Released By: Kino Lorber
Released On: February 16, 2016
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Clyde Kusatsu
Year: 1982
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The Movie: It's 1945. Kyoto, Japan. In a time-honored ceremony, twin swords known as Equals are being passed down from patriarch to eldest son, Toru (Toshirí´ Mifune). But before the ritual can conclude, spiteful younger brother Hideo (Atsuo Naka...

Released By: Lionsgate
Released On: 10/09/2012
Director: Dennis Law
Cast: Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung, Lam Suet
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The Film:

If you are expecting anything creative from a movie called Triad Wars, you're probably expecting a little too much. I tried to be objective going into it, and paid the high price of extreme boredom. Consisting of a few mediocre action scenes placed here and there with a whole lot of amateur...

So this summer I've made it my project to watch the entire original Zatoichi film series (I suppose its possible I might get around to some of the remakes/reboots...almost...

Released By: Animeigo
Released On: 05/17/2011
Director: Tadashi Imai
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yoshiko Mita, Eitaro Shindo, Takahiro Tamura

The Film: Modern conveniences are a wonderful thing. If it gets too warm outside, you can kick on the air conditioning until icicles form on the ceiling fan. If you need to get a hold of a friend in an emergency, you can phone, email, text, or instant message. A lot sure has changed in the past few hu...

Released By: Paramount
Released On: 09/14/2010
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, John Rhys-Davies


The Film: When my Dad gets excited about a film that I get to review, I usually figure that I'm in some pretty serious trouble. Our disagreements on movies have been known to reach proportions of theatrical anger, with our respective opinions of what makes a film “good” sitting at extreme opp...