You can’t get much further from the last movie [in the last post here on elroyonline] than with the Japanese fantasy adventure film Goemon. The movie is based, extremely loosely, on the life of Goemon Ishikawa, a legendary Japanese Bandit from the 1590’s. Goemon was a Robin Hood like figure, with the most notable difference [...]
Tags: DVD, Eastern Eye, Kazuaki Kiriya, Madman, Ninjas, Ryoko Hirosue, Takao Ôsawa, Tetsurô Takita, Yôsuke Eguchi
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THIRST is one of those movies that has lurked about in the periphery of my movie radar for a little while now. One of those films that, while I wasn’t overly informed about, I knew it was something that I’d check out — and probably enjoy — sooner or later. As luck would have it [...]
Tags: Chan-wook Park, DVD, Eastern Eye, ghost, Kang-ho Song, Korean, Madman, Ok-bin Kim, Vampires
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