![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stars included Meiko Kaji, who shot to fame in hits like Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter, playing the kick-ass boss of a girl gang, and later went on to become Quentin Tarantino's muse in the Lady Snowblood films - one of the most notable influences on the acclaimed Kill Bill epics. In the late 1960s Nikkatsu Action spawned a sub-genre, Nikkatsu New Action, that reflected the era's go-go excess in films about renegade hoods, bikers with attitude and vixens in mini-skirts. The studio's trademark genre was Nikkatsu Action - films set in a cinematic world neither foreign nor Japanese, but a mix of the two, where Japanese tough guys had the swagger and moves of Hollywood movie heroes. Seijun Suzuki did his best work for Nikkatsu - including classics such as Tokyo Drifter and Tattooed Life - and Japan's most popular movie star, Yujiro Ishihara, made his biggest hits there. Nikkatsu Action - the film genre that brought the West to the East - and taught a whole generation the Japanese meaning of cool!įrom 1954 until 1971, Japan's Nikkatsu studio was more than just another movie factory - it was the creative home to directors, stars and a genre Nikkatsu Action, that shaped the styles, attitudes and dreams of millions of young Japanese. No Borders No Limits is Volume 2 of the Cinema Classics Collection from FAB Press. ![]()
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