俳優の女性2人に性的暴行を加えた罪に問われ、無罪を主張していた映画監督の榊英雄被告（55）に対し、東京地裁は懲役8年の判決を言い渡しました。

Japan’s direct-to-video phenomenon V-Cinema emerged in the late 1980s and left a lasting mark in contemporary film culture. The V-Cinema production model responded to the rise of video rental, by prod...

Rotterdam's 2026 Focus spotlights Japan's V-Cinema era with films by Miike Takashi, Nakata Hideo, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Aoyama Shinji.

The direct-to-video trend that emerged in the late 1980s “left a lasting mark on contemporary film culture,” organizers said. The focus program will “feature early works by now-famous auteurs, through...

Our latest Substack reprints Tom Mes' introduction to the world of Daiei Gothic and Japanese Ghost Stories

It's spring equinox and Eros + Massacre is emerging from hibernation! This first episode of 2025 is a discussion with cinema historian Tom Mes. He's an international treasure and many of you were lik

Buy V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Films.