KFCC Music movie review listing page 1

(116 min)

1982 - Action, Music, Cyberpunk - Japan

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. Riot police and the factory owner's yakuza friends soon move in to break it up. However, the arrival of mysterious, metal-clad bikers and a revolt among the disgruntled construction crew makes for a situation that spirals dangerously out of control… This description, taken from the DVD sleeve provides far more linearity, logic and plot than can be found in the actual film. BURST CITY is preoccupied more with conveying the energy than with telling a story, so… be warned: this city is bursting with power, but is certainly not plot-driven!

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Director : Sogo Ishii

Cast : Takanori Jinnai, Michirou Endo, Machizo Machida, Shigeru Izumiya

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Color of Life, The

(88 min)

2002 - Comedy, Music - Japan

A Best-Of compilation of various, visually artistic music clips, poking fun at different facets of daily life. From Vermilion Pleasure Night, the late-night Japanese TV show very popular among young adults, The Color of Life is an unexpected surprise with visually alienated oddities and grotesquely humorous Japanese short films

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Director : Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Cast : Ann, Hanako Katagiri, Aya Kawahara, Ivo Virgilio

Iden & Tity

(118 min)

2003 - Drama, Music - Japan

In order for Speedway to reach the top of the Japanese rock world, they have to learn what rock and roll is really about and resolve their creative differences.

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Director : Tomorowo Tagushi

Cast : Shido Nakamura, Nao Omori, Kazunobu Mineta, Kumiko Aso, Kinya Kotani, Magy

Looking For Bruce Lee

(74 min)

2002 - Comedy, Music - South Korea

The four real-life members of the punk band, Crying Nut perform at Drug, a popular club near Hong-Ik University in Seoul, the most popular area for underground music in the country. While the band members, Kyung-rok, Sang-myun, Sang-hyuk and Yun-sik live about their lives, a series of bodies are found dead near their part of Seoul. A long-haired exhibitionist who went about revealing himself to high school girls and a girl who had been to one of their concerts, are found dead. Strangely, a picture, object or symbol representing Bruce Lee is left behind at the crime scenes. For this reason, the murders are named the "Bruce Lee Virus". Kyung-rok, the bassist for the Crying Nut, decides to become a detective to solve this mystery. On his quest to solve this case, Kyung-rok runs into many strange and bizarre characters that lead him on a crazy adventure...... In other words, the crew of Crying Nut involve themselves in a slew of silly hijinx that go nowhere.

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Director : Kang Ron

Cast : Han Gyung-Rok, Park Yun-Sik, Lee Sang-Myeon, Lee Sang-Hyek

Princess Raccoon

(111 min)

2005 - Music, Drama - Japan

Tanuki (raccoon dogs) are wild animals that have been part of Japanese myth since ancient times. The mythical tanuki is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise and shape shifting, but somewhat gullible and absent-minded. Seijun Suzuki uses the Japanese myth of the tanuki to tell a fairytale of PRINCESS RACCOON (Operetta Tanuki Goten), about a tanuki (Zhang Ziyi) that has transformed itself into human form. As a beautiful human, Zhang falls in love with Amechiyo (Jo Odagiri), the son of the local lord, who has been banished for being fairer than the father (shades of SNOW WHITE). Amechiyo and Tanuki-hime are pulled from all sides and told to end their love affair, citing the danger of forbidden love between human and tanuki. But love is a hard thing to give up.

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Director : Seijun Suzuki

Cast : Ziyi Zhang, Jô Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mikijiro Hira, Taro Yamamoto, Gentaro Takahashi

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The Happiness Of The Katakuris

(113 min)

2001 - Comedy, Music, Experimental - Japan

After being laid off from his job, a father gathers his family from obscurity to a small, quaint guesthouse by an active mountain in order to operate it as a tourist lodging. While some members of the family have obvious relation problems, the father attempts to see it through as the guests who begin staying at their bed and breakfast resort start dropping dead in ridiculous ways. In order to stay rational in all this insanity, they “sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching” in this musical epic landmark by anarchist director, Takashi Miike.

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Director : Takashi Miike

Cast : Kiyoshiro Imawano, Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Matsuzaka, Teturo Tamba, Kenji Sawada, Shinji Takeda

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Toei TV Tokusatsu Shudaika Daizenshu

(82 min)

1959-1974 - Tokusatsu, Music - Japan

The meat on this disc is a gang of classic Toei TV show openings and closings spanning 15 years of live action entertainment. The first in a series, this DVD is loaded from beginning to end with memorable theme songs, and overflowing with superheroes.

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Wild Zero

(107 min)

1999 - Horror, Action, Music - Japan

Ace a rockabilly in Japan goes to see Guitar Wolf and his band play in this small out of the way club. During the night there is an argument between the club owner and Guitar Wolf, Ace runs in and helps out Guitar Wolf. In exchange Ace receives a whistle that Guitar Wolf says to blow if he is in danger. The following day Ace is on his way to see another rock and roll show. Ace stops at a gas station and without knowing he stops an attempted robbery and saves the life of a girl named Tobio. Ace fills up on gas and rides of to go see the show, on his way he find a car stopped in on the road. He goes closer and find zombies, he goes back to try to save Tobio and soon finds out there are zombies everywhere.

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Director : Tetsuro Takeuchi

Cast : Guitar Wolf, Drum Wolf, Bass Wolf, Masashi Endô, Makoto Inamiya, Masao Sato

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