Provides starred reviews of more than one thousand Asian cult movies, along with information on cast, credits, illustrations and release date, including films from Jackie Chan, John Woo, and Ho Menga, and discusses the roots of martial arts films. Reissue.

Asian Cult Cinema

Humor & Entertainment

Thomas Weisser

Movies

Berkley Trade

Those familiar with the author's previous forays into the world of Hong Kong Cinema and Spaghetti Westerns will know pretty much what to expect here, and it falls far short of any dictionary definition of "essential". Short, cursory capsule reviews, short on insight, style and cultural context and high on typographical and factual errors, accompanied by an arbitrary star rating from one to four. The main virtue of Weisser's self-published book is its rigorously completist approach. Even though it states that it is not the aim to include every single film from Japan ever released, with separate editions available for a more complete look at Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Sex Films, and one planned for animation ("pleae check our subsiquent books" [sic], Weisser writes in the intro for the fourth edition), this initial volume certainly covers a lot of films and does give quite a good indication as to how much is actually out there.

Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Horror, Fantasy, and Sci Fi Films

Yuko Mihara Weisser

Vital Books, Inc.

Reviews Japanese pink films, a unique genre that may be Japan's most important contribution to world cinema. Focus is on movies from major studios and distributors over the past four decades. Many of these films realistically portray S&M sex, rape, and violence, yet are accepted as escapist entert

JAPANESE CINEMA ENCYCLOPEDIA: SEX FILMS

Literature & Fiction

Vital Books

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