Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills Read More »
Crime
Hue and Cry (1947) Charles Crichton, Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip’s wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. Read More »
Did Baby Shoot Her Sugardaddy? (1972) Jean Van Hearn, Vincent Barbi, Cyrill Davidson, Bobby Drake
Baby, the sexy daughter of the millionaire’s mistress, might have robbed the mob of millions. Read More »
The Rendezvous (1961) Jean Delannoy, Annie Girardot, Andréa Parisy, Odile Versois
Pierre, a rich man’s son-in-law, shares an illicit night-time kiss with his first wife, Madeleine. Read More »
Tough Guys (1974) Duccio Tessari, Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson
An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery. Read More »
The Last Gangster (1937) Edward Ludwig, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner
Gangster Joe Krozac is in prison for ten years. Reporter Paul North is fired by his newspaper for writing articles sympathetic to Krozac’s wife and young son. Read More »
That Night’s Wife (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Mitsuko Ichimura, Tokihiko Okada, Chishû Ryû
A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. Read More »
Hostile Force (1997) Michael Kennedy, Andrew McCarthy, Cynthia Geary, Wolf Larson
After a woman cop is shot in a burglary attempt that kills her fiancé and wounds another fellow officer Read More »
Penthouse (1933) W.S. Van Dyke, Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth
Racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Durant helps him beat a murder rap Read More »
Drunken Angel (1948) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto
After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »