J-Meme Beautiful Wrestler – Down For The Count (1984) Even in their waning days Japanese production company Nikkatsu routinely produced surprisingly sleek softcore films about everything from pearl & oyster divers to professional female wrestling February 12, 2024
J-Meme Zero Woman – Red Handcuffs (1974) One of the most hardcore films of the entire Japanese pinky violence movement delivers big – Nihilistic cult perfection with actress turned nursery school teacher Miki Sugimoto February 12, 2024
J-Meme God’s Left Hand, Devil’s Right Hand (2006) “A boy has telepathic powers that enable him to see other people’s future evil-doings. A broken cell phone helps the sister talk to the boy that’s in a coma. Oh, and there’s a serial killer. Based on a manga by Kazuo Umezu.” February 11, 2024
J-Meme New Female Prisoner Scorpion : Special Cellblock X (1976) I’ve always loved the injection of psychedelia into Japanese films of the 1970’s – A great time for cult cinema February 9, 2024
J-Meme Hell aka The Inferno (1979) Something about the Japanese Hell films is unsettling & frightening in a way conventional horror can’t accomplish – Imagine if Estus Pirkle had access to these guys for The Burning Hell? February 7, 2024
J-Meme Hell aka The Inferno (1979) Clip – Japanese depictions of hell are among the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen in a film – “Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother’s grief from beyond the grave.” February 5, 2024
J-Meme [NSFW]Nuns That Bite (1977) There is NOTHING as bizarre as late 1970’s Japanese cinema – A generation of film makers raised on Teruo Ishii took what he started in the 1960’s and ran with it [NSFW] February 4, 2024
