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Tag Archives: 1980s
Tora-san 32 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Kuchibue wo fuku Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects Read More »
Tora-san 31 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô (1983) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Sylvia (1985) Michael Firth, Eleanor David, Nigel Terry, Tom Wilkinson
Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner’s pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940’s. Read More »
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) Daniel Mann, Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sônia Braga
A veteran of World War I returns to the United States but cannot find his place in the society. Read More »
Playroom (1989) Manny Coto, Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered. Read More »
Gunpowder (1986) Norman J. Warren, David Gilliam, Martin Potter, Gordon Jackson
Debra Burton plays an evil genius trying to put economic reins on the world. Read More »
Interference AKA Udenrigskorrespondenten (1983) Jørgen Leth, Henning Jensen, Hanne Uldal, François Latour
Udenrigskorrespondenten was Leth’s first feature but must be regarded as an experiment Read More »
Seeing Red (1983) Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, Oscar Hunter, Rose Podmaka, Sylvia Woods
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party Read More »
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986) Peter R. Hunt, Dennis Holahan, Sydney Penny, Rosie Marcel
Robyn is a teenage girl whose people from the planet Taros have been hiding on the Moon Read More »
Wimps (1986) Chuck Vincent, Louie Bonanno, Tracey Adams, Jim Abele
A nerdy college student is pressured to help a jock write love letters Read More »
The Nightmare Man (1981) Douglas Camfield, James Warwick, Celia Imrie, Maurice Roëves
A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland Read More »
The Boys in Blue (1982) Val Guest, Bobby Ball, Tommy Cannon, Suzanne Danielle
Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. Read More »
Tora-san 30 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yûko Tanaka
Tora-san 29 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro ajisai no koi (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Read More »