Despite having directed some excellent films, as in the case of “Dog Bite Dog” and “Love Battlefield” and a masterpiece in “Limbo”, Soi Cheang's filmography is actually filled with titles of questionable quality, to say the least. “Shamo” which is based on the homonymous manga written by Izo Hashimoto and illustrated by Akio Tanaka definitely lies in the second category.
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In an expectedly failed effort to fit 34 volumes of a manga into a 105 minutes movie, the script revolves around Ryo Narushima, a young man who ended up in prison for killing his parents. While inside, he is being tortured and abused, with the permission of the notorious warden, Principal Saeki, who seems at least as sinister as the convicts. Just before he commits suicide, though, Ryo is saved by Kenji, a karate master who is in prison for killing the Japanese Prime minister,...
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In an expectedly failed effort to fit 34 volumes of a manga into a 105 minutes movie, the script revolves around Ryo Narushima, a young man who ended up in prison for killing his parents. While inside, he is being tortured and abused, with the permission of the notorious warden, Principal Saeki, who seems at least as sinister as the convicts. Just before he commits suicide, though, Ryo is saved by Kenji, a karate master who is in prison for killing the Japanese Prime minister,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
From the Scriptwriter of Akira and Director of Lucky Sky Diamond, Izô Hashimoto, Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki is coming to blu-ray in 2022 from Unearthed Films! Plot: A killer is on the loose in Japan. Young women are being horribly mutilated. Aki, a young woman who works as a film projectionist, is haunted by …
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- 2/16/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Twilight star Kristen Stewart is on the cusp of stepping out of vampire singularity and into broad-based franchise stardom. Sources state that Stewart has been tapped to play the role of Ky Reed in Akira, a live-action adaptation based off of the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo and Izo Hashimoto Anime film. The film, set to film in New York, has already garnered several major talents to the prospective character roster. Kings Speech and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows star Helena Bonham Carter has been tapped to play Lady Miyako, while Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund is set to play the lead role of Kaneda. Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is rumored to play The Colonel. Akira centers on biker named Tetsuo Shima with psychic powers. Kaneda is another biker who tries to stop Tetsuo from unleashing Akira. Die hard fans of Akira will be looking...
- 11/16/2011
- by Bags H.
- BuzzFocus.com
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