Yusaku, whose nickname is “Tonkatsu Taisho” (General Pork Cutlet), is a popular young children’s doctor. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Baltimore Bullet (1980) Robert Ellis Miller, James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Ronee Blakley
A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game. Read More »
Love / Aibu (1933) Heinosuke Gosho, Michiko Oikawa, Jun Arai, Tadao Watanabe
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem Read More »
An Idiot in Paris / Un idiot à Paris (1967) Serge Korber, Dany Carrel, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Blier
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. Read More »
Fifty Roads to Town (1937) Norman Taurog, Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends’ divorce. Read More »
Tabu (2012) Miguel Gomes, Telmo Churro, Hortêncílio Aquina
A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor’s maid to seek out a man Read More »
Song of the Eagle (1933) Ralph Murphy, Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian
In 1916, Otto Hoffman takes his sons, Bill and August, into his successful beer brewing business. Read More »
Selah and the Spades (2019) Tayarisha Poe, Lovie Simone, Celeste O’Connor, Jharrel Jerome
Five factions run the underground life of the prestigious Haldwell boarding school. Read More »
Hearts in Bondage (1936) Lew Ayres, James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond’s sister. Read More »
My Favorite Season / Zui xiang nian de ji jie (1985) Kun-Hou Chen, Sylvia Chang, Tsung-Sheng Lee, Ching-Ting Hsia
Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches Read More »