Kuroneko

A swarm of samurai emerge from a bamboo grove in firefly patterns, arriving at the threshold of a humble hut. The scene is nearly silent, false tranquility preceding a torrent of savagery.

Ms .45

Stripped to its essentials, the story could be an especially bleak, brazenly sleazy fairy tale. Thana, a young seamstress working in Manhattan’s Garment District, is raped not once, but twice, in the space of perhaps one hour—this is the New York Taxi Driver warned you about.