Director Sogo Ishii is best known for his radical style and rather frenetically paced films. His early involvement the burgeoning punk scene in Tokyo combined with a love of performance art is clearly visible in some of his early work such as the early biker-punk / bōsōzoku cult classics like Burst City (1982) and Crazy Thunder Road (1980) (previously reviewed in this very blog by my esteemed coleague, Ash) as well the school siege film, Panic in High School (1978), a motion picture that is shockingly relevant today given the tragic events at Columbine and Virginia Tech. I personally never
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