An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area. Read More »
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A Gamblers Life: The Massacring Fudo (1969) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Jûshirô Konoe, Machiko Hasegawa
A debt collector visits a gambling den in search of a gambler – the gambler’s wife and daughter are sick Read More »
Terrifying Girls High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973) Norifumi Suzuki, Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Seiko Saburi
Three new students at a super-strict girl’s school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic Read More »
The Hunchback of Paris (1959) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann
Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. Read More »
Last Days of the Boss (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Bitô, Takeo Chii
Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss Read More »
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles
Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. Read More »
A Hero Never Dies (1998) Johnnie To, Leon Lai, Ching Wan Lau, Fiona Leung
Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Read More »
Against the Wind (1948) Charles Crichton, Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner
Philip Elliot, refugee Belgian priest, reports to a secret school in London for spies and saboteurs behind German lines. Read More »
Oda Nobunaga (1992) Sadao Nakajima, Shin’ichi Chiba, Mariko Fuji, Rino Katase
Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his military success led to the ultimate unification of the country. Read More »
Quentin Durward (1955) Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley
In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom Read More »