The mean streets of Tokyo and neon-lit harbors became the backdrops for these movies. What makes Japanese noir movies stand ...

Sometimes, the search for the biggest scare possible may take you overseas and into an exploration of Japanese ... print and online publications), and a brief stint of reviewing movies for fun.

It is called "fasuto eiga" (fast movie) in Japanese. Online videos of feature-length movies, edited down to about 10 minutes in running time with subtitles summarizing the plot, began to catch on ...