Ellen Beldon is due to be hanged in Texas for the murder of her husband but Jud Farrow Read More »
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Ninja in the Dragon’s Den / Long zhi ren zhe (1982) Corey Yuen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee, Jang-Lee Hwang
Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together Read More »
Chutaro of Banba (1955) Banba no Chûtarô
Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
A Chinese Ghost Story / Sien lui yau wan (1987) Siu-Tung Ching, Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Read More »
The Sword of Doom / Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Train to Alcatraz (1948) Philip Ford, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps
The last car of a transcontinental train streaking through desolate desert country Read More »
Junk Head (2017) Takahide Hori
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. Read More »
There’s Something About a Soldier (1943) Alfred E. Green, Tom Neal, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
War-time films set in stateside training camps abounded in the early Forties. Read More »
Tai Chi Master / Tai gik Cheung Sam Fung (1993) Woo-Ping Yuen, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Ho Chin
Junbao (Jet Li) is a monk who grows up in a Shaolin temple with his friend Tienbao. Read More »
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk / Fong Sai Yuk (1993) Corey Yuen, Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. Read More »