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Also known as “Angel Guts: Red Lightning” and “Angel Guts 6”, “Angel Guts: Red Flash” is the sixth installment in the series based on Takashi Ishii‘s manga. Ishii wrote the scripts for all entries and directed the last two.

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The story here is notably labyrinthine. Nami, a photographer for a magazine, is assigned to capture stills from an erotic movie that features intense rape scenes. During one sequence involving a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes increasingly disturbed, recalling a similar trauma from her past. She flees the set after Muraki, the editor of the movie, tries to comfort her, only for her to realize he resembles her past assailant. She seeks solace with her lesbian bartender friend Chihiro, and the two sleep together. The next day, however, Nami visits her again and finds another woman in her apartment.

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In the thirteenth episode of Amp Talks, Panos Kotzathanasis Tom Wilmot and Rouven Linnarz discuss Takeshi Kitano’s Violent Cop

How he ended up directing in the stead of Kinji FukasakuThe similarities of the movie and Azuma with Dirty HarryThe deconstruction of the role of the policeman, the roles of Azuma, Iwaki and KikuchiViolence, irony and comedyAzuma vs KiyohiroMemorable scenes: the slapping scene, the shoot-out, chasing a suspect, the duel sceneKitano as AzumaHakuryu as Kiyohiro, Ittoku Kishibe as Nito, Maiko Kawakami as Akari, Makoto Ashikawa as Kikuchi...

'Beat Takeshi' goes rogue cop in his first self-directed feature, as Takeshi Kitano. It's excellent, a brutal tale with a fascinating lead character and a directorial style that compels one to watch -- it's never easy to know what will happen next. Violent Cop Blu-ray Film Movement 1989 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 103 min. / Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki / Street Date October 11, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Beat Takeshi, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shiro Sano, Shigeru Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi, Hakuryu. Cinematography Yasushi Sasakibara Film Editor Nobutake Kamiya Original Music Daisaku Kume Written by Hisashi Nozawa, Takeshi Kitano Produced by Shozo Ichiyama, Toshio Nabeshima, Takio Yoshida Directed by Takeshi Kitano

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

I'm always on the lookout for certain movies I've heard recommended, or that have descriptions that intrigue me. When I saw a reference to Takeshi Kitano's Violent Cop, I knew I'd want to take a look. As happens so often with Japanese pictures,...

The Japanese film site Cinema Today has posted a trailer for Noboru Iguchi’s upcoming J-horror film, Tomie Unlimited. This marks the eighth film based on Junji Ito’s long-running manga series, and Iguchi has stated that it will be very loyal to the grotesque nature of the source material.

Although the film itself will be rated R-15+ in theaters due to extreme situations—which would seem to back up Iguchi’s assertion—the trailer has been toned down a bit to be safe for younger viewers.

Former gravure idol Miu Nakamura plays Tomie, a seductive schoolgirl who causes men to fall in love with her and go completely insane with jealousy and possessiveness. She has been killed and dismembered several times in the past, but always regenerates from remaining body parts to begin the process all over again.

Moe Arai co-stars as a girl named Tsukiko whose sister has seemingly returned from the dead.