Poster for Loyal Kanto Brothers (関東義兄弟), 1970, directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa (内川清一郎) and starring:
Hideo Murota (村田英雄)
Kotaro Satomi (里見浩太朗)
Saburo Kitajima (北島三郎)
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子)
and Ryutaro Tatsumi (辰巳柳太郎).
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Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
Movie #1,091 • WATCHLIST WEDNESDAY
Some strange synergy happening here on WATCHLIST WEDNESDAY folks. W.W., for those 'not in the know', is when I hit shuffle on my Letterboxd watchlist* and pick the first two flicks at random to watch. Well, today offered up this wacky Japanese horror movie about a baby-sized spider goblin with an adult human head, as well as a 1960s black-and-white "horror" film called Spider Baby. Ain't that something? (You don't have to answer that. I know it isn't.)
Hiruko the Goblin was the much more enjoyable watch. The follow-up to Shinya Tsukamoto's beloved classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) had me wishing I had started there, as I still haven't seen that movie (or any of his other work). I plan to correct this with a full-on Director Focus of Tsukamoto's filmography, hopefully in 2024.
There's not much going on plot-wise. This is pretty much strictly a vehicle for this...
and..
and...
and...
and...
and...
and the movie ends with the human spirits being freed and turning into giant sperm comets that float into outer space...
and that's plenty good enough for me.
SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
*speaking of Litterboxd. I am not gonna be posting any info alongside what I watch on there any longer. It's just too much of a chore. I love the concept and design of the site but I don't get much out of it at the moment.
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A Taxing Woman (1987)
A Taxing Woman by #JuzoItami starring #NobukoMiyamoto, "a bit too long and the story eventually becomes a mass of idiosyncratic back and forth about tax evidence without building to an exciting climax",
JUZO ITAMI
Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5
Original Title: Marusa No Onna
Japan, 1987. New Century Producers, Itami Productions. Screenplay by Jûzô Itami. Cinematography by Yonezô Maeda. Produced by Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki. Music by Toshiyuki Honda. Production Design by Shûshi Nakamura. Film Editing by Akira Suzuki.
The success of Juzo Itami’s first feature film as director, The Funeral,…
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Hiruko the Goblin | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | 1991
Kenji Sawada, Masaki Kudou, Hideo Murota
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) and Hideo Murata (村田英雄) in a press photo for Loyal Kanto Brothers (関東義兄弟), 1970, directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa (内川清一郎).
Scanned by me.
http://fuckyeahmeikokaji.tumblr.com/
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Lobby card for Prison Island Riot (Bodo Shimane Keimusho, 暴動島根刑務所) also known as Riot In Shimane Prison, 1975, directed by Sadao Nakajima (中島貞夫) and starring Hiroki Matsukata (松方弘樹) and Hideo Murota (室田日出男).
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Hiruko the Goblin | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | 1991
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Third Windows Releasing Rarely Seen J-Horror Hiruko the Goblin
Third Windows Releasing Rarely Seen J-Horror Hiruko the Goblin
Third Window Films are set to release the rarely seen J-Horror Hiruko the Goblin (妖怪ハンター ヒルコ) on Blu-ray in January. The wonderfully bizarre film is directed and released in 1991 by Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man,) and is based on Daijiro Morohoshi’s Yokai Hunter manga.
The film stars Kenji Sawada, Masaki Kudou, Naoto Takenaka, Megumi Ueno and Hideo Murota. The is considered very…
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