The teenage assassins are back for a third mission in Baby Assassins: Nice Days. Mahiro Fukagawa (Saori Izawa) and Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi) are on a working vacation in Miyazaki, with the plan being to celebrate Mahiro’s 20th birthday after killing their latest target. However, Mahiro and Chisato are beaten to the punch by highly …
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The teenage assassins are back and have met their match in Baby Assassins 2 Babies. Now full time assassins, Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Mahiro (Izawa Saori) are surprised to find they have outstanding bills for a gym membership they only used once. While at the bank to pay these fees, the two teenage assassins ends …
The owner of a popular manga app chases after his sentient appendage in Popran. Tagami Tatsuya (Yoji Minagawa) is the highly successful CEO of Japan’s top Manga-reading app, though he has reached the top at the cost of his personal connections. One morning, following a one night stand, Tagami awakens to find that his ”popran“ …
A group of teenagers have to survive a series of deadly trials in As the Gods Will. Shun Takahata (Sôta Fukushi) is a teenager fed up with his boring life. However, he quickly regrets his wish for more excitement when a deadly daruma doll appears in his classroom and begins a deadly game of Red Light, Green …
A group of desperate individuals fly to Mars to rid the planet of mutant cockroaches in Terraformars. In the year 2599, scientists have succeeded in terraforming Mars to make it fit for human emigration. However, the planet must first be rid of cockroaches, who have evolved into human-like form and are known as Terraformars. Eccentric …
It’s Yakuza against a zombie horde in Deadman Inferno. Former Yakuza boss Hiroya Munakata (Shô Aikawa) is a shell of his former self after surviving an assassination attempt ten years prior. Munakata’s friend and blood brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison and is ready to be reunited with his daughter Hinata (Maika Yamamoto), though he …
From Japanese auteur Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Cold Fish) comes the bloody action-comedy Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Yakuza boss Muto (Jun Kunimura) is at the beginnings of a war with rival Yazuka Ikegami (Shin’ichi Tsutsumi), which stemmed from an assault ten year’s prior, in which Muto’s wife was sent to prison for murdering …
Last night, I attended a special screening of Takashi Miike’s adaptation of the popular Capcom video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (you can read my overview of the games over on my Tumblr blog). The film has been described as the best video game adaption ever and I have to be compelled to agree with …