This article was originally published at Eiga-Bouei, a short-lived Japanese cinema project of mine that has long-since bit the dust. It is republished here, with minimal alterations, to coincide with…

After the unexpected death of her father in an automobile accident, care-free Misako (Junko KANŌ) is appointed the unlikely president of the family’s prominent shipping company. Despite her inexperience Misako…

For the thirtieth time in nearly seven decades* Toho’s greatest contract player has risen from the murky depths of the western Pacific to haunt not only the domestic Japanese market,…

A murdered medical student returns from beyond the grave to stop a serial killer from murdering again during a psychology experiment held by two current medical students on the grounds…

I suppose this would qualify as one of the lesser works to emerge from Bruno Mattei’s first Philippines period, which would peak the following year with the nigh-pornographic bicep-rippling gunplay…