid.

Richie: It was a weak Gamera film, Watch: When Free.

#movie review #gamera vs zigra

[mariocki]

Daimajin ikaru (Return of Daimajin, 1966)

"Lord Danjo, even if Juro was here, as long as I am alive I will never take orders from you. Now leave!"

"What?"

"You'll see the god's wrath if you bring harm to this land."

"The god's wrath? Huh! Is that a threat?"

"No, it's not. The god that protects us is on Yagumo island. He will become angry if you cause harm to the land."

"Such foolish things don't happen!"

#Daimajin ikaru #return of daimajin #japanese cinema #kaiju film #the return of giant majin #1966 #kenji misumi #Tetsurô Yoshida #shiho fujimura #kôjirô hongô #tarô marui #takashi kanda #kôji fujiyama #chikara hashimoto #sei hiraizumi #kiyokazu kagatsume #hyôsuke kanbe #jutarô kitashiro #yûsaku terashima #kayo mikimoto #hideo kuroki #you can guess from the title of the film what happens regarding the quoted text above (spoiler alert: such foolish things do happen and #that guy is gonna regret his wicked ways). Released just a couple of months after the first Daimajin film this is a fairly similar retread #of the story; same broad strokes same overall shape. I would have liked a more direct sequel but this wasn't exactly a surprise considering #the conveyor belt style of genre film production. It's fun don't get me wrong; the Big Man turns up again to smash and crash as only he can #but it takes him more than an hour in a film that doesn't break 80 minutes. So we get a lot of the same kind of internal power struggles #and evils of feudal Japan that the first film covered‚ but somehow it's all a little less magical and exciting than the first film. still #the inevitable rampage is a lot of fun and our Giant Guy gets to show off some new moves (lightning powers! Kazam!) #also this film mixes some decidedly xtian imagery into the gumbo of folklore and fairytale‚ complete with parting of the seas and the #odd crucifixion.