Tag Archives: Disaster

Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Warning from Space (1956)

Posted on February 16, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Warning from Space (1956, dir. Koji Shima) Subgenre: Disaster/Space Opera Available from: Public domain (dub-only, fansubs are available) If The Mysterians is the Japanese answer to War of the Worlds, Warning from Space is its answer to When Worlds … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: The Drifting Classroom (1987)

Posted on February 13, 2014 by kevnder

Today’s selection: The Drifting Classroom (1987, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi) Subgenre: Disaster Available from: fansub-only The English edition of Kazuo Umezz’s manga The Drifting Classroom has parental advisory stickers on the front, which strikes me as funny given that it ran … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Tokyo – The Last Megalopolis (1987)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Tokyo – The Last Megalopolis (1987, dir. Akio Jissoji) Subgenre: Historical Fantasy Available from: ADV Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis is a great film: It has very high production values, some stellar performances, excellent recreations of the time period … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Goke, The Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

Posted on October 20, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell (1968, dir. Hajime Sato) Subgenre: Kaijin Available from: Criterion To start, let’s just clarify that nobody in this movie is from Hell, and the body-snatching is more of the “Invasion of-” than … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)

Posted on September 22, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987, dir. Hiroaki Yoshida) Subgenre: Animation Hybrid Available from: Sony (VHS) Reposting an old review: Twilight of the Cockroaches is one of those forgotten Japanese classics that used to come on American TV with … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: The World Sinks Except Japan (2006)

Posted on July 27, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: The World Sinks Except Japan (2006, dir. Minoru Kawasaki) Subgenre: Disaster Available from: Synapse I’ve never been a big fan of Minoru Kawasaki; most of his movies feel like a joke that’s gone on too long. Today’s selection … Continue reading →

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Today’s Random Tokusatsu: Dragonhead (2003)

Posted on June 29, 2013 by kevnder

Today’s selection: Dragonhead (2003, dir. George Iida) Subgenre: Disaster Available from: Media Blasters Dragonhead is based on Minetaro Yoshizuki’s manga (released in English from Tokyopop) about the immediate following of an apocalyptic disaster, following the depressing plight of some surviving … Continue reading →

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