Focus: V-cinema

Overview of films

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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.
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  XX Beautiful Weapon

  • Focus: V-cinema

  Komizu Kazuo | 93' | Japan | No premiere

  Combining sex and action, this first entry in a series set a new template for V-Cinema.