As much as the mainstream Japanese filmmakers excel in family drama, the "underground" ones excel in exploitation. Since the end of the 60's, when the increased popularity of television had already taken a significant toll on the industry, the majority of the large-scale studios were forced to produce films that included sex, violence and S&M, to earn a profit. Thus the rise of the exploitation genre, a category that manages to shock people, even nowadays. The following list includes ten of the most distinguished ones.
10. Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
Quentin Tarantino turned the public's attention to this particular movie, when he used several of its themes and settings to shoot Kill Bill. Lady Snowblood is based upon the homonymous …show more content…
Tokyo Gore Police (Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2008)
A remake of one of Yoshihiro Nishimura's earlier works, known as Anatomia Extinction, Tokyo Gore Police is probably one of the sickest and definitely one of the foremost visually impressive films of the list.
In future Japan, a paranoid scientist named Key Man has unleashed a virus that infects truncate individuals, turning their missing parts into weapons. The police calls the individuals affected, Engineers and consider them extremely dangerous, thus the creation of a special unit, the Engineer - Hunters. Ruka, the protagonist, is a girl searching for her father, who occasionally lends a hand to the aforementioned team.
The script is unquestionably simplistic; however, it could not be additionally complex, since Nishimura's obvious purpose is to depict raw violence in all its forms. Accordingly, Tokyo Gore Police includes sadism, truncation, deformations, sick sex scenes and at the same time impressive battle scenes. Additionally, all the above are bathing in blood, as it is supposed to be with every splatter-exploitation movie.
Still, what sets this particular movie apart is its technical soundness. The design of the characters is inspired, the set design is meticulous and the special effects are impressive in one of the finest depictions of sick
10. Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973)
Quentin Tarantino turned the public's attention to this particular movie, when he used several of its themes and settings to shoot Kill Bill. Lady Snowblood is based upon the homonymous …show more content…
Tokyo Gore Police (Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2008)
A remake of one of Yoshihiro Nishimura's earlier works, known as Anatomia Extinction, Tokyo Gore Police is probably one of the sickest and definitely one of the foremost visually impressive films of the list.
In future Japan, a paranoid scientist named Key Man has unleashed a virus that infects truncate individuals, turning their missing parts into weapons. The police calls the individuals affected, Engineers and consider them extremely dangerous, thus the creation of a special unit, the Engineer - Hunters. Ruka, the protagonist, is a girl searching for her father, who occasionally lends a hand to the aforementioned team.
The script is unquestionably simplistic; however, it could not be additionally complex, since Nishimura's obvious purpose is to depict raw violence in all its forms. Accordingly, Tokyo Gore Police includes sadism, truncation, deformations, sick sex scenes and at the same time impressive battle scenes. Additionally, all the above are bathing in blood, as it is supposed to be with every splatter-exploitation movie.
Still, what sets this particular movie apart is its technical soundness. The design of the characters is inspired, the set design is meticulous and the special effects are impressive in one of the finest depictions of sick