• Nov 04
• Nikkatsu whips up a Sushi Typhoon
• Posted by Deljhp - 04/11/09 at 10:17 AM

Music to these Japanese - gore flick - fanboys ears. According to Screendaily, Japanese studio Nikkatsu is launching a stand alone extreme gore label, Sushi Typhoon, to produce films from Japan’s leading cult directors including such as Takashi Miike and Yoshihiro (Tokyo Gore Police) Nishimura. Veteran Nikkatsu producer Yoshinori Chiba is to run the label which promises to deliver the kind of “violent, popular works that only Japanese cinema has engendered.”

The first project from the label is action Samurai drama, Alien Vs Ninja (another something vs Ninja movie?!), directed by Yuji Shimomura (Death Trance). The film is currently in post-production and Nikkatsu is planning to give it a Japanese theatrical release at the same time as its DVD release in the U.S. Other directors with projects on the boil for Sushi Typhoon include; Noboru Iguchi, who previously directed 'Machine Girl' for Nikkatsu, and 'Suicide Club' helmer Sion Sono.

With Miiki, Nishimuru and Sono! on board, it’s going to be a total smorgasbord of Japanese cult, gore horror. Bring it on!