Seedy and Sublime: The Ero Guro Dystopia of Japanese Noir Posters
By Crime HQ
November 12, 2011In the 1960s and 70s, the Japanese film industry (Nikkatsu Studio to be precise) headlined a golden age for East Asian exploitation noir. After years of censorship, first outlined by Japanese Imperial government during the Second World War and later by the occupying Allies, exploitation noir films became a mode of subcultural expression and perhaps…