Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Shinsengumi Last Days of the Shogunate AKA Shoretsu shinsengumi – bakumatsu no doran (1960) Yasushi Sasaki, Chiezô Kataoka, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yatarô Kurokawa
Near the end of the Edo period, a military force known as Shinsengumi guards the Shogun. Read More »
A Lady of Chance (1928) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee
Dolly, alias “Angel Face,” meets a naive young man at a hotel who appears to be rich. Read More »
The Mole People (1956) Virgil W. Vogel, John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont
On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley finds a cuneiform tablet referring Read More »
Rise Against the Sword AKA Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
The Return (1982) Greydon Clark, Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. Read More »
Soup for One (1982) Jonathan Kaufer, Saul Rubinek, Marcia Strassman, Gerrit Graham
When Allan meets Maria he is sure he has found the perfect woman for him but she’s not interested. Read More »
Young Man of Manhattan (1930) Monta Bell, Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers
Toby McLean, a reckless sports writer on a New York City newspaper Read More »
Door (1988) Banmei Takahashi, Keiko Takahashi, Daijirô Tsutsumi, Shirô Shimomoto
After several strangely threatening calls from a local salesman Read More »
The Lady Lies (1929) Hobart Henley, Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert, Charles Ruggles
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney Read More »