Japanese cult filmmaker SABU is known to spice things up in his work. The kooky mix of violence, fantasticism and humor sometimes leads to unwatchably ridiculous results as with Chasuke’s Journey, his ...

The maverick director Sabu has made a hitman fable that's like Charlie Chaplin meets Takeshi Miike. The weird thing is, it works. There’s a tradition, if not a huge one, of movies that feature heroes ...