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IN GOOD COMPANY: A Word With Maverick Tokusatsu Filmmaker, STREGA Star/Director, Bueno

As you can see, director, Bueno, is no stranger to the release of finishing a daunting task like shoestring indie filmmaking. His efforts in 2014 with Gun Caliber and his latest sequel, Strega, are no exception as they’ve both proven significantly for Bueno in his hard-earned efforts to turn a new page for the suit-action genre. The latter, in which he stars alongside AV idol and actress Mai Miori, is coming soon this year, and I even had the opportunity to review Strega, as well as share photos from the Yubari screening. Bueno talks about the screening, the movie, his goals and much more in our first ever interview, and you are more than welcome to check out a review by clicking here for further reading. Greetings Bueno and thanks for taking the time to talk to us. As often as I follow independent films I can’t begin to imagine […]

STREGA: Garage Hero’s Indie Toku Action Sequel Needs Your Help!

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Japanese Tokusatsu maverick, Bueno, has been loyal to his Garage Hero brand since launching it in 2011, and has shown his committment to bringing indie acclaim with his edgy feature debut, Gun Caliber. Fans in the U.S. and elsewhere can find the film now available on DVD, Blu-Ray, and even VHS from SRS Cinema, while it has more than a year since lending lip-service to the massea with an announcement teaser for the proposed sequel, Strega. That sequel is now in production and aiming to no less keep the bold, brash, hyperviolent and gonzo tone of its predecessor with no apologies made. What’s more? Fans now have a chance to throw their hats – and wallets – in the arena by contributing to their newly launched Indiegogo to help feed the cast and crew, as well as furbish the production accordingly, and for a project that stands to gain fruitfully […]

GUN CALIBER: SRS Cinema To Launch North American Pre-Orders This Friday!

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Niche distributor SRS Cinema proudly acquired maverick tokusatsu filmmaker Bueno’s lo-fi, gonzo action comedy adventure, Gun Caliber back in December. The company is now out to festivals with the film in addition to a few of its other titles and as of this week, they are also advancing consumers with pre-order options through their official website. As such, they’ve presented exclusive artwork to topline the release of the film in all its unmitigated, lo-fi, unsafe-for-work-glory. A release date is still pending but I couldn’t be happier to share in the excitement with the opinions of those who’ve screened the film in either its exclusive webserial or feature-length format, presenting a vision of Tokusatsu that literally nukes expectations. “Get ready to shoot evil in the dick and steal its wallet! It is the year, 20XX AD. The evil organization known as “Skulldier” is hell-bent on taking over Japan – well, right […]

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Bueno’s GUN CALIBER To Shoot Evil In The Dick Worldwide In 2017

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Five years in following his lo-fi Tokusatsu action comedy debut feature, Gun Caliber, actor, writer and filmmaker Bueno has been out and about continuing down his own creative path after launching his own indie banner, Garage Hero. He’s put out quite a few goods as well while sharing the tools over at YouTube Space Japan and has even moved onward with a sequel that nearly completely revamps the former with a slick new costume for the forthcoming Strega to release hopefully in the next year or so depending on his progress. For now though, word from indie distributor SRS Cinema is now making it official this week with their latest acquisition of Gun Caliber with plans for a limited special release in the Spring or Summer of next year. It’s also the latest feature film entry for actor and martial artist, Art School Dropouts’s own Joey Min who both serves […]

Bueno’s New Webseires Edit Of Tokusatsu Indie, GUN CALIBER, Is Still Locked And Loaded With NSFW Glory

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If there’s any inclination in your mind that maverick tokusatsu filmmaker Bueno is watering down his craft, then congratulations! You’re wrong. No, no… have no allusions here about what he’s up to with his currently developing effort, Strega, and you can read more about that by clicking here. For now, you can still check out a handful of some of his shortfilm and other YouTube space work on his Garage Hero channel where he also stakes his cult fanfare with Strega‘s predecessor, the 2014 all-out red-band suit action comedy affair, Gun Caliber. Featuring fight choreography by Joey Min, Bueno stars and directs a story telling of a dilapidated, lecherous superhero forced to clean his act up and save Tokyo from a rogue’s gallery of monsters led by the evil Skulldier. You can read my review of the film by clicking here, otherwise you might be keen on his latest edit […]

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Toku Filmmaker Bueno Sets Sights On 'Gun Caliber' Sequel, STREGA

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Support THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM On Indiegogo And Help Joey Min Defeat An Army Of Deadly LARPers!

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I’ve actually written about independent filmmaker, actor and martial artist Joey Min a few times. He’s been around nearly as long as any of the online content creators and stunt professionals I’ve enthused about in the last ten years and he’s definitely one of the most talented people I’ve seen on both ends of the camera, and having finally met him late last year certainly made for a memorable evening among friends in 2014. Alas, you can find out more about who he is through a simple Google search or a few runs on YouTube with shortfilm credits such as Fernando Jay Huerto’s Fighter’s High, Xing Yi Quan: Techniques And Applications with Keith Min, Mark Cheng’s Operation: Red Retrieval, Eric Lim’s Tokusatsu short, Secondary Education, and Bueno’s boundless OTT Tokusatsu action comedy feature, Gun Caliber to name a few. In the meantime, Min wants to hone in something very special […]

GUN CALIBER Reloads To Shoot Evil In The Dick Starting Friday!!

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Independent filmmaker Bueno is getting ready for an encore presentation for his newest Tokusatsu action comedy spectacle, Gun Caliber. Previous screenings this year have warned the film a handful of upworthy responses from many critics and fans for its gun-toting, tongue-in-cheek, unapologetic, uberviolent and hypersexualized approach to a usually kid-friendly genre. And this year, fans who love Toku and follow the film’s official Facebook page can expect a special announcement in the not-too-distant future. In 2014, get ready to shoot evil in the dick. Soma Kusanagi may be your average miserable Smartball Parlor employee in Tokyo’s Old Town, but when evil rears its ugly ass on the Japanese Metropolis, he transforms into the Gunslinging Superhero, Gun Caliber and fights against the evil organization known as “Skulldier”. A group hell-bent on taking over Japan right after they finish their lunch break. Gun Caliber will relaunch this week with a special three-day […]

GUN CALIBER Gets An Online Re-Release This August!

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Independent filmmaker and actor Bueno‘s latest feature-length, uber-violent, adult-oriented contribution to Tokusatsu lore, Gun Caliber, is still a work in progress as it is currently adding a fresh new soundtrack, among other things, for its forthcoming DVD and hopeful Blu-Ray release. However, the film still carries a substantive weight of positive feedback from critics and fans of Japanese superhero suit action following the film’s limited “bootleg” release of the film online back in April via the official YouTube channel. Well, get ready for another round! The film will be making its encore presentation of the film which will kick off the week of August 15, featuring Bueno once again as the titular gun-toting, shamelessly perverted, alcohol-addicted, anti-hero as he chews his way through evil two-guns at a time, while struggling to blend in a society where suit heroes are accosted and unappreciated. Executive produced by Paul Sullivan, the film is […]

Weekend Review: GUN CALIBER (2014)

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SYNOPSIS: In 2014, get ready to shoot evil in the dick. Soma Kusanagi may be your average miserable Smartball Parlor employee in Tokyo’s Old Town, but when evil rears its ugly ass on the Japanese Metropolis, he transforms into the Gunslinging Superhero, Gun Caliber and fights against the evil organization known as “Skulldier”. A group hell-bent on taking over Japan right after they finish their lunch break. REVIEW: Normally when watching anything Tokusatsu-related, I usually expect it to be a family-oriented type of genre as anyone would. You see popular TV shows like Kamen Rider and Power Rangers and you already know that you are not going to see anything more than kid-friendly, fun and spectacular costume entertainment. However, this is not television, and actor and independent filmmaker Bueno is here to remind you of exactly that, so by all means, feel free to remove the kids from the room. […]

Monsters Beware! Tokyo Has A New Defender In The New Trailer GAION SIGMA

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Independent filmmaker and actor Bueno is set to air a bootleg version of Garage Hero’s long-awaited NSFW tokusatsu action adventure thrill ride, Gun Caliber, exclusively on Vimeo for a limited time beginning April 18. However, the rising cult independent suit action favorite is currently ramping promotional efforts for his second feature film with co-director Motoharu Takauji and Zen Pictures for the forthcoming release of Gaion Sigma. Featuring action sequences by lead actor Masaaki Nitta, the film is described as a spin-off of Chiba TV’s tokusatsu action series, Houjin Yatsurugi, centering on its secondary hero, Kaito Shishidou, a genius engineer who transforms into the titular hero to defend Tokyo from hordes of mutants with the help of his assistant Hotaru and her hero counterpart, Elna No. 2 (Ayaka Tsuji), as the two investigate the source of the demonic activity and its possible ties to the mysterious Vega Corporation and its development […]

It's Tokusatsu For Grown Folks Only In The New Trailer For GUN CALIBER

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Take everything you know and love about Japanese superheroes, tokusatsu television shows and films, and throw it all in a blender with the works of like Noboru Iguchi and Yudai Yamaguchi. Because actor, martial arts performer and independent filmmaker, Bueno makes no apologies in putting his own spin on the genre in the bold new trailer for Gun Caliber. Upon working on a few productions over the last several years while auditioning for tokusatsu roles and failing to get them, Bueno ultimately started up of his own independent Tokyo-based film production company, Garage Hero in 2011. And with it, the inspiration bloomed to create his own character, an anti-heroic everyday tokusatsu hero in the same vein of Mystery Men (1999) and Hancock (2008). As Bueno describes in a June 2012 interview with The Broken Infinite: “Gun Caliber” shows a side of Japanese superheroes that is not aimed towards a young audience, […]