Introduction With Lady Snowblood: Blizzard of the Netherrealm (1973), an adaptation of Kazuo Koike’s popular manga Lady Snowblood (1972 – 1973), Toshiya Fujita created a beautiful, strong demonic woman who turns killing people, with her sharp sword, into an elegant art. Fujita’s sequel about this deadly beauty is, contrary to first narrative, not based on…
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The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) Review
It is his beautiful use of movement within shots and his exquisite use of interior geometry that underlines his compositional talent.
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Review [Screening at Fantasia Film Festival]
“[An] endearing and heartwarming exploration of the complexity of family relations (…) that shows (…) that happiness is to be found in the very daily problems family life indisputably generates. We’re already hoping for another sequel.”