Radiance's biggest release yet, co-produced by Francesco Simeoni and myself: a big box full of peak Oshima

Another OOP Booklet Essay has been republished on our Substack, an intro to the world of Daiei Gothic by @midnightmes.bsky.social from our first boxset (ahead of the second instalment in October) open.substack.com/pub/radiance...

More DAIEI GOTHIC coming to get you this Halloween!

My latest production for @filmsradiance.bsky.social is this very fine 1960s chanbara, which among other delights has one of the jaw-droppingest finales the genre has to offer

Happy 20th anniversary @thirdwindowfilms.com ! You've done trailblazing work in expanding the horizons of Japanese film releasing. Here's to many more!

The gist of yesterday's Sion Sono press conference: "It's all lies. I'm the only victim here." Reporter: "But a judge acknowledged your sexual improprieties as fact." Sono: "That was just an afterword to the real verdict. It doesn't count."

Go get 'em all!

Lots more extras geared up for this one. These next three films are at least as much fun as the original trilogy, with Raizo continuing as a different ninja character

Off on a location shoot and saying hi to Yusaku Matsuda's iconic scooter from the Detective Story TV series, 47 years on and still in excellent condition

Whoever said 1980s Japanese cinema was dull never saw Yusaku Matsuda kill off his action hero persona by playing a nihilistic mass murderer with a thing for Chopin and Rip Van Winkle

Hard to believe I've known this man for half my life. Thanks to @arrowvideo.bsky.social for the opportunity to meet up again. Look for announcements in the near future

Just finished listening to this excellent conversation between Samm Deighan and Tom Mes on V-Cinema. I especially loved the ending, touching on the gaps that are still yet to be uncovered in Japanese cinema. Highly recommend giving this a listen.

With @arrowvideo.bsky.social's box set V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal on the horizon, I sit down with Samm Deighan to talk about, of course, Japanese straight-to-video movies! cinepunx.com/eros-massacr...

At Radiance we continue the streak of Tai Kato releases with his fabulous version of the classic Yotsuya Ghost Story

UK/US: Based on the real exploits of seven-time prison escapee, THE RAPACIOUS JAILBREAKER is a raw work of 70s Japanese cinema starring Hiroki Matsukata (Hokuriku Proxy War) This thrilling release comes with audio commentary by Nathan Stuart and a visual essay by @midnightmes.bsky.social

It was a great pleasure to appear on the podcast, not in the least because I have a long history with Mondo Macabro, going back to when it was just the title of a book and not yet the name of a company

Arrow's Toei V-cinema box set is here! Been working on this for much of the past months, producing all the interviews and making my visual essay. I originally recommended these nine titles and am very glad Arrow picked them all up. Good times ahead! www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/v-ci...