Genre Horror
A Page of Madness (1926)
½ — A Page of Madness (1926)
Country Japan
Japanese cinema has one of the longest traditions of horror anywhere in the world, rooted in kaidan ghost stories that stretch back centuries. Films like The Ghost of Yotsuya and The Snow Woman brought those folk terrors to the screen with a distinctly poetic menace. Browse Macca's reviews below to see how that tradition holds up.
Genre Animation
Angel's Egg (1985)
★★½ — Angel's Egg (1985)
Genre Drama
Tokyo Story (1953)
★★★ — Tokyo Story (1953)
Genre Animation
The Girl from the Other Side (2022)
★★★ — The Girl from the Other Side (2022)
Genre Drama
High and Low (1963)
★★★★★ — High and Low (1963)
Genre Animation
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)
★★½ — Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)
Genre Animation
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
★★ — Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
Genre Animation
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
★★½ — Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
Genre Horror
House of the Dead (2003)
½ — House of the Dead (2003)
Genre Action
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
★★★½ — Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Genre Action
Lady Snowblood (1973)
★★★★½ — Lady Snowblood (1973)
Genre Science Fiction
Neo Tokyo (1987)
★★★ — Neo Tokyo (1987)