Reviews

• Reviews for Midnight Eye (selected)

Features (selected)

• Pioneers of Japanese Animation (part 1)
• Pioneers of Japanese Animation (part 2)
• Beyond Anime – A Brief Guide to Experimental Japanese Animation

Interviews for Midnight Eye (selected)

• Momoko Ando
• Tokachi Tsuchiya
• Yuki Tanada
• Ian Buruma
• Yoshihiko Matsui
• Masao Adachi
• Kunihiko Tomioka
• Jo Shishido and Toshio Masuda
• Ryuichi Hiroki
• Kihachiro Kawamoto
• Makoto Shinozaki
• Yudai Yamaguchi
• Donald Richie
• Takahisa Zeze
• Yutaka Tsuchiya and Karin Amamiya
• John Williams

Articles, Reviews and Journal Papers (print only)

• “Kihachiro Kawamoto obituary.” The Guardian 5 September 2010.
• “Women who love to shoot.” Japan Times 18 September 2009.
• “Underground Fruit.” Japan Times 18 September 2009.
• “Pink thrills: Japanese sex movies go global.” Japan Times 4 December 2008.
• “Sex, Violence and Politics – Japanese Style: A Peep into the Pornographic Underworld of the Pink Film.” Vertigo vol. 3 no.4 Winter 2007: 62-63.
• “Tachiguishi Retsuden.” 3D World, April 2007: 30-31.
• “Tales from Earthsea.” 3D World, January 2007: 42-45.
• “Tekkon Kinkreet.” 3D World, January 2007: 20-21.
• “Forgotten Roots of Japanimation: Masters of Puppets.” Film International issue 25 vol. 5 no. 1, 2007: 58-72.
• “Forgotten Roots of Japanimation: In Praise of Shadows”. Film International issue 21, vol. 4 no. 3, 2006: 30-48.
• “Advent Children.” 3D World, October 2005: 36-40.
• “Kings of the Castle: Howl’s Moving Castle.” 3D World, October 2005: 72-76.
• “Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean.” Film International Issue 16, 2005: 54-55.
• “Peep “TV” Show.” Film International Issue 16, 2005: 56-57.
• “Takashige Ichise: Man in the Shadows.” Film International Volume 3 Issue 17, September 2005: 4-5.
• “Edogawa Rampo: A Hellish Mirror.” Film International issue 19, vol. 4 no. 1, 2006: 24-34.

For Sight & Sound Magazine (selected)

• Down the Bunka: Japanese underground cinema of the 1960s. July 2011 (website only).
• Films by Yasujiro Ozu (DVD review). Volume 20 Issue 8, August 2010.
• Fish Story. Volume 20 Issue 7, July 2010.
• Departures. Volume 20 Issue 1, January 2010.
• Thirst. Volume 19 Issue 11, November 2009.
• Ip Man. Volume 19 Issue 11, November 2009.
• Richard Stanley and Koji Wakamatsu pieces for The Wild Bunch maverick directors feature. Volume 19 Issue 7, July 2009.
• Drag Me to Hell. Volume 19 Issue 7, July 2009.
• Red Cliff. Volume 19 Issue 7, July 2009.
• A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan (book review). Volume 19 Issue 6, June 2009.
• Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!. Volume 19 Issue 6, June 2009.
• My Name is Bruce. Volume 19 Issue 5, May 2009.
• Who’s Camus Anyway?. Volume 19 Issue 4, April 2009.
• Tokyo Sonata. Volume 19 Issue 2, February 2009.
• Love and Honour. Volume 19 Issue 1, January 2009.

Anthology Chapters and Catalogue Articles

• “Into Pink: The Heyday of Japanese Sex Cinema.” In Pinku Eiga: Beyond Pink, ed. Lefteris Adamidis. Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2009: 14-18.
• Various entries in Dictionnaire du cinéma asiatique. Gombeau, Adrien ed. Paris: Nouveau Monde Editions, 2008.
• “Futurescape: Tokyo’s animators present an expansive vision of the metropolis that their live-action counterparts can’t hope to match.” In Tokyo Life: Art and Design, Luna, Ian ed. New York: Rizzoli, 2008: 310-321.
• “Between Dimensions: 3D Computer Generated Animation in Anime” in Ga-Netchu: The Manga Anime Syndrome. Frankfurt: Deutsches Filmmuseum, 2008: 120-133.
• “I Am An SM Filmmaker: Ryuichi Hiroki” in 15th Raindance Film Festival catalogue, September 2007: 19-23.
• “Film As Revolution: Masao Adachi” in 15th Raindance Film Festival catalogue, September 2007: 46-47.
• “Inside Pink” in Film Out of Bounds: Essays and Interviews on Non-Mainstream Cinema Worldwide. Edwards, Matthew ed. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland, 2007: 50–60.
• “Heavenly Hell: An Introduction to Nakagawa Nobuo ” in 30th Hong Kong International Film Festival special catalogue, April 2006.
• “Poils au Japon” in Dictionnaire Mondial des Images. Gervereau, Laurent, ed. Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2006: 829-831.
• “Before Anime: Japanese Animation 1925-1946” in Los Angeles Film Festival catalogue, 2005.
• “A Page of Madness” in The Cinema of Japan and Korea (24 Frames series). Bowyer, Justin ed. London: Wallflower, 2004: 11-22.
• “Perfect Blue” in The Cinema of Japan and Korea (24 Frames series). Bowyer, Justin ed. London: Wallflower, 2004: 161-170.

DVD Liner Notes, Commentaries and Video Interviews

• Memories of Matsuko (Third Window Films, UK Blu-Ray release, 2010). Video interview with composer Gabriele Roberto.
• Nikkatsu Roman Porno Trailer Collection (Synapse Video, US DVD release, 2010). Liner essay.
• Kakera – A Piece of Our Life (Third Window Films, UK DVD release, 2010). Video interview with director Momoko Ando.
• The Watcher in the Attic (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• Assault! Jack the Ripper (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• Naked Rashomon (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• Sins of Sister Lucia (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• Female Prison: Caged! (Mondo Macabro, US DVD release, 2009). Video introduction.
• The Tragedy of Belladonna (Rapid Eye Movies, German DVD release, 2009). Liner Notes.
• Ambiguous (Rapid Eye Movies, German DVD release, 2009). Liner notes.
• The Roots of Japanese Anime: Until the End of WWII (Zakka Films, US DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Tokyo X Erotica (Rapid Eye Movies, German DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Madame 0 (Synapse Video, US DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Cruel Story of Youth (Yume Pictures, UK DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• The Sun’s Burial (Yume Pictures, UK DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Night and Fog in Japan (Yume Pictures, UK DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Pleasures of the Flesh (Yume Pictures, UK DVD release, 2008). Liner notes.
• Violence at Noon (Yume Pictures, UK DVD release, 2008). Liner notes
• The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (Palm Pictures, US DVD release, 2007). Liner notes.
• The Ballad of Narayama (Tartan Pictures, UK DVD release, 2007). Liner notes.
• Horrors of Malformed Men (Synapse Video, US DVD release, 2007). Liner notes.
• Uncle’s Paradise (Rapid Eye Movies, German DVD release, 2007). Video interview with director Shinji Imaoka.
• The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (Rapid Eye Movies, German DVD release, 2006). Liner notes.
• Vengeance is Mine (Eureka, UK release, 2005). Liner notes.
• Under the Carp Banner (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2006). Liner notes and commentary.
• Survey Map of a Paradise Lost (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2006). Liner notes and commentary.
• Love – Zero = Infinity (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2006). Liner notes and commentary.
• Rafureshia (Artsmagic, US DVD release), 2006. Liner notes and commentary.
• EM: Embalming (Artsmagic, US DVD release), 2006. Liner notes and commentary.
• An Obsession (Artsmagic, US DVD release), 2006. Liner notes and commentary.
• Wild Life (Artsmagic, US DVD release), 2006. Liner notes and commentary.
• Angel Guts box set (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2005). Liner notes, commentaries and video interviews with directors Noboru Tanaka, Takashi Ishii and Toshihiro Ikeda.
• Sabu (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2004). Video interview with Takashi Miike.
• Another Heaven (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2004). Video interview with Joji Iida.
• Battle Heater (Artsmagic, US DVD release, 2004). Video interview with Joji Iida.

Radio and Television

• Woman’s Hour (as interviewee). ‘Japanese Women in Film’ section, to coincide with the Japan Foundation’s ‘Back to the Future, Japanese Cinema since the mid 1990s’ touring season. Broadcast on Radio 4, 2 February 2011.
• Anna May Wong: A Celestial Star in Piccadilly (as interviewee). A documentary about the star’s work in Britain, hosted by Anna Chen. Broadcast on Radio 4, 13 January 2009.

Articles on Jasper Sharp

• Adamson, Richard. “The Midnight Eye Story” in Kateigaho International Edition, vol. 17, Autumn 2007: 84-87.

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