On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff Read More »
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A Chance to Die AKA Xiang si chen xianzai (2000) Yi-wen Chen, Miki Mizuno, Li-Wei Chang, Leon Dai
Burned by the desire to avenge her dead boyfriend Read More »
Gambler AKA Bakuchi uchi (1967) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. Read More »
Is My Face Red? (1932) William A. Seiter, Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond
Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. Read More »
The Hired Gun (1957) Ray Nazarro, Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Vince Edwards
Ellen Beldon is due to be hanged in Texas for the murder of her husband but Jud Farrow Read More »
Casino Raiders II AKA Zi zeon mou soeng II – Wing baa tin haa (1991) Johnnie To, Andy Lau, Dave Wong, Chien-Lien Wu
Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan Read More »
Ninja in the Dragon’s Den AKA Long zhi ren zhe (1982) Corey Yuen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee, Jang-Lee Hwang
Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together Read More »
Chutaro of Banba AKA Banba no Chûtarô (1955) Nobuo Nakagawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Isuzu Yamada, Sanae Mitsuoka
Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
The Walls of Hell AKA Intramuros (1964) Gerardo de Leon, Jock Mahoney, Fernando Poe Jr., Michael Parsons
In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade Read More »
A Chinese Ghost Story AKA Sien lui yau wan (1987) Siu-Tung Ching, Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Read More »
The Sword of Doom AKA Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Train to Alcatraz (1948) Philip Ford, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps
The last car of a transcontinental train streaking through desolate desert country Read More »
The Millions Game AKA Das Millionenspiel (1970) Tom Toelle, Jörg Pleva, Suzanne Roquette, Dieter Thomas Heck
A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. Read More »
Junk Head (2017) Takahide Hori
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. Read More »
There’s Something About a Soldier (1943) Alfred E. Green, Tom Neal, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
War-time films set in stateside training camps abounded in the early Forties. Read More »