There’s a reason that home invasion horror films like The Strangers, Them, The Purge, Hush, Don’t Breathe, Funny Games, and more rank highly among horror fans. The very concept of your private sanctuary getting corrupted and invaded by an unhinged intruder who means you grave harm is inherently terrifying. The realistic thrills of home invasion films can offer some of the most intense horror, and some of the biggest surprises when the formula is subverted.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to home invasion horror movies that unleash suspense, chills, violence, and stalker thrills. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Angst – Kanopy, Midnight Pulp, Mubi, Tubi
An unconventional, stylized Austrian horror movie that largely influenced Gaspar Noe’s work, Angst follows a psychopath as he’s released from prison and eager to commit crime again. After a botched murder attempt,...
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to home invasion horror movies that unleash suspense, chills, violence, and stalker thrills. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Angst – Kanopy, Midnight Pulp, Mubi, Tubi
An unconventional, stylized Austrian horror movie that largely influenced Gaspar Noe’s work, Angst follows a psychopath as he’s released from prison and eager to commit crime again. After a botched murder attempt,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Screambox and Midnight Pulp are excited to unleash Visitors (The Complete Edition), Kenichi Ugana‘s Japanese anthology movie that opens with one of the goriest shorts we’ve ever seen.
In the 60-minute splatterfest…
“A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.”
After premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Visitors makes its way to VOD platforms Screambox before heading to Midnight Pulp at a later date.
Get ready for Evil Dead-esque gory mayhem in Visitors. Dig the trailer…
Also recently added to Screambox is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.
In the 60-minute splatterfest…
“A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.”
After premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Visitors makes its way to VOD platforms Screambox before heading to Midnight Pulp at a later date.
Get ready for Evil Dead-esque gory mayhem in Visitors. Dig the trailer…
Also recently added to Screambox is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.
- 11/21/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Screambox and Midnight Pulp are excited to unleash Visitors (The Complete Edition), Kenichi Ugana‘s Japanese anthology movie that opens with one of the goriest shorts we’ve ever seen.
In the 60-minute splatterfest, which hits Screambox tomorrow…
“A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.”
After premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Visitors makes its way to VOD platforms and Screambox before heading to Midnight Pulp at a later date.
Get ready for Evil Dead-esque gory mayhem in Visitors. Dig the trailer…
Also recently added to Screambox is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged...
In the 60-minute splatterfest, which hits Screambox tomorrow…
“A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.”
After premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest, Visitors makes its way to VOD platforms and Screambox before heading to Midnight Pulp at a later date.
Get ready for Evil Dead-esque gory mayhem in Visitors. Dig the trailer…
Also recently added to Screambox is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged...
- 11/20/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies, with some selections reflecting a specific day or event in November, and others chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature Dracula, a giant zombie poodle, a golem, and more.
The Tomb of Dracula (1980)
Image: The Tomb of Dracula
Directed by Minoru Okazaki.
For World Television Day (November 21), Dracula followers as well as Marvel fans might get a kick out of the 1980 animated TV-movie based on the serialized comic series The Tomb of Dracula. Between 1972 and 1979, the iconic Count Dracula was reworked into a master antagonist who was routinely opposed by a team of vampire slayers. The same series also contains the introduction of popular Marvel character Blade.
Marvel and Toei Animation...
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature Dracula, a giant zombie poodle, a golem, and more.
The Tomb of Dracula (1980)
Image: The Tomb of Dracula
Directed by Minoru Okazaki.
For World Television Day (November 21), Dracula followers as well as Marvel fans might get a kick out of the 1980 animated TV-movie based on the serialized comic series The Tomb of Dracula. Between 1972 and 1979, the iconic Count Dracula was reworked into a master antagonist who was routinely opposed by a team of vampire slayers. The same series also contains the introduction of popular Marvel character Blade.
Marvel and Toei Animation...
- 11/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered, is now streaming exclusively on Screambox!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they made the first Giallo film in Japan… Door. Interestingly, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed the film’s sequel!
Halloween is almost here and Screambox‘s October has been jam-packed,...
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they made the first Giallo film in Japan… Door. Interestingly, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed the film’s sequel!
Halloween is almost here and Screambox‘s October has been jam-packed,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered, is making its way to Screambox tomorrow!
In the film, “A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they made the first Giallo film in Japan… Door. Interestingly, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed the film’s sequel!
The final 20 minutes are bonkers… trust us!!
Halloween is almost...
In the film, “A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they made the first Giallo film in Japan… Door. Interestingly, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed the film’s sequel!
The final 20 minutes are bonkers… trust us!!
Halloween is almost...
- 10/23/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
On October 24th, Screambox is premiering the highly sought-after Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
Following its premiere on Screambox, Door will make its way to Blu-ray this November from Terror Vision. You can pre-order it here.
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap...
Following its premiere on Screambox, Door will make its way to Blu-ray this November from Terror Vision. You can pre-order it here.
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap...
- 10/16/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Eerie Horror Fest kicks off this week at the historic Warner Theatre in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania and runs from October 4-7, 2023. For tickets and more information, go to www.eeriehorrorfest.com.
“This year the Eerie Horror Fest received submissions from 25 different countries,” says Festival Director John C. Lyons. “Every film submission was watched by at least 4 members of our programming team and we broke our own rules to select 6 Pitch Competition finalists. We were blown away by the amount of talent out there. The horror genre is truly alive and well!”
The highlight of the fest is that American filmmaker, photographer, and artist, Mark Pellington, will be in attendance at this year’s epic event. On Friday, October 6th, the Fest will be screening his 2002 cult classic, The Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, and Will Patton. Pellington will join the festival’s pop-culture sociologist, Dr.
“This year the Eerie Horror Fest received submissions from 25 different countries,” says Festival Director John C. Lyons. “Every film submission was watched by at least 4 members of our programming team and we broke our own rules to select 6 Pitch Competition finalists. We were blown away by the amount of talent out there. The horror genre is truly alive and well!”
The highlight of the fest is that American filmmaker, photographer, and artist, Mark Pellington, will be in attendance at this year’s epic event. On Friday, October 6th, the Fest will be screening his 2002 cult classic, The Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, and Will Patton. Pellington will join the festival’s pop-culture sociologist, Dr.
- 10/2/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, are delighted to announce their full feature film lineup for 2023. The festival will be returning to regular venue the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester on 6th – 8th October to showcase the best in genre cinema.
Never screened outside of Japan, and believed lost for nearly 30 years, Banmei Takahashi’s 1988 classic, Door, combines deadpan domestic comedy, chilling stalker thriller and baroquely bloody home invasion horror. It finally had its international premiere at Bifan in South Korea in July, and Grimmfest are delighted to be hosting the first UK screening.
Kenichi Ugana’s Love Will Tear US Apart encompasses dark and deadly romance, satiric slasher movie, psychological thriller and even some martial arts mayhem. Grimmfest is delighted to be hosting the UK premiere in Manchester, birthplace of Joy Division, whose music inspired the film’s title.
Mikhail Red’s Filipino psychological thriller Deleter (UK premiere) follows an overworked,...
Never screened outside of Japan, and believed lost for nearly 30 years, Banmei Takahashi’s 1988 classic, Door, combines deadpan domestic comedy, chilling stalker thriller and baroquely bloody home invasion horror. It finally had its international premiere at Bifan in South Korea in July, and Grimmfest are delighted to be hosting the first UK screening.
Kenichi Ugana’s Love Will Tear US Apart encompasses dark and deadly romance, satiric slasher movie, psychological thriller and even some martial arts mayhem. Grimmfest is delighted to be hosting the UK premiere in Manchester, birthplace of Joy Division, whose music inspired the film’s title.
Mikhail Red’s Filipino psychological thriller Deleter (UK premiere) follows an overworked,...
- 9/2/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Our friends at Grimmfest, the genre film festival in Manchester, England, have unveiled the lineup for this year's edition. Grimmfest has already announced Banmei Takahashi's unearthed 1988 classic, Door, Kenichi Ugana's Love Will Tear Us Apart and Raymond Wood's Faceless After Dark would be at the festival. To those three films they have added Isaac Ezban's great fairy tale horror Evil Eye, Jenn Wexler's terrfic sophomore film, The Sacrifice Game, the pitch black comedy The Coffee Table and quite possibly the most unsettling puppet film we've experienced Abruptio. Check the complete lineup below. Full festival passes are now available. Grimmfest Announce Full 2023 Lineup Grimmfest, Manchester's International Festival of Fantastic Film, are delighted to announce their full feature film lineup for 2023. The festival will be returning to regular...
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- 8/19/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Screambox is once again heading to Fantastic Fest (September 21 – 28), bringing two brand new Japanese horror films that are going to absolutely blow your collective minds.
The first is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they...
The first is Door, an extremely rare home invasion slasher movie from 1988 that has never been screened outside of Japan and has just been remastered. The final 20 minutes are bonkers!
In the film…
“A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.”
Directed by Banmei Takahashi, the story behind Door is extremely interesting.
Many of you may remember Director’s Company, a Japanese production company from 1982-1992 that was made up of many legends of Japanese cinema including Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Somai, and others.
They made many amazing Japanese films but also broke ground for genre cinema in Japan including the cult classic Evil Dead Trap. Before Evil Dead Trap they...
- 8/15/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Tattoo” is based on the story of Akiyoshi Umekawa, a Japanese mass murderer who killed a woman on December 16, 1963, and shot dead four people on January 26, 1979 during the notorious Mitsubishi Bank hostage incident. The film also signalled a change of direction for Banmei Takahashi, who was a veteran of pinku cinema up to that point, as the movie was a critical and box-office success and earned him an award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival, along with a netting of 3rd best film of the year and a Best Actor for protagonist Ryudo Ozaki.
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The film begins with Akio Takeda (an alternative name was used for Umekawa) being carried in Osaka morgue after being shot by the police, with an officer informing his mother next, who believes that her son got in trouble once more. After the intro,...
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The film begins with Akio Takeda (an alternative name was used for Umekawa) being carried in Osaka morgue after being shot by the police, with an officer informing his mother next, who believes that her son got in trouble once more. After the intro,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Our friends over at Terror Vision are celebrating Halloween in a Massive way this year with #13WeeksOfHalloween, which will run from August 1 straight through October 31.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc. Here’s everything you need to know, from the press release…
Terror Vision will be releasing a definitive triple LP edition of the score to The Monster Squad, the score to Rumplestiltskin on cassette and LP, and, following their Blu-ray release of Copperhead earlier this year, will be releasing the film on VHS… along with the its recently-announced LP!
In addition, Linnea Quigley’S Horror Workout (1990) will finally be available on VHS and Blu-ray, with its outrageous...
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc. Here’s everything you need to know, from the press release…
Terror Vision will be releasing a definitive triple LP edition of the score to The Monster Squad, the score to Rumplestiltskin on cassette and LP, and, following their Blu-ray release of Copperhead earlier this year, will be releasing the film on VHS… along with the its recently-announced LP!
In addition, Linnea Quigley’S Horror Workout (1990) will finally be available on VHS and Blu-ray, with its outrageous...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Terror Vision has quickly become one of my go-to labels for obscure horror titles, and they're getting a jump-start on the Halloween season with #13WeeksOfHalloween, offering an eclectic mix of new, rare, and cult releases on VHS, Blu-ray, 4K Uhd, LP, and cassette:
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
"Halloween is Terror Vision's favorite time of the year but it's always a bummer when it's over. Much like many of you, the beloved genre distributor begins celebrating the spooky season in September... but this year, that's not good enough - and that's why they've created #13WeeksOfHalloween.
Starting August 1st and running through October 31st, Terror Vision will be dropping titles every single Tuesday (#TerrorVisionTuesday) with exciting new releases ranging from the early 1900s to brand new 2023 titles. Most of the releases will be horror or horror adjacent and many of them new to disc, so if you're ready for a mountain of Halloween treats, read on!
- 8/1/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Bifan has established itself as one of the most significant festivals in Asia regarding the genre cinema of the region, with their program always being quite interesting through its focus on Korean cinema firstly and then of Japan and the rest of the region, along with a number of international titles. As such, the fact that the local industry is in trouble was more than evident this year, when genre movies in particular suffered, mostly due to issues with writing and also due to financial ones. It is true that Korea's top filmmakers are at the top of the world, but it has become obvious that below that level, the quality drops significantly.
Nevertheless, the aforementioned does not mean that the programs was without a number of gems. “Iron Mask” about a kendo athlete carrying a trauma, “Her Hobby” with its transition from a family drama to a horror and...
Nevertheless, the aforementioned does not mean that the programs was without a number of gems. “Iron Mask” about a kendo athlete carrying a trauma, “Her Hobby” with its transition from a family drama to a horror and...
- 7/9/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
A nervous housewife gets a frightful visit in Banmei Takahashi's little-seen psycho-sexual J-horror gem Door. With flashes of giallo inspiration and memorable sound design, this marvellously entertaining 1988 production debuted internationally with a new 4K remaster at BiFan this year. Yasuko (played by Takahashi's real life wife Keiko Takahashi) lives with her young son and workaholic husband in a modern apartment. Since her husband is seldom at home and she is constantly accosted by male salesmen on the phone or the intercom aggressively trying to push their wares on her, she doublelocks her door with almost religious intensity every time she walks through it. One day she makes the crucial mistake of not flipping the door lock, only the chain. When a salesman (Daijiro Tsutsumi)...
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- 7/6/2023
- Screen Anarchy
I have to admit that one of the pleasures I have been lately experiencing in my dealings with Asian cinema is the restoration/remastering of a number of movies from the past, particularly the ones that were quite hard to find nowadays. Banmei Takahashi's “Door”, which actually stars his wife, Keiko Takahashi, is definitely one of those movies, particularly because it uses tension and violence in order to make a number of sociopolitical comments.
“Door” is screening at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her little son, Takuto. Their lives go on in harmony, with the only issues being that Satoru is overworked and he does not have that much time for his family, and the annoying plethora of spam calls the couple receive on the phone, through the mail and by door-to-door salesmen. During a three day absence of Satoru,...
“Door” is screening at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her little son, Takuto. Their lives go on in harmony, with the only issues being that Satoru is overworked and he does not have that much time for his family, and the annoying plethora of spam calls the couple receive on the phone, through the mail and by door-to-door salesmen. During a three day absence of Satoru,...
- 7/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Our friends at Griimfest, one of the UK's great genre fests up in Manchester, have announced the first titles for this year's edition. The festival runs from October 6th through 8th at the Odeon Great Northern. This year the festival will host the first European screening of Banmei Takahashi’s 1988 horror flick, Door. This Jhorror flick has never screened outside of Japan and was thought long lost for over thirty years. It promises to be a real genre bender, a mix of "deadpan domestic comedy, chilling stalker thriller, and baroquely bloody home invasion horror". Sticking with the genre bending, Kenichi Ugana’s Love Will Tear Us Apart also promises to mix things up with "dark and deadly romance, satiric slasher movie, bizarro psychological thriller...
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- 6/29/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Miyake Sho’s female-led boxing drama “Small, Slow, But Steady” has been named the best Japanese film of 2022 by Kinema Junpo magazine. This honor has been awarded annually since 1924 and is considered the Japanese industry’s most prestigious.
Kishii Yukino, who starred as a struggling deaf boxer, claimed the best actress award, while Miura Tomokazu, who played her supportive, but unsparingly, honest gym manager, was named best supporting actor. Finally, Miyake was voted the year’s best Japanese director in a readers’ poll.
The film premiered in the Berlin festival’s Encounters section last year. It later played widely on the festival circuit, including at China’s Pingyao festival where it won the gala-audience prize.
Among other awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” was named best foreign film, while veteran Takahashi Banmei won the best director prize and Kajiwara Aki the best screenplay award for the drama “No Place to Go” about a middle-aged woman driven to homelessness during the pandemic.
Kishii Yukino, who starred as a struggling deaf boxer, claimed the best actress award, while Miura Tomokazu, who played her supportive, but unsparingly, honest gym manager, was named best supporting actor. Finally, Miyake was voted the year’s best Japanese director in a readers’ poll.
The film premiered in the Berlin festival’s Encounters section last year. It later played widely on the festival circuit, including at China’s Pingyao festival where it won the gala-audience prize.
Among other awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” was named best foreign film, while veteran Takahashi Banmei won the best director prize and Kajiwara Aki the best screenplay award for the drama “No Place to Go” about a middle-aged woman driven to homelessness during the pandemic.
- 2/2/2023
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
The history of the Japanese pink industry is one of the most intriguing in the whole history of cinema, with the ways these rather cheap, barely passing censorship movies became one of the most integral parts of the declining local industry during the 70s, particularly in the way they allowed new voices to quickly ascend the hierarchy towards first directors, and for the money they earned, which supported a large number of companies and their employees. Kejiro Fujii records this path through history, through a narrative that is quite intriguing in its approach, apart from its context.
Quite fittingly, the movie begins with one of the most prestigious directors that began their careers from pinku films, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, with his experiences and path in the particular industry setting the tone for the rest of the documentary. The interviews continue with some of the pioneers of the genre, with Banmei Takahashi,...
Quite fittingly, the movie begins with one of the most prestigious directors that began their careers from pinku films, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, with his experiences and path in the particular industry setting the tone for the rest of the documentary. The interviews continue with some of the pioneers of the genre, with Banmei Takahashi,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Yutaka Ikejima was born on March 30, 1948. He studied Literature at Waseda University. He first entered the entertainment business in the late 1970s as an actor with Shuji Terayama’s theatrical group Tenjō Sajiki. His film debut was in the 1981 Genji Nakamura pink film Semi Documentary: Housewife Prostitution Team aka Document Porno: Married Woman Prostitution Techniques. In contrast to his stage career, in his screen work, Ikejima has stayed in the erotic genres.Between 1981 and 1988 he appeared in over 500 softcore pink films, working for such directors as Hisayasu Satō, Yōjirō Takita and Ryūichi Hiroki. Ikejima appeared in Satō’s gay-themed “Temptation of the Mask” (1987), a film significant for joining three of the “Four Devils” or “Four Heavenly Kings of Pink” in one work. Though most-awarded and recognized as a director, Ikejima has continued acting to the present day.
He began his directorial career in 1988, at first working mainly in AVs (adult...
He began his directorial career in 1988, at first working mainly in AVs (adult...
- 5/12/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Banmei Takahashi started out in the 70s as a scriptwriter for the pinku eiga (soft-porn) pioneer Koji Wakamatsu, until he founded his own production company and produced over 40 erotic movies. Takahashi’s first steps out of the adult industry came with the success of his crime flick “Tattoo Ari” (1982), which was based on the infamous Japanese mass murderer Akiyoshi Umekawa. “Tattoo Ari” became the turning point in Takahashi’s career and opened the gates to mainstream filmmaking. 27 years later, “Tattoo Ari” was followed by another biopic. But this time it wasn’t about a criminal, but about the Japanese monk Dogen Zenji, who brought Soto Zen Buddhism from China to Japan in the 13th century.
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So what is the movie about?
Caused by the shocking experience of his mother’s death, Dogen chooses to live as a monk. This marks the beginning of Takahashi’s movie. The...
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So what is the movie about?
Caused by the shocking experience of his mother’s death, Dogen chooses to live as a monk. This marks the beginning of Takahashi’s movie. The...
- 4/12/2020
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
The official website for Banmei Takahashi’s The Way: Man of the White Porcelain has been updated with a new trailer.
The film was made to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Takumi Asakawa, a Japanese man who became enamored with Korean culture during its occupation by Japan, especially the white porcelain crafted during the Joseon Dynasty.
Yu Yoshizawa plays Asakawa as he travels to Korea and Korean culture while exhibiting a spirit of philanthropy by helping to preserve the country’s traditions and crafts. He strikes up a friendship with a man named Chung Lim (Soo-bin Bae) and together they fight against ethnic discrimination.
“The Way: Man of the White Porcelain” will be released by T-Joy in Japan on June 9, 2012.
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The film was made to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Takumi Asakawa, a Japanese man who became enamored with Korean culture during its occupation by Japan, especially the white porcelain crafted during the Joseon Dynasty.
Yu Yoshizawa plays Asakawa as he travels to Korea and Korean culture while exhibiting a spirit of philanthropy by helping to preserve the country’s traditions and crafts. He strikes up a friendship with a man named Chung Lim (Soo-bin Bae) and together they fight against ethnic discrimination.
“The Way: Man of the White Porcelain” will be released by T-Joy in Japan on June 9, 2012.
Watch »...
- 3/31/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Color of Sky by Dr. Biju and Autumn (Harud) by Aamir Bashir feature in the nine titles that will compete in ‘Asia competition’ at the 30th Fajr International Film Festival to be held in Iran from February 1-11,2012.
The selected films for ‘Asia Competition’ are 11 Flowers directed by Xia oshuai Wang from China and France, Addicted to Love directed by Liu Hao from China, Box The Hakamada Case directed by Banmei Takahashi from Japan, Color of Sky directed by Dr.Biju from India, Romantic Heaven directed by Jin Jang from South Korea, Autumn directed by Aamir Bashir from India, Chivalry directed by Peter Ho- Sun Chan from China and Hong Kong, Bodyguards and Assassins directed by Teddy Chan from Hong Kong and China, and In Color of Snow directed by Salim Gones from Turkey.
The Fajr International Film Festival is Iran’s annual film festival held every February in Tehran.
The selected films for ‘Asia Competition’ are 11 Flowers directed by Xia oshuai Wang from China and France, Addicted to Love directed by Liu Hao from China, Box The Hakamada Case directed by Banmei Takahashi from Japan, Color of Sky directed by Dr.Biju from India, Romantic Heaven directed by Jin Jang from South Korea, Autumn directed by Aamir Bashir from India, Chivalry directed by Peter Ho- Sun Chan from China and Hong Kong, Bodyguards and Assassins directed by Teddy Chan from Hong Kong and China, and In Color of Snow directed by Salim Gones from Turkey.
The Fajr International Film Festival is Iran’s annual film festival held every February in Tehran.
- 1/13/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Here’s the trailer for Banmei Takahashi‘s Box: Hakamada Jiken, not to be confused with Toshio Lee’s Box!, which is coming out around the same time.
The film is based on a notorious real-life crime which took place in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture and became known as the “Hakamada Incident”. On June 30, 1966, a miso factory is set on fire after the director of the company and three of his family members are stabbed to death in the building. Detective Tatematsu (Ryo Ishibashi) eventually arrests ex-boxer Iwao Hakamada (Hirofumi Arai) for the crime based on some blood-stained clothing and a small cut on his finger. He initially claims innocence, but is forced into confession after being beaten by police and tortured for hours at a time.
Hakamada received a death sentence from Shizuoka District Court Judge Kumamoto (Masato Hagiwara) and lost several appeals in the decades that followed. Kumamoto, now a lawyer,...
The film is based on a notorious real-life crime which took place in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture and became known as the “Hakamada Incident”. On June 30, 1966, a miso factory is set on fire after the director of the company and three of his family members are stabbed to death in the building. Detective Tatematsu (Ryo Ishibashi) eventually arrests ex-boxer Iwao Hakamada (Hirofumi Arai) for the crime based on some blood-stained clothing and a small cut on his finger. He initially claims innocence, but is forced into confession after being beaten by police and tortured for hours at a time.
Hakamada received a death sentence from Shizuoka District Court Judge Kumamoto (Masato Hagiwara) and lost several appeals in the decades that followed. Kumamoto, now a lawyer,...
- 4/2/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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