Posts tagged Takashi Miike
Boney's Review of 2017
Boney's Review of 2017

2017 is almost done, but it hasn't been all bad, right?  In this post, I look back at the things I've loved and discovered in 2017.  I look at Books, Films and Podcasts as these are the things that have taken up most of my free time.  Hope you like it.

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ReviewsMatthew BoneGnomon, Nick Harkaway, Harkaway, 2017, Review, In Review, Books, America City, Chris Beckett, American War, Omar El Akkad, Kohinoor, Koh-i-noor, William Dalrymple, Anita Anand, The Women Who Flew For Hitler, Clare Mulley, The Earth Gazers, Christopher Potter, Takashi Miike, Blade of the Immortal, Paddington, Paddington 2, Paul King, Lady Bird, Gerta Gerwig, Battle Scars, Uncivil, You Must Remember This, Karina Longworth, History Hit, WittertainmentComment
Blade of the Immortal - LFF Review
Blade of the Immortal - LFF Review

Takashi Mikke's 100th film arrives with a flurry of blades, bloodworms and vengeance.  Blade of the Immortal is Miike’s 3rd chanbara (“sword fighting) film and is based on the long running manga by Hiroaki Samura.  Miike’s take on the source material is frenetic, fascinating and wonderful, truly befitting his century of films.

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FilmMatthew BoneBlade of the Immortal, Takashi Miike, Miike, chanbara, Manji, Takuma Kimura, Manchi, Rin, Hana Sugisaki, Anotsu, Sota Fukushi, Samurai, Sword, Swords, Sword Fighting, Immortal, Edo, Makie, Erica Toda, Lone Wolf and Cub, Harakiri, Kobayashi, Recorded Picture Company, Nobuyasu Kita, 13 Assassins, London Film Festival, LFF, LFF2017, Ichi, Ichi the KillerComment