Based on the award-winning story of the same title by Uno Koichiro. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Waiting for the Clouds / Bulutlari beklerken (2003) Yesim Ustaoglu, Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ridvan Yagci, Dimitris Kaberidis
A moving and emotional friendship between Aysheh, an elderly woman and Mehmet Read More »
Clapham Junction (2007) Adrian Shergold, Tom Beard, James Bellamy, Robin Berry
Robin, a gay writer, has his script declined by a television executive whilst school-boy Theo Read More »
Priest of Darkness / Kochiyama soshun (1936) Sadao Yamanaka, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan’emon Nakamura, Shizue Yamagishi
Based on a well-known Kabuki drama titled “Kochiyama to Naozamurai”, which Yamanaka distills Read More »
Names Engraved in Marble / Nimed marmortahvlil (2002) Elmo Nüganen, Priit Võigemast, Indrek Sammul, Hele Kõre
Two brothers choose the opposite sides in a civil war of a small country. Read More »
Enchanted Island (1958) Allan Dwan, Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold. Read More »
The Password Is Courage (1962) Andrew L. Stone, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch
A World War II British officer named Charles Coward, having been captured by the Germans Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho / Jirochô sangokushi daiichibu (1963) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shingo Yamashiro
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings Read More »
Rocco and His Brothers / Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Luchino Visconti, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. Read More »
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults Read More »