After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »
Daily Archives: August 9, 2024
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 »
Secret Detective Investigation: Net in Big Edo AKA Onmitsu dôshin: Ôedo sôsamô (1979) Akinori Matsuo, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsurô Sagawa, Sanae Tsuchida
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Read More »
Zycie za zycie. Maksymilian Kolbe AKA Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991) Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Zentara, Christoph Waltz, Artur Barcis
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place Read More »
Full Alert AKA Go do gaai bei (1997) Ringo Lam, Ching Wan Lau, Francis Ng, Amanda Lee
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested Read More »
Black Rain (1989) Ridley Scott, Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. Read More »
My Soul Is Slashed (1991) Shûsuke Kaneko, Ken Ogata, Hideyo Amamoto, Nina Blake
Ken Ogata, a company man, is killed. Accidentally, he is transfused with the blood of Dracula and returned to life. Read More »
Guilty? (1956) Edmond T. Gréville, John Justin, Barbara Laage, Donald Wolfit
A Frenchwoman accused of the murder of her child’s father in an English court rejects her defence lawyer. Read More »
Mossane (1996) Safi Faye, Magou Seck, Isseu Niang, Moustapha Yade
Mossane is a beautiful 14-year-old girl who has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. Read More »
Blind Trust AKA Pouvoir intime (1986) Yves Simoneau, Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin
A government ministry’s fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault Read More »