The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1949, 1957 / 1.33:1 / 87, 96 min.
Starring Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe
Cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Murai
Directed by Nobuo Adachi, Mitsuo Murayama
Founded in 1942, Daiei Films appealed to the hearts and minds of movie-goers with a remarkably diverse catalog. Movies like Akira Kurosawa’s enigmatic Rashomon and Koji Shima’s apocalyptic Warning from Space were emblematic of the studio’s output—high art or low, Daiei took the same discerning approach to their productions, no matter the subject matter. At times the company may have been too thoughtful—for a movie that featured giant starfish aliens as a selling point, Warning from Space takes a dark turn toward real-world catastrophe that might have put some audiences off their popcorn. And the Saturday Matinee thrills of the Daimajin films—an early sixties trilogy featuring a sky-scraping samurai—go sour...
Blu ray
Arrow Films
1949, 1957 / 1.33:1 / 87, 96 min.
Starring Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe
Cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Murai
Directed by Nobuo Adachi, Mitsuo Murayama
Founded in 1942, Daiei Films appealed to the hearts and minds of movie-goers with a remarkably diverse catalog. Movies like Akira Kurosawa’s enigmatic Rashomon and Koji Shima’s apocalyptic Warning from Space were emblematic of the studio’s output—high art or low, Daiei took the same discerning approach to their productions, no matter the subject matter. At times the company may have been too thoughtful—for a movie that featured giant starfish aliens as a selling point, Warning from Space takes a dark turn toward real-world catastrophe that might have put some audiences off their popcorn. And the Saturday Matinee thrills of the Daimajin films—an early sixties trilogy featuring a sky-scraping samurai—go sour...
- 4/17/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
After he had directed the third and fourth installment of the terribly successful Zatoichi-series, Tokuzo Tanaka would return only three years later to helm the overall thirteenth entry into the story of the blind masseur walking the roads and highways of Japan. In general, 1966 was quite an interesting year since both “Zatoichi’s Vengeance” and “Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage” turned out to be not only very entertaining, but also worthwhile additions to the franchise, showing a few new layers of the character played again by Shintaro Katsu. Albeit its generic title, “Zatoichi’s Revenge” is a tale dealing with the repercussions of the life Zatoichi has chosen, for himself and those around him as well as whether he can actually think of a life without the need of his trusted cane sword.
However, the beginning of the movie looks quite familiar as Zatoichi (Katsu), after a battle...
However, the beginning of the movie looks quite familiar as Zatoichi (Katsu), after a battle...
- 6/24/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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