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FIVE-A-DAY COUNTDOWN: Musashi, Red Blade, Crazy Musashi, Love’s Twisting Path, and Samurai Marathon 1855

Looks like we’re going Japanese as of Thursday as we wrap up week three of four in counting down through 100 movie titles to keep an eye on in 2019. It’s been a pace of five-a-day (hence the title, and so here are five more! Musashi: Bushidou director Mikami Yasuo’s return to the helm will now see Hosoda Yoshihiko leading the upcoming period pic about the legendary swordsman and his fated duel with rivaling Sasaki Kojiro, to be played by Matsudaira Ken. August saw the film’s latest teaser poster which you can view below. Red Blade: 2018 was a banner year for Sakaguchi Tak who made the rounds in Austin, Texas in time for the Iron Dragon TV Action Fest. The Re:Born star’s legendary career has seen something of a rebirth in its own right after recent troubles led to talk of retirement and as such, his return to the […]

RED BLADE: Ishihara Takahiro Stimulates With Kunoichi Action And Sakaguchi Tak In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

While portions of the world resistant to torrenting still wait to see Sakaguchi Tak‘s Re:Born and the long-awaited Crazy Musashi, the clear and present fact remains that Sakaguchi’s retirement is all but nil. His latest appearance in a few facets for director Ishihara Takahiro’s new ninja action thriller, Red Blade, is proof of that which sees both actor and director reuniting since Ishihara’s 2013 film, Snake Of Violence. Enter gravure idol, actress Ogura Yuka for her own debut feature role, birthed originally by celebrated auteur Sono Sion. From what I’ve gathered, this one centers on Ogura in the role of Mako, a school girl whose parents were once taken away by Yakuza. A victim of bullying by her peers, her escape into ninja-centric graphic novels manifests into reality as she finds herself in the throes of a ninja clan where she’s recruited to eventually face off with the villainous Harada, […]