Lights, Camera, Critic writes: One of modern Japan’s whackiest pieces of cinema, Tokyo Gore Police does everything it says on the ‘tin’. It’s set in Tokyo, it’s about the police and it has massive amounts of GORE!! As I stated in my Ichi the Killer review, Japanese cinema has recently focused on transferring styles and stories from ‘manga’ to the big screen. And Tokyo Gore Police, though not based on a manga, follows the recent trend and successfully goes beyond.
Here are some films to get you acquainted with the J-Splatter genre.
