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A guide to Japanese cyberpunk cinema with three of its visionary directors

May 08, 2020 DMT.NEWS, James Balmont, Khareem Sudlow, News Trends

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In the mid-80s, the Japanese film industry was at an all-time low. Several of the major studios had gone bankrupt, and the ones that remained had either focused their attentions to softcore pornography or suspended production entirely in favour of distributing Hollywood imports. Even the most well-established directors struggled to secure funding. And independent cinema just wasn’t economically viable.

The Japanese “cyberpunk” movement was a product of this filmographic impotence, andhellip;