- innocent blood -

Director : Takashi Miike

Starring : Kojo Chihara, Seiji Chihara, Meoko Ezawa, Marie Kikuchi, Hiroko Nakajima and Sarina Suzuki.

Run Time : 107 minutes

Aspect : 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen

Sound : 5.1 dolby digital

Supplier : Artsmagic

Website : www.artsmagicdvd.com

Format : DVD

FOUR PUPILS LEAVE SCHOOL AFTER THE FINALS AND CREATE A VIOLENT STREET GANG. THE FILM IS BASED ON THEIR LIFE JOURNEY AND WHAT THEY GET UP TO AFTER THE SCHOOL TIME HAS PASSED. WITH MANY EMOTIONAL TWISTS AND TURNS AND A GREAT DIALOGUE, THE CHARACTERS ARE PLAYED IN A WELL CRAFTED WAY MAKING THIS AN EXCEPTIONAL RIDE THROUGHOUT.

NOT VERY OFTEN DO YOU SEE A GREAT MOVIE WITH A GREAT STORY LINE AND, AS USUAL , TAKASHI MIIKE KICKS STRAIGHT IN WITH SOME HEAVY VIOLENT ACTION BUT UNLIKE MOST OF HIS OTHER FLICKS SLOWS DOWN TO A MORE RELAXING PACE AND BUILDS A LOT MORE CHARACTER AND MEANING TO THE FILM. NOT AS VIOLENT AS MOST OF TAKASHI’S WORK BUT DEFINATLEY JUST AS UNAUTHORDOX. THIS IS WHAT MAKES HIS FILMS SO APPEALING. A STUNNING PIECE OF CINEMA AND NOT TO BE MISSED.

YET ANOTHER GREAT RELEASE BY ARTSMAGIC ON TO DVD AND AS USUAL THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE TRANSFER. THANKS ARTSMAGIC!!!


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- nostalgia -

Director : Takashi Miike

Starring : Setsuko Karasuma, Yuki Nagata, Toshikazu Nakaba, Akihiro Shimizu, Saki Takaoka and Naoto Takenaka

Run Time : 93 minutes

Aspect : 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen

Sound : 5.1 dolby digital

Supplier : Artsmagic

Website : www.artsmagicdvd.com

Format : DVD

THIS IS THE PREQUAL TO INNOCENT BLOOD AND IN ITS OWN RIGHT JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER. THE STORYLINE FOLLOWS THE UNIQUE TALE OF THREE PUPILS. RIICHI (THE GANG LEADER), KOTETSU AND YUJI, AND MAINLY FOCUSES ON THEIR EXPLOITES IN SCHOOL. THE FOURTH GANG MEMBER, ROYKO, WHO IS EVENTUALLY TO BE RIICHI’S GIRL, POPS IN AND OUT OF THE MOVIE BUT TAKES MORE OF A ROLE IN YOUNG THUGS – INNOCENT BLOOD.

THIS IS PROBBALY ONE OF THE LIGHTER FILMS THAT TAKASHI MIIKE HAS DIRECTED BUT STILL VERY INTERESTING WITH SOME GREAT OPTICAL EFFECTS WHICH HE USES TO POTRAY PASSED EVENTS AND A STRAIGHT FORWARD APROACH TO THE DIALOGUE WHICH KEEPS THE FILM AT A STEADY PACE. THE STORY IS BASED AROUND GROWING UP AND WHAT CHANGES HAPPEN TO US SPIRITUALY AND MENTALLY AS WE GET OLDER. THIS COULD RING BELLS FOR SOME PEOPLE AND REMIND YOU OF THE NIEVITY WHICH WE HAVE LOST.

A GREAT MOVIE AND ANOTHER GREAT DVD TRANSFER BY THE ARTSMAGIC CREW.


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