Japanese cult movie guru Teruo Ishii directs this deranged, over-the-top adaptation from the original manga by Kazuo Koike about a privileged samurai gang in charge of recruiting women for prostitution in old Edo’s pleasure quarter. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Apache Rifles (1964) William Witney, Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Linda Lawson, Western
In the Arizona Territory in 1879, Captain Jeff Stanton takes command of a cavalry unit tasked with returning the Apaches to their reservation. Read More »
Mannen från Mallorca / Man from Majorca (1984) Bo Widerberg, Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Action, Crime, Thriller
In Stockholm, on St. Lucy’s feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Read More »
Ambush in Leopard Street (1962) J. Henry Piperno, James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Drama
A former thief comes out of retirement for one last heist. He forms a plan to hold up a truck carrying a shipment of diamonds. Read More »
A Touch of Love / Thank You All Very Much (1969) Waris Hussein, Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron, Drama
Rosamund Stacey (Sandy Dennis), a young ‘bookish’ girl in London society, spends her days studying for a doctorate in the British Museum and her nights avoiding the sexual attention of the men in her life. Read More »
No Highway In The Sky (1951) Henry Koster, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Drama, Thriller
Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. Read More »
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) Fred C. Brannon, Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Johnny Sands, Action, Adventure, Romance
The daughter of a medical missionary in Africa carries on her father’s work after he dies. Read More »
Ghost of Zorro (1949) Fred C. Brannon, Clayton Moore, Pamela Blake, Roy Barcroft, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
It’s 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. Read More »
High Flyers (1937) Edward F. Cline, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Lupe Velez, Comedy
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Read More »
Hell’s Angels ’69 (1969) Lee Madden, Tom Stern, Jeremy Slate, Conny Van Dyke, Action, Drama
Two brothers have a plan on how to rob the Ceasar’s Palace in Las Vegas. They join a motorcycle gang and while the others are drinking and partying outside of town Read More »
Altri tempi / Times Gone By (1952) Alessandro Blasetti, Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Riva, Enzo Staiola, Comedy, Drama, Music
The mood is set with the opening with excerpts from the Excelsior Ball, a famous ballet at the turn of the century that heralded the advances of the upcoming century Read More »
A Demon for Trouble (1934) Robert F. Hill, Bob Steele, Don Alvarado, Gloria Shea, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Read More »
The Golden Disc (1958) Don Sharp, Lee Patterson, Mary Steele, Terry Dene, Musical
A young couple expand their coffee bar to include a record shop and a recording outlet, to help a young singer, and to cash in on the start of the rock and roll era. Read More »
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) Felipe Cazals, Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators Read More »
Tízezer nap / Ten Thousand Days (1967) Ferenc Kósa, Tibor Molnár, Gyöngyi Bürös, János Koltai, Drama
The changing and turbulent history of Hungary is seen through the eyes of three men over a 30-year period in this somber drama. Read More »