24.01.2011.

FILM:

The Bird People in China (1998)

Director: Takashi Miike

A young Japanese salaryman is sent by his company to a remote Chinese village to evaluate precious Jade that is found there, but before he arrives meets the yakuza who was sent to tail him to protect his bosses interest in the company. When the men finally arrive their mission become sidetracked by their interest in a mysterious young village girl, her haunting English language song and the secret that makes men fly like birds

02.10.2010.

MUZIKA:

GO-ZEN
Hinamatsuri

GO-ZEN is a Goregrind band from Japan.
The name of the band is derived from the greatest Goregrind band “JIG-AI” & Japanese voice actress Shizuka Ito’s (伊藤静) nickname “GOZEN (御前)”.

FILM:
Masters of Horror - Imprint (TV episode 2006 #1.13)



Director:Takashi Miike
In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher is traveling through the country searching Komomo, the missing love of his life that he had abandoned years ago promising to come back to her later. He arrives in a shadowy island inhabited by whores and caftans, where he has an encounter with a deformed prostitute that tells that his beloved Komomo had passed away...

STRIP:
Shintaro Kago - Fetus Collection



Shintaro Kago's style has been called "fashionable paranoia". He has been published in several adult manga magazines, gaining him considerable popularity. Many of his manga have strongly satirical overtones, and deal with grotesque subjects such as extreme sex, scatology and body modification.

19.08.2010.

MUZIKA:

Masonna
Masonanie Viva Los Angeles

Yamazaki “Maso” Takushi is the birthname of Japanese noise performer Masonna. This artist, based in Osaka, Japan, operates the Coquette Records label and is also a member of the group Christine 23 Onna, along with Toda Fusao from Angel’in Heavy Syrup. He also has an analog synthesizer project called Space Machine and is the vocalist in a fuzz punk band ACID EATER.

FILM:

Ichi the Killer (2001)

Director: Takashi Miike

When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place...

02.08.2010.

FILM:

Audition (1999)

Director: Takashi Miike

Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training. On the day of the audition, she's the last person they see. Aoyama is hooked. He notes her number from her file, calls her and takes her to dinner. He hesitates to call again, worried that he'll seem too eager. When he does, Asami knowingly lets the phone ring for some time before answering. She's alone in her darkened room - alone, that is, apart from the writhing victim she has tied up in a sack on the floor...