The Modern Japanese Exploitation Thread

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 19 May 2008, 17:51

- http://www.gomorrahy.com/yoshihiro-nish ... police.htm

Classique · Post by **Classique** » 28 May 2008, 14:17

I'm a bit skeptical on these tokyo shock productions ever since Death Trance.

The only thing you can tell for sure their getting right in stuff TGP and The Machine Girl from the trailers is the gore since it makes up 75% of them.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 28 May 2008, 15:11

Actually, I love Death Trance. So much that I've bought it twice. The R2J (first press 2 disc metal tin) has disappointingly soft picture but great audio and extras. I'm really no expert when it comes to audio and I don't even own home theater system... but the R1, which had sharp interlaced transfer, just didn't have nearly as much puch in the audio as the R2J. So I got rid of the R1... but now half of the R2J metal tin when missing (literally, the other half of the tin). Some damn thief must have stolen it. I can't find it anywhere.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=3832

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 22 Aug 2008, 19:51

Nice cover...

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.547 ... etails.htm

... and another "Legend of" title

If you're interested in the film (I'm not), I think there's a trailer floating around somewhere. I think I watched it a long time ago.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 23 Aug 2008, 12:04

The dopey sods have given it the same Eng title as Miramax's release of New Legends of Shaolin.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Aug 2008, 16:03

I noticed that too

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 28 Oct 2008, 21:31

TGP Tokyo Shock dvd coming January 13, 2009
- http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.548 ... etails.htm

The film is alright, could actually look better on small screen than it did in cinema

Tokyo Gore Police (Japan/USA, 2008)

Yoshihiro Nishimura's literally jaw dropping gore opus features some of the most impressive handmade special effects in recent memory. And plenty of blood (four thousand litres were used, according to the director). Audition's Eihi Shiina stars as an engineer hunter tracking down mutants who can replace body parts with deadly weapons such as chainsaws. Yes, it’s Blade Runner in red. Sometimes Nishimura tries too hard – the wrist cutting scene in the beginning being a good example – but he’s also got some sense of style; the main character drives an old Saab turned into a police car in the Shinjuku neon light jungle. Additional fun is provided by movie director cameos, including Takashi "I hate the Japanese" Shimizu, and Paul Verhoeven esque commercials (Suicide is kawaii!!, by Noboru Iguchi). All in all, it’s unbelievable Nishimura managed to shoot this all in just two weeks and with no time for rehearsals. Thrilling trash, just don't expect technical merits on other areas than special effects.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 31 Oct 2008, 14:24

This shouldn't be any good, but the cover-art is worth posting; R1 The Girls Rebel Force Of Competitive Swimmers (also out on subbed HK dvd)

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 04 Nov 2008, 11:50

No better date for R2J Machine Girl than December 24.

What makes this 2 Disc release special is that it features, among other extras, a 20 min (?) short film Hajirai Machine Girl.

Hajirai stars the 20 year old gravure idol Noriko Kijima (not the Noriko Kijima that was in Legend of the Doll. EDIT. My bad, I think it is the same girl after all. I didn't remember she was that cute... I hope she has also learned to act cute... she was too wooden in Doll.) who was also in The Machine Girl.

http://spopro.net/blog/tokyoshock/

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Nov 2008, 13:26

Some retailers (kinokuniya, yesasia) are listing english subs for the R2J Machine Girl. Just ordeded mine. The Tin is limited. Cdjapan has one left...

I'll probably stuck this to my shelf and see if the film would hit a film festival near me next spring. I didn't really want to buy the film yet, but like I said, if you want the LE it's now or never. With Hajirai and subs included this should have some resale value as well, in case the film turns out bad.

More craziness, almost certainly not any good, but I'm posting in the lack of better things to do (:D). Check the second trailer.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Jan 2009, 19:30

Nice R2J cover on this recent pink - The Suicide Chain

R1 coming some day:
http://www.skillededitors.com/pink/HTML ... icide.html

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 13 Jan 2009, 19:44

Seems like TGP is getting the same R2J treatment as The Machine Girl:

http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/picture ... prequel-s/

Attempting to challenge Elvis Tsui, it seems.

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Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:43 pm

Kaiju Shakedown has an interesting article on how difficult it was for the new company Pink Eiga to get their titles done and for distribution. Although I don't know where they got the idea to call Hiroki's Vibrator "Technically not a pink film, but close". Two sex scenes and a limited budget don't quite make a movie "close to pink".

http://varietyasiaonline.com/kaijushakedown/PINK-EIGA

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Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:26 pm

TGP R2J is up for pre-order. English subs and dub should be included. Extras include a spin off feature as expected (actually titled "short collection", so it could be a bunch of short films), soundtrack CD and the usual stuff.

http://www.spopro.net/tokyogorepolice/news.htm

I would also expect a similar tin case as The Machine Girl.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Mar 2009, 21:45

DVDTimes reviews...

... a Tokyo Decadence sequel that isn't a sequel...
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/69 ... slave.html

... "a little arthouse gem"...
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/70 ... -dawn.html

... and a miserable looking Sukeban Deka cash in...
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/70 ... girls.html

Another positive review for the same film
http://www.cinesploitation.com/?p=2203

An interview with Pink Eiga’s Ayumu Oda
http://infini-tropolis.com/articles/pin ... erview.htm

Also check this older video interview
http://vimeo.com/1883703?pg=embed&sec=1883703

And lets add a link to my The Machine Girl R2J rev, too
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=5002

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 02 Mar 2009, 11:45

I'm seriously considering to make "Suicide Chain" and "S&M Hunter" a buying option.
But don't tell anyone.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Mar 2009, 12:22

diceman wrote:I'm seriously considering to make "Suicide Chain" and "S&M Hunter" a buying option.
But don't tell anyone.

I just called CNN!

Ow, and obviously it's also on Twitter now... :wav:

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 06 Mar 2009, 21:20

Sequel for Hard Revenge Milly. Gore by Yoshihiro Nishimura.

http://hard-revenge.com/
http://www.nipponcinema.com/news/watch_ ... _milly_bl/

I thought the original was ok. Dice hated it.

HungFist wrote:Hard Revenge Milly (Japan, 2008) – 2/5
The first part in the Neo Action double. This futuristic revenge flick features some nice gore effects and a ”jaw dropping” climax, but there’s also too much rocknrolla. The ending credits hit the screen after just 40 minutes.

diceman wrote:Hard Revenge Milly
Meh, not that my hopes were all that high, but that surely was a disappointment. I want my forty minutes back. It's not like they even tried to tell a story, feels more like they had some action-footage for roughly 4 minutes and filled the rest of the time with long shots of people walking from point A to B or just some dull brooding. Gore-Effects were nicely done, sure, even the action was surprisingly watchable, but with no context or background it's just boring. Compared to this movie "Machine Girl" feels like the last half hour of "Transformers". And nothing against a good share of exploitation every now and then, but that tasteless baby-cruelty was as unneccessary as shit on a toast.

EDIT: trailer for another Neo Action double:
http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/ne ... 2_trailer/

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 15 Apr 2009, 20:32

Judging by the trailer, Pink Eiga's upcoming Coming Out looks good, even cute.
http://pinkeiga.com/HTML/co_trailer.html

Another one that looks interesting is Blind Love. This one may fail, but it's trying to be good at least.
http://pinkeiga.com/HTML/bl_trailer.html

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 29 Apr 2009, 16:10

Thanks for the review. Nice to see someone writing about films that I haven't seen and are even interesting to read about.

One recent pink that I enjoyed is Watermelon (2004) by Ryuichi Honda. It's one of those related Fullmotion pink dramas (the films feature connections like same characters appearing in several films). It's about a woman who's so tired of men always staring at her breasts that she decides to hook up with the first man she encounters who doesn't pay attention to her breasts. This guy is played by one of the best and funniest Japanese actors, Nobuhiro Yamashita's reqular star Hiroshi Yamamoto.

Trailer: http://getafilms.com/geta/data/w/Waterm ... melon.html

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 01 May 2009, 06:50

Just on short notice:

The Dolby 5.1 Audio on the US-DVD of "Tokyo Gore Police" is a disappointment. Atrocious even. Bad enough to spoil the whole impression of the movie. It's lacking bass, punch, volume and homogeneity (when set into relation with soundeffects and voice). Luckily the Stereo 2.0 Audio is pretty good and comes with reasonable impact, so please, please, please give it a try. I've seen "TGP" in a cinema (with awesome sound), and it certainly has deserved better than that pity excuse of a Dolby-Mix that has been included on the US-DVD.

I'm gonna write a few words about the Japanese "Limited Gore Edition" as well, as soon as I hold the DVD in my hands.

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 03 May 2009, 09:06

diceman wrote:Just on short notice:

The Dolby 5.1 Audio on the US-DVD of "Tokyo Gore Police" is a disappointment. Atrocious even. Bad enough to spoil the whole impression of the movie. It's lacking bass, punch, volume and homogeneity (when set into relation with soundeffects and voice). Luckily the Stereo 2.0 Audio is pretty good and comes with reasonable impact, so please, please, please give it a try. I've seen "TGP" in a cinema (with awesome sound), and it certainly has deserved better than that pity excuse of a Dolby-Mix that has been included on the US-DVD.

I'm gonna write a few words about the Japanese "Limited Gore Edition" as well, as soon as I hold the DVD in my hands.

The Japanese DVD arrived yesterday, and I'm sad to report, that Dolby 5.1 sounds as soft and badly mixed as on the US-DVD, and since the other Audio-Track only features an even worse English dub, my advice stays the same: go for the cheap US-DVD, which at least has the original Japanese Audio in a far superior Stereo 2.0 - Version available.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 03 May 2009, 09:16

But how about those extras????

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 03 May 2009, 09:20

I'm still not through with them. Some of the short-films are actually pretty amusing, mixing the surreal, the sick and the downright stupid, but they're also kinda bland and shallow, and those images clearly haven't been processed, so that digital-look seems extra cheap. Plus they're not subtitled.

I'm already regretting the buy.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 03 May 2009, 09:37

Are there special effects documentaries? The Machine Girl had some pretty fun docs (that were actually more fun than the film itself).

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 May 2009, 20:54

Cine Asia will release the new Sasori film in the UK
http://www.nipponcinema.com/blog/joe-ma ... k-release/

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 07 May 2009, 07:09

Terrible film. The story doesn't make sense, either; in fact "Sasori" seems more like a couple of stand-alone scenes glued together without connection. It's approximately 100 minutes of beautiful people moving around in pretentious slow-motion and endulging in stylized cliche-dialogue. It's not even exploitation. Just a flashy MTV-videoclip version of "Naked Weapon", but without those refreshing border-line insults in good taste. Some gratuitous cleavage shots, that's is, the rest of the action is a comicbook-interpretation of Wire-Fu, without timing or intensity. It's just people flying around without touching each other. Really, silly actually. Violence has also been severely toned down; it either takes place off-screen or is occluded by annoying camera-angles. And why the fuck do I need CGI for a still-shot of a cut-off leg sticking in a boot?

Btw. as far as I know this is a HK-Production.