Focus: V-cinema

Overview of films

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  Betrayal Tomorrow

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Eiichi Kudo | 97' | Japan | No premiere

  A bad lieutenant on the mean streets of Yokohama, by Toei B-movie veteran Kudo Eiichi.
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  Crime Hunter 2: Bullets of Betrayal

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Okawa Toshimichi | 69' | Japan | No premiere

  More action in this sequel to the originator of V-Cinema, featuring the other actor son of Kirk Douglas.
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  Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Okawa Toshimichi | 76' | Japan | No premiere

  Joe’s final mission is to rescue his ex-lover from the clutches of an evil crime lord.
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  Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Okawa Toshimichi | 60' | Japan | No premiere

  It’s action all the way in the film that launched the V-Cinema phenomenon.
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  Female Teacher: Forbidden Sex

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Nakata Hideo | 84' | Japan | No premiere

  Ring director Nakata Hideo’s directorial debut is a steamy tale of love in school corridors.
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  Fudoh: The New Generation

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Miike Takashi | 98' | Japan | No premiere

  Underage assassins take on the yakuza in Miike Takashi’s gleeful celebration of excess.

• The King of Minami

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Haginiwa Sadaaki | 83' | Japan | No premiere

  This tale of a loan shark helping small business owners became the quintessential V-Cinema series.
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  Psychic Vision: Jaganrei

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Ishii Teruyoshi | 49' | Japan | No premiere

  This found-footage investigation into a haunted pop song is the earliest example of the J-horror genre.
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  Scary True Stories: Second Night

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Tsuruta Norio | 50' | Japan | No premiere

  This omnibus of ghost stories was hugely influential on the formation of J-horror.

• Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! VI: The Hero

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Kurosawa Kiyoshi | 83' | Japan | No premiere

  A yakuza comedy with a sting in its tail, from one of Japanese cinema’s contemporary masters.

• Tuff: Part 1

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Masato Harada | 84' | Japan | No premiere

  A violent, surreal gangland tale of a hitman’s rise, from the director of Kamikaze Taxi.

• A Weapon in My Heart

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Aoyama Shinji | 92' | Japan | No premiere

  An archetypal action movie with surreal touches and cinematic references, from the director of Eureka.