NATSU DA ZE!!
Well, here we are blinded by the color and the sleeve art from the third single from V-Cinema superstar Riki Takeuchi's RIKI project. And boy, are we a long way from his appearances in Miike movies like Dead or Alive and several hundred straight to video gangster flicks. Entitled "MA-TSU-RI", the song makes the perfect musical accompaniment to shotgunning Sapporo tallboys and scarfing greasy yakisoba at your local neighborhood festival. RIKI even goes one better by banging on the taiko drums, wrestling a bear Mas Oyama style, anything to entertain you for the frankly amazing music video below. Summer means fun, especially when, as the Amazon.jp copy puts it, "Riki has started a rampage through the city!" And don't all the tekiya love him for it?
Cause when it comes to smokin' chiba You know my sh*t is legit
Man, I almost forgot I had these: photo stills from that Toei golden oldie やくざ刑事 マリファナ密売組織 / YAKUZA COP - MARIJUANA SMUGGLING OPERATION (AKA The Assassin, 1970, Yukio Noda). And there's Sonny Chiba down in front about to toot on a funny smelling cheroot . Crazy, man. I got the complete set at Mandarake Nakano for like 15 bucks or something.
They break out and twirl the color light wheel for the scene itself, although the set of pics only comes in black and white. The rolling paper ready bag they come wrapped in smells like old movie theaters with more than just a smoky hint of the home office itself. Thank god customs never found this in my luggage!
This Bud's For YOU
Indulging a sudden urge to post a bromide photo of Bunta Sugawara...
escaped murderer from hiroshima prison
Found today at Cherry Blossom Eiga. Has anyone out there ever actually played the Hiroki Matsukata fishing game for the Super Famicom before? It must be amazing and involve big bottles of sake and chain smoking somehow.
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