DVD: Hiro Arai

DVD: Hiro Arai

DVD:

Hiro Arai

Masatoshi Nagase, Yui Natsukawa

Kino International, 2005

The Final Film In The Maiku Hama Trilogy!
Having just recently purchased the second and final films of the Maiku Hama trilogy; I would have to write that this one is the best and probably darkest of all the films. In fact, this episode is more of a horror-like thriller reminiscent of a Takashi Miike film. "The ...

Maiku Hama Private Eye Trilogy (The Most Terrible Time in My Life/The Stairway to the Distant Past/The Trap)
Masatoshi Nagase, Yui Natsukawa

Kino Video, 2005

Empire of the Sun

Hiro Arai, Christian Bale

Warner Home Video, 2001

An outstanding achievement
As someone who dislikes Spielberg movies for their triteness and reliance on mind-numbing plots, I forewent seeing Empire of the Sun for years because I assumed it would be another "Schindler's List" or worse. In fact, Empire of the Sun is the only Spielberg movie I ...

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano

Kino Video, 2004

What a Gem!!
Stumbled on this, and it was my favorite genre, Japanese Noir with a sense of humor. P.I. drives an American Metro from the 60's, and he's got a kid sister, and there's hard-boiled B-girls; its got everything, including kinda obscure referegddgnces (its' an old trick, ...