The Japanese filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku is arguably best known in the West for Battle Royale (2000), his controversial depiction of civil unrest which re-imagined Lord of the Flies with high-tech weapons and Nintendo generation teenagers.
Review by John Berra
The delirious adventures of a queer criminal as seen by Yukio Mishima and Kinji Fukasaku.
Review by Virginie Sélavy
Fukasaku’s 1973 yakuza movie is imbued with a sense of the absurd stupidity of violence and anger at the mythology of the criminal clans.
Review by John Bleasdale
Takashi Miike’s tale of a businessman’s quest for the perfect bride retains its horrifying power.
Review by Jim Harper
The winner of our April film writing competition, run in connection with the Electric Sheep monthly film club at the Prince Charles Cinema, is Adam Powell.