Tag Archives: Japan
Lone Wolf and Cub Double Feature: Sword of Vengeance/Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Very late in the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, in the middle of a desolate desert, one of the deadliest hired assassins in the world has his throat cut by the former Shogunate Executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Action, Japan, Kazuo Koike, Kenji Misumi, Lone Wolf and Cub, manga, Ninja, Samurai, Tomisaburo Wakayama
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Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Earlier this year I reviewed A Thousand and One Nights (1969) and Cleopatra (1970), the first two films from the experimental, adult-themed “Animerama” series from manga legend Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy). The first film beat Fritz the Cat (1972) to … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Animation, demons, Eiichi Yamamoto, Fantasy, horror, Japan, Osamu Tezuka, Psychedelic, sexploitation, Surreal
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Cleopatra (1970)
Osamu Tezuka’s follow-up to the hugely ambitious A Thousand and One Nights (1969) was the second “Animerama” feature from his studio Mushi Productions: Cleopatra (1970). If anything, it was even more ambitious than its predecessor. It’s another adult animated epic, but this time told … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Animation, Cleopatra, Egypt, Eiichi Yamamoto, Japan, Osamu Tezuka, Psychedelic, Science Fiction, sexploitation, Surreal
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