Tom Mes
@midnightmes
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Writes and talks about Japanese movies a lot. New book JAPANESE FILM AND THE CHALLENGE OF VIDEO out now.
Joined November 2013
More 1970s Japanese goodness coming from @FilmsRadiance
UK/US: Based on the real exploits of seven-time prison escapee, THE RAPACIOUS JAILBREAKER is a raw work of 70s Japanese cinema starring Hiroki Matsukata (Hokuriku Proxy War) This thrilling release comes with audio commentary by @YakuzaonFilm and a visual essay by @midnightmes
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Arrow's Toei V-cinema box set is here! Been working on this for much of the past months, producing all the interviews and making my visual essay. I originally recommended these nine titles and am very glad Arrow picked them all up. Good times ahead!
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@formosanbear77 @FilmsRadiance Il vient accompagné d'un commentaire audio de Will Carroll, auteur d'une monographie sur Suzuki
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RT @FilmsRadiance: Our January releases are out now! Including a underseen gem of Italian cinema, a subversive political-thriller and an ea…
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RT @mrjeffu: A list of 45 companies that have pulled their ads from Fuji TV due to the network's alleged involvement in a sex abuse scandal…
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RT @thirdwindow: Londoners: put this in your calendars!!! We’ve got a special screening of TOKYO POP with an in-person Q&A by director FRAN…
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The trailer for Toshiaki Toyoda's new film promises all manner of goodness
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Much overlooked and unjustly maligned, Seijun Suzuki's 1977 comeback film finally gets its due in a gorgeous new transfer. Contributions from Samm Deighan and Jasper Sharp, plus new interview with editor Kunihiko Ukai
UK/US: Another year, another Seijun Suzuki Blu-ray world premiere. Wildly anarchic, A TALE OF SORROW SADNESS follows promising golfer-turned-model Reiko's rise to household fame is undermined by the editor of a sports magazine. Features brand new artwork by @SamsMyth
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This V-Cinema adaptation is a great example of just-before-they-were-famous casting, with a lead role for Issey Ogata, the later star of Tony Takitani and Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun (also seen as the shogunate inquisitor in Martin Scorsese's Silence).
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If you've been enjoying my posts about V-Cinema, have I got a book for you! Out now from Routledge:
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This strategy meant that certain V-Cinema films now existed as 35mm prints, which meant foreign festivals could screen them. This is how we got to know Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Miike and a host of others
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Rather surprised this wasn't on Blu-ray already. I mean, it's only a Palme d'or winner... In any case, it's coming from Radiance with yours truly producing
UK/US: It’s a Blu-ray world premiere for THE EEL, which won master filmmaker Shohei Imamura (Vengeance is Mine) his second Palme d'Or. A transfixing drama starring Koji Yakusho (Perfect Days), this release features new interviews and booklet with art by @timetomorrow
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@TimesSqKungFu Yes, which was Toei's answer to Nikkatsu's discovery of this niche. This was their first release from 1991, starring a very young Hiroshi Abe (Thermae Romae, Still Walking et al)
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And yes, Nikkatsu's answer to Toei's V-Cinema imprint was to start a label called V-Feature. Other imitators included V-Movie (by Japan Home Video), V-Picture (by VIP) and SHV Cinema (by Shochiku).
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