As one of the more popular genres of action movies in the 1980s, the ninja movie was a massive cultural smash offering numerous entries and imitators throughout the decade only to see diminishing returns in the time since. Now, with the help of co-writer Sion Sono, director Takahiro Ishihara is attempting a comeback with this new period-piece screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg.
Red Blade is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Living a troubled home-life, teenager Mako (Yûka Ogura) becomes so stressed out with everything around her that she disappears into a series of fantasy-related books. While trying to escape her situation, she soon finds herself living in feudal Japan with boss Saizo (Tak Sakaguchi) and his students Hiro (Himena Tsukimiya) and Yu (Kanon Hanakage) who informs her that she’s in a separate dimension from her regular life and are to train together in the way of the ninja.
Red Blade is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Living a troubled home-life, teenager Mako (Yûka Ogura) becomes so stressed out with everything around her that she disappears into a series of fantasy-related books. While trying to escape her situation, she soon finds herself living in feudal Japan with boss Saizo (Tak Sakaguchi) and his students Hiro (Himena Tsukimiya) and Yu (Kanon Hanakage) who informs her that she’s in a separate dimension from her regular life and are to train together in the way of the ninja.
- 5/25/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
The film is a remake of Noboru Iguchi’s cult action thriller The Machine Girl.
Japan’s Nikkatsu is launching sales at Filmart on Rise Of The Machine Girls, a remake of Noboru Iguchi’s cult action feature The Machine Girl.
Directed by Yuki Kobayashi (Death Row Family), the new film stars Himena Tsukimiya, Kanon Hanakage and Tak. It is produced by Yoshinori Chiba, who also produced Iguchi’s 2008 original, and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police).
In the new version, Ami and her sister Yoshie are scraping by doing fight shows when Yoshie is captured by female killing machines during...
Japan’s Nikkatsu is launching sales at Filmart on Rise Of The Machine Girls, a remake of Noboru Iguchi’s cult action feature The Machine Girl.
Directed by Yuki Kobayashi (Death Row Family), the new film stars Himena Tsukimiya, Kanon Hanakage and Tak. It is produced by Yoshinori Chiba, who also produced Iguchi’s 2008 original, and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police).
In the new version, Ami and her sister Yoshie are scraping by doing fight shows when Yoshie is captured by female killing machines during...
- 3/17/2019
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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