My experience with Takaomi Ogata has had an unusual path, since I started with his third film, “Sunk Into the Womb“, then I watched his fourth, “The Hungry Lion” and now his debut, “Never Ending Blue”. What becomes clear no matter the order, though, is that his trademark is using shock to comment on various social issues, with this tendency finding one of its apogees in this film.
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Kaede is a high school student who will take her college entering exams next year. Her mother and father work as regular salary men, and, in the beginning of the film, they look like a regular family. Kaede’s discomfort though, is palpable, despite her efforts to hide it from her fellow students, and soon the story turns into one including abuse, self-injury, incest, and unwanted pregnancy, with the situation escalating as the movie progresses.
Takaomi Ogata directs, pens...
Watch This Film
Kaede is a high school student who will take her college entering exams next year. Her mother and father work as regular salary men, and, in the beginning of the film, they look like a regular family. Kaede’s discomfort though, is palpable, despite her efforts to hide it from her fellow students, and soon the story turns into one including abuse, self-injury, incest, and unwanted pregnancy, with the situation escalating as the movie progresses.
Takaomi Ogata directs, pens...
- 2/2/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Tomori Abe, Kensuke Ashihara, Satoshi Eishima, Goki, Yôta Kawase, Riri Kôda, Rima Matsuda, Masanori Mimoto, Maki Mizui, Seminosuke Murasugi | Written by Yoshihiro Nishimura, Sakichi Satô | Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Asian extreme horror is noted and adored for its absurdity and graphic content. For me, it can either be “Oh My God! This Insane Fun!” or “Really!? More of this!?”. That’s why admittedly, my experience with the genre (if it’s fair to pigeon hole these films to one genre.) is fairly limited. I feel it’s my duty as a reviewer to let you know I have never seen the original Meatball Machine from 1999, but I did watch the 2005 remake a fair few years a go (which this film is the sequel of.) and I gold my hands up that it’s a mere blur to me. From my basic research, it seems like Meatball Machine Kodoku is indeed a direct sequel,...
Asian extreme horror is noted and adored for its absurdity and graphic content. For me, it can either be “Oh My God! This Insane Fun!” or “Really!? More of this!?”. That’s why admittedly, my experience with the genre (if it’s fair to pigeon hole these films to one genre.) is fairly limited. I feel it’s my duty as a reviewer to let you know I have never seen the original Meatball Machine from 1999, but I did watch the 2005 remake a fair few years a go (which this film is the sequel of.) and I gold my hands up that it’s a mere blur to me. From my basic research, it seems like Meatball Machine Kodoku is indeed a direct sequel,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
Stars: Tomori Abe, Kensuke Ashihara, Satoshi Eishima, Goki, Yôta Kawase, Riri Kôda, Rima Matsuda, Masanori Mimoto, Maki Mizui, Seminosuke Murasugi | Written by Yoshihiro Nishimura, Sakichi Satô | Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Asian extreme horror is noted and adored for its absurdity and graphic content. For me, it can either be “Oh My God! This Insane Fun!” or “Really!? More of this!?”. That’s why admittedly, my experience with the genre (if it’s fair to pigeon hole these films to one genre.) is fairly limited. I feel it’s my duty as a reviewer to let you know I have never seen the original Meatball Machine from 1999, but I did watch the 2005 remake a fair few years a go (which this film is the sequel of.) and I gold my hands up that it’s a mere blur to me. From my basic research, it seems like Kodoku Meatball Machine is indeed a direct sequel,...
Asian extreme horror is noted and adored for its absurdity and graphic content. For me, it can either be “Oh My God! This Insane Fun!” or “Really!? More of this!?”. That’s why admittedly, my experience with the genre (if it’s fair to pigeon hole these films to one genre.) is fairly limited. I feel it’s my duty as a reviewer to let you know I have never seen the original Meatball Machine from 1999, but I did watch the 2005 remake a fair few years a go (which this film is the sequel of.) and I gold my hands up that it’s a mere blur to me. From my basic research, it seems like Kodoku Meatball Machine is indeed a direct sequel,...
- 8/28/2017
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
Have you ever seen a movie so bad, that as you were watching it, you paid less attention to what was going on and more to the fact that you’re still allowing your brain to process it? Have you ever seen a movie so bad that the longer you watch it, the more horrified and worried you become at the sheer size of the balls on the director and screenwriter? Like if they would go that far then what would they do next? I’m prepared to admit that in my exhaustive search to give you my opinions on some of the best Asian cinema out there…I have often come across the worst.
Now I too have seen the dark side. And its kung-fu is strong. One in particular that I just have to get off my chest is Tokyo Gore Police. I think a moment of horrified silence would be appropriate here.
Now I too have seen the dark side. And its kung-fu is strong. One in particular that I just have to get off my chest is Tokyo Gore Police. I think a moment of horrified silence would be appropriate here.
- 8/21/2017
- by The0racle
- AsianMoviePulse
Director Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) has worked in horror as a make-up effects technician and director for several years, now. His latest production is titled Kodoku: Meatball Machine. Set for a 2017 release in Japan, the film's first trailer is almost nothing but bloodshed. Litres of blood are used as strange monsters battle each others. Bullets fire from breasts and chainsaws eviscerate the slow. While there is no North American release date scheduled, fans of horror can take a look at Japan's take on horror, here. Kodoku: Meatball Machine is a sequel. It follows the 2005 film, Meatball Machine. Both films deal with Necroborgs. Created by alien parasites, they turn their host in a murderous man-machine. Eihi Shiina (Audition), Takumi Saitô (13 Assassins), Ami Tomit (Tag) and Maki Mizui star in this latest film. More details, including a trailer, are available below, for this shocking title. Release Date: 2017 (Theatrical, Japan). Director: Yoshihiro.
- 12/6/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
It’s lucky 13 — as in 13th annual edition — for Switzerland’s Lausanne Underground Film Festival, an epic celebration of cinematic weirdness, violence, filth and everything else that makes life worth living. The wild debauchery runs October 15-19.
The fest opens on Oct. 15 with the feature film debut by Leah Meyerhoff, I Believe in Unicorns, which tells the story of a troubled teenage girl who runs away with an aggressive older boy.
Other new films include the misanthropic comedy Buzzard by Joel Potrykus; the deep woods psychological thriller Mother Nature by Johan Liedgren; the complex Japanese drama Kept by Maki Mizui; and more.
Luff this year is really stuffed with great retrospectives beginning with a tribute to Beth B, who has been churning out controversial, thought-provoking flicks since the New York No Wave era to know. There will be screenings of her classic films, such as The Offenders and Salvation!, and her latest documentary,...
The fest opens on Oct. 15 with the feature film debut by Leah Meyerhoff, I Believe in Unicorns, which tells the story of a troubled teenage girl who runs away with an aggressive older boy.
Other new films include the misanthropic comedy Buzzard by Joel Potrykus; the deep woods psychological thriller Mother Nature by Johan Liedgren; the complex Japanese drama Kept by Maki Mizui; and more.
Luff this year is really stuffed with great retrospectives beginning with a tribute to Beth B, who has been churning out controversial, thought-provoking flicks since the New York No Wave era to know. There will be screenings of her classic films, such as The Offenders and Salvation!, and her latest documentary,...
- 10/10/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival will once again terrorize all of New England with a wide selection of international atrocities that span the globe from Japan to Belgium to the fest’s own backyard. The fest will run March 26-30 at the Brattle Theater.
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.
Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...
- 3/20/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival just announced the first wave of films to screen at the historic Brattle Theatre March 26th-30th, and they are stellar! Most notably, the long-awaited “re-collaboration,” between college friends Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, All Cheerleaders Die. The pair first made the film just out of college at USC in 2001, but after a decade plus of working on their own projects decided to remake their own film. Lucky McKee is best known for his debut film May and his most recent success The Woman, while Sivertson has made The Lost and I Know Who Killed Me. Buff has only announced their first handful of films and promise more surprises!
Here’s all of the pertinent info taken straight from their press release:
Spring must be near because the crescendo of chaos is getting louder as the 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns...
Here’s all of the pertinent info taken straight from their press release:
Spring must be near because the crescendo of chaos is getting louder as the 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns...
- 2/19/2014
- by Kristy Jett
- FEARnet
If you're a fan of Japanese splatter films, then your Thanksgiving just got a lot messier - and zanier - as what we have for you here are the first details on madman Yoshihiro Nishimura's Zombie TV, including several stills and a trailer. Put on a raincoat, and dig in!
From the Press Relesae:
Zombie TV is the splatter-ific new zom-com-omnibus from the fertile and twisted mind of acclaimed cult filmmaker and special effects makeup genius Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police, Helldriver, The ABCs of Death).
A Monty Python-esque collection of shorts, animation, sketch comedy, instructional videos, and more, Zombie TV showcases the natural evolution of zombies in the 21st century, no longer a frightening menace, but rather an annoying neighbor you realize you simply have to put up with. Zombie TV answers such natural questions as: In a world full of the undead, wouldn’t some of the...
From the Press Relesae:
Zombie TV is the splatter-ific new zom-com-omnibus from the fertile and twisted mind of acclaimed cult filmmaker and special effects makeup genius Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police, Helldriver, The ABCs of Death).
A Monty Python-esque collection of shorts, animation, sketch comedy, instructional videos, and more, Zombie TV showcases the natural evolution of zombies in the 21st century, no longer a frightening menace, but rather an annoying neighbor you realize you simply have to put up with. Zombie TV answers such natural questions as: In a world full of the undead, wouldn’t some of the...
- 11/28/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Yoshihiro Nishimura, makeup FX maestro and creator of the outrageous horror comedies Tokyo Gore Police and Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, is back with another over-the-top feature: the “zom-com” anthology Zombie TV. A collection of live-action and animated shorts, mock instructional videos and other surreal oddities, Zombie TV mimics the format of late-night TV channel surfing to show “the natural evolution of zombies in the 21st century,” depicting the undead not as dangerous monsters but as more of a day-to-day annoyance. It also offers some unique answers to long-standing questions like “How did zombies evolve from walkers into runners?” and “How do zombies have sex?” The anthology marks the first team-up between Nishimura, up-and-coming director Naoya Tashiro (Hell of the College Girls), and Manga artist/animator Maelie Makuno. Maki Mizui in "Pink Zombie" (Image © 2013 Pony Canyon) Zombie TV takes its world premiere bow today at Monsterfest in Melbourne, Australia, and...
- 11/25/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
David Bond and Manda Manuel, producers of the upcoming The Profane Exhibit, have some new info to share on the anthology film. The word we’ve received is that shooting of Yoshihiro Nishimura's segment is complete!
Nishimura has a great track record with films like Helldriver and Tokyo Gore Police, and the fact that he's reunited with Eihi Shiina (Audition, Helldriver, Tokyo Gore Police) for "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Hell Chef") makes this one segment of The Profane Exhibit we'll definitely be looking forward to.
About "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Hell Chef")
Serial killing and cannibalism meet gourmet cooking in Yoshihiro Nishimura's "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Chef of Hell"/"The Hell Chef"), a fetishistic tale of murder, suicide and madness set in contemporary Tokyo. Iconic actress Eihi Shiina stars as a mysterious, parasol-carrying woman who encounters a school uniform-wearing, wrist-cutter girl on the street, only to watch her...
Nishimura has a great track record with films like Helldriver and Tokyo Gore Police, and the fact that he's reunited with Eihi Shiina (Audition, Helldriver, Tokyo Gore Police) for "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Hell Chef") makes this one segment of The Profane Exhibit we'll definitely be looking forward to.
About "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Hell Chef")
Serial killing and cannibalism meet gourmet cooking in Yoshihiro Nishimura's "Jigoku No Chorishi" ("The Chef of Hell"/"The Hell Chef"), a fetishistic tale of murder, suicide and madness set in contemporary Tokyo. Iconic actress Eihi Shiina stars as a mysterious, parasol-carrying woman who encounters a school uniform-wearing, wrist-cutter girl on the street, only to watch her...
- 2/16/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
It is Mortal Kombat week as the new video game arrives from Warner Bros. Taking advantage of the buzz, the two theatrical films based on the game are being re-released on Blu-ray as well.
The first Mortal Kombat was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby and Bridgette Wilson while the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, was directed by John R. Leonetti and stars Robin Shou, Talisa Soto and James Remar.
If you need help with the gameplay, don't forget the Mortal Kombat Prima Official Game Guide, both paperback and hardcover editions.
Don't fret; there are a couple other less-than-notable horror titles dropping this week, too. You can decide for yourselves if Tokyo Gore Police and Hyenas are worth the space on your library shelf.
Mortal Kombat (Video Game)
By Warner Bros
The newest chapter of the iconic fighting franchise marks a triumphant return to...
The first Mortal Kombat was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby and Bridgette Wilson while the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, was directed by John R. Leonetti and stars Robin Shou, Talisa Soto and James Remar.
If you need help with the gameplay, don't forget the Mortal Kombat Prima Official Game Guide, both paperback and hardcover editions.
Don't fret; there are a couple other less-than-notable horror titles dropping this week, too. You can decide for yourselves if Tokyo Gore Police and Hyenas are worth the space on your library shelf.
Mortal Kombat (Video Game)
By Warner Bros
The newest chapter of the iconic fighting franchise marks a triumphant return to...
- 4/19/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
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