J-Meme The Whale God (1962) Essentially a Japanese Moby Dick – Love the massive bloodspray January 19, 2024
J-Meme Decapitation Of An Evil Woman (1977) Japanese cinema is as unrelentingly depressing as it is visually stunning – Follows the last Dokufu (poison women) executed in Japan January 18, 2024
J-Meme 100 Monsters (1968) I absolutely adore Japanese cinema of this era, especially when it focuses on Japanese folklore and it’s Yokai creatures – The mood, use of color, music & the ability to creep the shit out of you with so little January 16, 2024
J-Meme Ninja – A Band of Assassins (1962) Intro – The grandfather of all ninja cinema to follow is as visually stunning as it is outright fun January 15, 2024
J-Meme The Magic Serpent (1966) Full subtitled movie – Madcap Child Of Peach/Watari style ninja fantasy blended with kaiju – Decapitation magic! Giant fire frog monsters! Water-spraying dragons! Wuxia wizards! An obscure cinematic treat is one of Japan’s best kept film secrets January 13, 2024
J-Meme Hell aka Jigoku (1960) “One of the most visually & thematically pessimistic movies in history” – A groundbreaking film that predated even the gore films of Herschell Gordon Lewis January 11, 2024
J-Meme Gakidama – The Demon Within (1985) Full Movie – Japan’s analog boom made for tons of unique & oddball straight to video films – Slimy body horror about a voracious demon that grows inside of you before ripping out through your mouth January 11, 2024
J-Meme Getting Any? (1994) Maybe the most quintessentially Japanese thing ever – Any Takeshi Kitano fans out there? January 9, 2024
