Director Shusuke Kaneko single-handedly revitalized the Japanese film staple of kaiju eiga, that is giant monster movies, with his trilogy of films from the 1990s featuring the exploits of the giant flying turtle Gamera, who defends the earth from all sorts of destructive creatures. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He read a ton of Andre Norton novels as a child (mostly due to the Jeff Jones cover art), and is still hopelessly devoted to kaiju eiga and tokusatsu silliness. ❋ Unknown (2009)
During the golden age of yakuza cinema, which originally was known as ninkyo eiga , or chivalry film, the central character was a man of honor who adhered to a strict moral code, despite being engaged in criminal activity. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)
Does that jibe with your view of the kaiju eiga as they arose in the 1950s, or is that simply a function of the characters and their worldview? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Mr. Wakamatsu, notorious for his radically politicized use of the Japanese pinku eiga—the erotic "pink film" genre that flourished in the 1960s—works in more stately fashion here. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)
As for the kaiju eiga stuff, well, as you might imagine, Shambling provided me with a great excuse to shut off my mind, lay in some beer, and watch a dozen or so Godzilla movies. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Each issue features a mix of information about manga, anime, eiga, and all sorts of groovy stuff from Japan. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Three different worlds come together in Shambling Towards Hiroshima: the military situation following V-E Day, the culture of 1940's B-movies, and the universe of kaiju eiga -- Japanese monster films. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In short, it's a transvestite answer to "Orestes," made under the anything-goes guise of a pinku eiga ❋ Unknown (2010)
Highlights include Toshiaki Toyoda's dysfunctional family meltdown "The Hanging Garden" and Yuki Tanada's "Electric Button (Moon and Cherry)," a 2004 breakthrough for the director that flips the script on the traditional "pinku eiga" -- Japanese for skin flick -- by reimagining the dynamic from a woman's perspective. ❋ Unknown (2010)
RODAN/WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (Classic Media): The presentations are uneven (the English dub of RODAN looks pretty shopworn and the original Japanese version of GARGANTUAS is too dark), but either one of these kaiju eiga classics would have been worth buying on its own, so this double feature (well, quadruple feature, as you get both versions) release is irresistible. ❋ Unknown (2008)
RODAN/WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS Classic Media: I never would have packaged these two daikaiju eiga together but I'm glad somebody did... and who better than Toho? ❋ Unknown (2008)
As a channeling of pinku eiga material, it frequently verges into the lurid or the outright ridiculous another risk of art at the edge but its vivid imagery is constantly enthralling. ❋ Ed Howard (2007)
Yasuzo Masumura's Blind Beast is a staggering example of Japanese pinku eiga cinema, a "pink film," part of the wave of sexploitation movies that swept over Japanese theaters in the late 60s. ❋ Ed Howard (2007)
Compared to Pinky Violence, this is the exact opposite, a pur piece of ninkyo eiga. ❋ Unknown (2007)
