Japanese Cult director Kurando Mitsutake (Gun Woman, Karate Kill) is at it again! And this time he is working on a original characters created by non other than the legendary Manga creator Go Nagai (Devilman, Mazinger Z, Cutey Honey) with heroine’s design being reminiscent of Nagai‘s Jushin Liger Manga and Anime series.
Like his debut Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009), Mitsutake filmed Lion Girl completely in the USA with an eclectic cast. Titular Lion-Girl is portrayed by Tori Griffith and the cast is rounded out by names like Derek Mears (Swamp Thing, Friday the 13th), Shelby Lee Parks (Good Trouble), Joey Iwanaga (Enter the Fat Dragon) and one of my newer favorites David Sakurai (Fantastic Beasts 2, Iron Fist).
Some may think that the super-hero age of movies is over, but Japanese approach with crazy monsters, gratuitous violence and nudity is something else entirely.
After a premiere at Fantastic Film Festival (Australia) Lion-Girl will be released on VOD on November as well as DVD and Blu-ray so you won’t have to wait long.
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