
Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older “banba” horse “Unryu” Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Yami no kodomo-tachi / Children of the Dark (2008) Junji Sakamoto, Yôsuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki

A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. Read More »
Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko / An Edo Magistrate (1961) Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sasaki Yasushi, Kusuo Abe, Harue Akagi, Koji Arima

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss Read More »
Holiday Camp (1947) Ken Annakin, Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner

Mr. and Mrs. Average British Family…if the average British family consists of a husband Read More »
Suor Omicidi / The Killer Nun (1979) Giulio Berruti, Anita Ekberg, Paola Morra, Alida Valli

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, whilst presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Read More »
The Desert Rats (1953) Robert Wise, Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton

Rommel has the British in retreat on his way to the Suez Canal. All that stands in his way is Tobruk Read More »
Rookies in Burma (1943) Leslie Goodwins, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Erford Gage
Even in the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles (Wally Brown), and Mike Strager Read More »
Hamaca paraguaya / Paraguayan Hammock (2006) Paz Encina, Ramon Del Rio, Georgina Genes, Jorge López

Set in 1935, a couple of aged smallholders are waiting for their son, for rain, for better days. Read More »
Il pirata dello sparviero nero / The Pirate of the Black Hawk (1958) Sergio Grieco, Gérard Landry, Pina Bottin, Andrea Aureli

Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke’s young son. Read More »
Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story (2004) Robert Dornhelm, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Carter Burns, Jason London

Every six minutes in America, someone’s identity is stolen. When Michelle Brown walked into an office one day Read More »
