Zigra (ジグラ Jigura)
Zigra lacks the flat out weirdness of Guiron, the brutish panache of Gyaos, and the creepiness of Jiger, but he is still a fun foe. Zigra's convoluted scheme involves kidnapping a sexy spacewoman from the moon, interrupting radio programs with verbal threats, and crowning himself King of the Sea.
Ridiculous death scene from Kazuo Umezu’s Death Make
Death Make is atrocious. It's awful. It's worse than atrocious and awful. It's a disaster in every aspect of its production. In a way, perhaps it is a success, because of its horribleness it has stuck in my mind more than any other entries in the Horror Theater series.
All out Female Prisoner assault on male guards
Towards the end of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, the prisoners take over their cell block and hold male prison guards hostage. In an utterly mad moment of role reversal, they strip down and vent their pent-up sexual frustrations on the terrified guards.
Black Snow (1965)
With Daydream, Tetsuji Takechi made the first mainstream pinku eiga, but with Black Snow, he really ruffled feathers. Yet for all its importance, Black Snow is largely forgotten.
Rape! (1976)
For a film with a title made up of "rape" and an exclamation mark, Rape! is surprisingly well made and not nearly as exploitative as you'd expect.
Super Erotic Businessman (2002)
The title, Super Erotic Businessman, is fucking incredible, the movie itself is decidedly not. I really don't know who could possibly squeeze any sort of sexual gratification out of this.
Topless demon shower scene!
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion is wild and features some incredible scenes captured in an incredibly theatrical style. Here is an example and one of the greatest showers scenes in cinema history...
The Human-Faced Dog (1990)
This video is the definition of nothing. It's a worthless waste of a good puppet and certainly a worthless waste of tape.
American Werewolf in London – Japanese poster
A poster I have in my collection that no one else seems to like is this ridiculous Japanese poster for American Werewolf in London. I suppose it is a little intense...
Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (1991)
Kazuo ‘Gaira’ Komizu a one of the first of the wave of Japanese directors to make graphic and shocking cinema in a sterile mainstream sea of mediocrity. Getting his nickname Gaira from a character in a kaijū movie he is a figurative monster in the film industry with experience spanning over 35 years. He is...
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011)
Noboru Iguchi is a prominent cult SPLATTER director from Japan. He has directed many great gorefest shenanigans including; The Machine Girl (2008), Mutant Girls Squad (2010), Robo Geisha (2009), The Ancient Doogoo Girl (201) and the nostalgic Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011). Before doing “legitimate” movies, Iguchi started his caREAR as a AV (Adult Video) director. During...
Pinku triple bill at Ueno’s Okura Theater
When I interviewed Jasper Sharp, author of Behind the Pink Curtain, last year, I mentioned that I was visiting Tokyo soon and whether there were any pinku theatres still in operation that I could visit. Sharp mentioned Ueno’s Okura Theater; an OP Eiga owned theatre recently reopened and refurbished with a steady stream of clientele....
