Japan

Scarlet

By Alan Ng | February 2026

NOW IN THEATERS! Director Mamoru Hosoda swings for the fences with Scarlet, an epic fantasy built around a single emotional theme and…

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NOW IN THEATERS! Director Mamoru Hosoda swings for the fences with Scarlet, an epic fantasy built around a single emotional theme and a whole lot of...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Makato Nagahisa writes and directs Burn. The dramatic feature follows Ju-Ju (Nana Mori), a teenage girl in Tokyo with a...

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The opening shot of Hideo Gosha’s Tokyo Bordello is of young boys molesting a syphilitic prostitute as she fights her way to the gynaecologist’s...

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In Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein, mad scientist Victor Frankenstein (Nachi Nozawa) becomes obsessed with unlocking the mystery of life and death....

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Pull that raincoat out of storage because a big screen spanker has a new release with the 2016 Japanese erotic feature Wet Woman In The Wind, written and...

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NOW ON VOD! Isao Yukisada’s Aroused by Gymnopedies may technically be categorized as a 'roman porno', as it was a film directly conceived to serve as a...

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There are good shark movies and there are bad shark movies. But then there’s the bat-shit-insane shark movies, of which we have a new contender for the...

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Directed by Paul Young and written by Ichirô Kusuno, Ghost Master (Gôsuto masutâ) is a love letter to horror films. The filming of a "Kabe-don" romance,...

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If you’re craving samurai cinema, that’s equal parts brutal and thoughtful, 11 Rebels hits like a Katana slice through the chest. Directed by Kazuya...

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NOW ON VOD! Finding your soulmate is a million-to-one proposition. Finding your soulmate halfway around the world is like shooting a bullet with a bullet....

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