Category Archives: Japanese

Slime on the Walls of the Spaceship

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Robert Hood

Highly respected Japanese filmmaker, Kinji Fukasaku, who died in 2003 at the age of 73, having just directed a hugely successful sci-fi/horror satire, was responsible for several classics of Japanese, and indeed world, cinema. His films include the “The Yakuza … Continue reading →

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It’s a MM(+9)ystery!

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

This post is about a mystery contained in a mystery. Last week Undead Backbrain’s Avery Guerra stumbled upon a video posted to YouTube by tomoro55 — a Channel that concentrates on the work of Japanese director Kiyotaka Taguchi. Taguchi is … Continue reading →

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A 9 on the Monster Magnitude Scale!

Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 by Robert Hood

Great news for daikaiju fans! It has been confirmed that Japanese SFX wizard Shinji Higuchi (best known as the man behind the excellent effects for Shusuke Kaneko’s Gamera re-boot trilogy, which set the standard for daikaiju eiga imagery in the … Continue reading →

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Great Space Monster Darkmatton

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

He’s made of dark matter, he’s really big, he destroys cities with bursts of destructive energy. He’s Darkmatton, a new kaiju created by director Yohei Miyawaki for his short animated film, Great Space Monster Darkmatton. Yohei Miyawaki (pictured below) is … Continue reading →

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Update: Alien vs Ninja

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Robert Hood

Here’s the trailer for Alien vs Ninja (Japan-2010; dir. Seiji Chiba), a must-see exploitation mash-up from the newly formed Sushi Typhoon. Yuji Shimomura (Versus, Aragami, Alive, Death Trance) is handling the fight choreography. Synopsis: Once upon a time in Japan, … Continue reading →

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Trailer Trash Catch-All

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has been under strain due to an overdue novel manuscript and recalcitrant software, so I’ve fallen behind with a bunch of updates. Lacking the time to write any sort of extensive commentary, below you’ll find trailers (and some … Continue reading →

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New: Alien vs Ninja

Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

So we’ve had AVP: Alien vs Predator (not to mention Aliens vs Predator), AVH: Alien vs Hunter (hint: that’s the Asylum one), GVA: Yûrei vs. uchûjin 03 (that’s Ghost vs Alien), ZCVAT: Zombie Cop vs. the Alien Terror (no, really…), … Continue reading →

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A Rival for Gamera?

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

Well, this one  — though it features a giant turtle — seems to be the product of a completely different genre to that of the Friend of Children — a daikaiju eiga subgenre all its own. In fact it looks … Continue reading →

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The Flying Saucers Are Coming… Once Again!

Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

Flying saucers may be the latest scifi staple to get a digital revamp into a cinematic meme. Planzet — an alien invasion tale of beautifully rendered destruction — is coming from independent Japanese animator Jun Awazu, whose Wakusei daikaiju Negadon … Continue reading →

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The Killer Auction

Posted on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

In recent times Japanese horror cinema (in particular) has focused on contemporary communication technologies to explore the dark side of modern society. It started with the VHS-derived terrors of Ring (Japan-1998, dir. Hideo Nakata) and its progeny, but exceptional films … Continue reading →

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