Another worthy entry into the series with requisite gory fight scenes and heightened sensuality, this time shot by the legendary Kazuo Miyagawa.
Tag / Japan
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Despite being more talky than usual, this satisfying entry features a terrific climactic action set-piece.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
The second movie brings the series down to a disappointing notch with a thinner storyline, and some questionable decisions in plotting.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
The first of the popular if bloody Japanese chanbara series is sharp and swift like its titular assassin.
Shoplifters (2018)
Not his very best, but Kore-eda has an intuitive way of working with children, and this ensemble piece illustrates with delicate ease the filmmaker’s longstanding preoccupation with relational dynamics within the family unit.
Third Murder, The (2017)
Kore-eda changes his own scenery with a genre film in this largely humanistic if didactic legal procedural about a murky murder.
After the Storm (2016)
Not one of the master’s finest, but Koreeda’s subtle touch continues to bring warmth and insight to the complexity of modern family relations.
