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Hassan Shreif

Infernal Affairs (I, II, III)

Infernal Affairs I

8 min readNov 4, 2022

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Infernal Affairs (I, II, III)

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Hassan Shreif

Samurai Spy (1965)

Shinoda Masahiro’s cinema will never cease to amaze, this is yet another phenomenal work from the New Wave rebel. Trying to summarize it…

5 min readApr 16, 2021

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Samurai Spy (1965)

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Hassan Shreif

Jigokuhen: A Portrait of Hell

Shirô Toyoda has created a truly horrific, haunting masterwork that is Jigokuhen, and indeed like its title, this is a portrait of Hell…

5 min readApr 4, 2021

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Jigokuhen: A Portrait of Hell

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Hassan Shreif

Himatsuri (1985): Fire Festival

How does one classify this ? Existential horror, maybe. This is one of those films that when they end there’s only silence in your mind…

4 min readMar 25, 2021

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Himatsuri (1985): Fire Festival

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Hassan Shreif

Tiexi Qu: West of the Tracks

While other documentaries fail to hold my attention this 9 hour mammoth kept me captivated the entire runtime. This goes beyond simple…

5 min readMar 2, 2021

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Tiexi Qu: West of the Tracks

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Hassan Shreif

The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

The Man Who Stole the Sun is existentialism taken to the next level, it’s an epic journey from start to finish. I can best describe this…

4 min readFeb 15, 2021

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The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

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Hassan Shreif

The Family Game (1983)

On the surface level this story is quite simple, a Japanese family with two kids, one of the kids is having trouble at school with his low…

4 min readJan 29, 2021

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The Family Game (1983)

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Hassan Shreif

Tokyo Sonata: Echoes of the Self

As haunting as it is beautiful, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is indeed the modern master of horror, and in this film he proves it but not in the way…

3 min readJan 12, 2021

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Tokyo Sonata: Echoes of the Self

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Hassan Shreif

SAMURAI ASSASSIN

Often times, in cinema, a director has that one film that overshadows the rest of his works in terms of popularity. Because of this many…

4 min readJan 3, 2021

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SAMURAI ASSASSIN

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Hassan Shreif

Zatoichi: The Dark Light

Where do I begin talking about 25 films at a time ? From a technical standpoint these films have always been consistent despite being…

6 min readDec 30, 2020

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Hassan Shreif

Hassan Shreif

A cinephile documenting my journey through cinema and hoping to get more people aboard by sharing my thoughts on lesser known films.

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