If I recall correctly The Sword of the Beast, Kill! and Three Outlaw Samurai were done by the same director? Uncertain re Kill! TOS being his debut film. Quite good that one as well. I have it on my re-watch list as well. Forgot to mention the excellent Samurai Spy. That's a knocker. So is the aforementioned director's Goyokin. This time a full color operation, were as the previous being in sombre black and white. I especially have a hang up on the light gradations in Sword of the beast. Dense mid-tones and shadows. Love that.
Taboo - Yea, that's the one B.W. Visually a proper en-devour I'd say. Articulated cinematography. The dog in The green room is thumbs up. I enjoyed the tension it managed to convey. Didn't tick in on the face painting, to be honest at the moment I cannot even remember it. It is not a perfect film, but that's a scarce find anyways. All in all, I'd recommend it.
Good news by the way.... Third Window Films have managed to find a new distributor for it's catalogue after the previous closed shop. Lot's of goodies coming throughout the winter and spring. Looking forward to Sion Sono's Antiporno, Love and other cults and forthcoming SABU film DANGAN RUNNER! Any fans of his flick MONDAY here?
