Tag Archives: Japanese cinema

Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself / 勝手にしやがれ!!

Katte ni shiyagare!!, 1995-1996 Mention Kiyoshi Kurosawa and films like Cure or Pulse tend to spark conversation; they are the works most often cited when his name comes up, and the point at which he became internationally associated with modern … Continue reading

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Cursed /「超」怖い話A 闇の鴉

Chô’ kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu, 2004 By the early 2000s, thanks to directors such as Hideo Nakata, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Takashi Shimizu, Japanese horror had broken through internationally in a way nobody had expected. What set films such … Continue reading

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