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10/07/2021

New video out, this week I was a bit late, but I made it before Sunday at least, woohoo!

This video is the first video in an 8 part series I have planned for the channel, a segment I am calling Asian Movie Roulette.

I have picked movies from several differnet Asian countries, this time 8 and at the start of every episode I spin a wheel to see which of the films is going to be presented in that episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdqBNohIbwQ

Greetings and welcome to the first episode of Asian Movie Roulette.In this series I've chosen a couple of Asian movies, both East Asian and South East Asian ...

04/07/2021

New review out. A bit of a shorter one than I would usually do, but I just wanted to leave a short comment on this film.

https://kantoku.org/2021/07/04/sugar-street-studio-2021%F0%9F%87%AD%F0%9F%87%B0/

30/06/2021

New video out. This week I talk about the movie Gozu (2003) directed by Takashi Miike. A wonderfully weird and funny film that I really enjoyed watching. Hope you'll enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Pv69ECSZ4

In this week's video I am trying out a commentary style video. I recorded my voice at three separate occasions, once when I was in a fairly normal mental sta...

23/06/2021

New video out, this time about Thailand's most infamous ghost story. The story of Mae Nak Phra Khanong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqgelGoWFgA

In today's video we're taking a dive into the story of Mae Nak Phra Khanong. A story in Thai folklore that has been told for centuries and adapted in countle...

17/06/2021

New YouTube video out. Going over the story of Sada Abe. Messed up a bit with the recording, hopefully next week will be better!

https://youtu.be/qUV2a2sWOFQ

In this video we take a look into the life of one of Japan's most infamous women, Sada Abe. Several stories have been written and turned into film, based on ...

09/06/2021

Hiyo!

New YouTube video out. Hope you'll find it interesting!

With the help of the movie Village of Doom from 1983, I talk about the Tsuyama Massacre, which the movie is based off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKIVW4HeBo0

In this video we are taking a look at the Tsuyama massacre. One of the biggest massacres in the entire world, taking place in a tiny village in rural Japan. ...

31/05/2021

Might not be able to get anything out for this week. My screen time has been significangly lower than usual lately because the weather is getting better. Gonna start working soon and after that I'm moving so I think this summer might be really slow for me creatively.

26/05/2021

For this week's post, I've worked on a fanart for Meiko Kaji's, Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion series. One of my absolute favorite film series out there. Highly recommended!

18/05/2021

Ended up making a YouTube video for this week's upload. It doesn't only cover East Asian cinema, but, for a big portion it does.
https://kantoku.org/2021/05/18/5-world-war-2-films-showing-a-different-side-of-the-second-world-war/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA15TAj3LJI

Wrote this article originally in Swedish, because I thought I had a shot at getting published on Sweden’s biggest film blog. Obviously, that wasn’t going to happen. So, I ended up makin…

11/05/2021

Thanks a lot for 10 likes everyone! It's a small milestone, nonetheless I'm extremely grateful. Here comes a new review. The past weekend I watched An Elephant Sitting still. A beautiful piece of art.
https://kantoku.org/2021/05/11/an-elephant-sitting-still-2018/

An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)🇨🇳 directed by: Hu Bo An Elephant Sitting Still is a 3 hours and 50 minutes contemporary dystopian drama film, taking place in a Chinese city. The city is run down, …

07/05/2021

Such a delightful watch this was! Absolutely stunning movie with a beautiful plot.

https://kantoku.org/2021/05/07/im-a-cyborg-but-thats-okay-2006/

04/05/2021

New Review out for the movie Tokyo Psycho (2004)

Tokyo Psycho is a 2004, low-budget horror film that tries really hard to be something good. But every attempt seems to fail miserably. Even at the short runtime of slightly above an hour, it ends up feeling like a compilation of horror tropes that just do not do anything for you as a viewer. A sad destiny for a horror film.

https://kantoku.org/2021/05/04/tokyo-psycho-2004/

27/04/2021

Emotion (1966)
directed by: Nobuhiko Ōbayashi

Fully formatted review with screencaps available at: https://kantoku.org/2021/04/27/emotion-1966/

Emotion is a 1966 short film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. A director who, I, recently, has taken an incredible liking to and admire with great respect. His visual style is everything I could have ever wished for and more and there is not a single second where I am not taken aback by the incredible amount of creativity in his filmmaking.

Emotion (1966)🇯🇵 directed by:  Nobuhiko Ōbayashi Emotion is a 1966 short film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. A director who, I, recently, has taken an incredible liking to and admire with grea…

25/04/2021

Got to appear as a guest writer for The Yurei which I am really humbled by. Here's a link to the review of Uzumaki (2000).
https://www.facebook.com/theyurei/posts/1098481097341897

25/04/2021

My latest review of a Chinese classic. Raise The Red Lantern released in 1991.
https://kantoku.org/2021/04/24/raise-the-red-lantern-1991/

25/04/2021