In chanbara, Japanese sword-fighting movies, actor Seizo Fukumoto is a master of the art of dying. Anthony Kuhn interviews him about his life dying on screen. “In a trademark move, Fukumoto is dealt a fatal blow, then bends over backward, seemingly suspended in midair for a moment of […]
I always have trouble writing about comics that I think are good, just excellent and existing in their own seamless perfection, which means that here at the Gutter I don’t always write about the comics that I love most. I want to do credit to them and save […]
Read the Gutter Guest Star (and good friend) Robert Mitchell’s interview with Gareth Evans, director of The Raid (aka, The Raid: Redemption) along with all kinds of coverage of The Raid”s premiere at Midnight Madness, including video of the Q & A and introduction of the film.
Dare you explore the illustrated history of Enter the Ninja‘s Sho Kosugi? “In the 80′s, Sho Kosugi posed for over 73 billion photos in full night gear, laden with weapons, in magazines like Black Belt, Ninja, even Karate Illustrated and Inside Kung Fu. Yet when it comes to movie […]
Very cool time lapse video of Kagan McLeod drawing the blind Shaolin priest from Master of Flying Guillotine–with footage from that film. (via Top Shelf Comix and SPX)
Here’s an Indonesian trailer for The Raid, not that it matters because the titles are in English and asskickery is an universal language. (The Raid played at–and won the People’s Choice Award–at TIFF’s 2011 Midnight Madness Programme, see more trailers from that programme here and here).
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