I have Manji at home and have yet to see it, but it sounded very intriguing. The only Masumura film I've seen so far was "Afraid to Die" from 1960, imo a seminal Yakuza movie and a very good film. Definitely a director to look out for. I'll have to ask somebody to record "Blind Beast", which will be showing on German TV at the end of the month 

Ghosts sounds also very interesting. I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks for your effort Trev.