Netflix has released the trailer for their latest original film The Outsider, starring Jared Leto as an American ex-soldier in post-WWII Japan looking to earn a place in the yakuza underworld. Tadanobu Asano (know to Western audiences for his roles in Thor and 47 Ronin, but unforgettable in classics like Ichi The Killer and Zatoichi) …
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Sep 22 2015
Outrage (Film Review)
Outrage Review by David Cirone In Takeshi Kitano’s Outrage, violence comes suddenly and at full force, often preceded by brief, polite conversation. A successful character study disguised as a standard yakuza crime drama, Kitano returns to his signature gangster genre (there’s a ten-year gap between this release and 2000’s Brother), stacking the film with great …
Sep 22 2013
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de – Episode 1 (Review)
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de Episode 1 Review by David Cirone SUMMARY Rich and beautiful heiress to the international Hosho group, Reiko (played by Keiko Kitagawa) has started a new life as a rookie detective. She thinks it’s a secret from her family and her attentive butler Kageyama (Sho Sakurai), but Kageyama easily sees …