Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo Read More »
Crime
The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town / Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
On Evil Grounds / Auf bösem Boden (2007) Peter Koller, Aleksandar Petrovic, Birgit Stauber, Kari Rakkola
Romeo and Juliet – a couple that has a very odd perception of their relationship. Read More »
Held for Ransom (1938) Clarence Bricker, Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers, Bruce Warren
The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. Read More »
The Murderer Knows the Score / L’assassin connaît la musique… (1963) Pierre Chenal, Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that’s what HE thinks) has a problem Read More »
The Saint in New York (1938) Ben Holmes, Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. Read More »
Playback / Los placeres ocultos (1989) René Cardona Jr., Sonia Infante, Humberto Zurita, Angela Alatriste
A beautiful female psychiatrist is brutally raped by someone disguised in a strange Read More »
Delicatessen (1991) Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech
Centered on a post-apocalyptic society where food is scarce and used as currency. Read More »
The Domain: The Naniwa Story / Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen (1965) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Hideo Murata, Asao Uchida
Osaka, 1920. A sailor returns from several years at sea to see his brother Read More »
The Chivalrous Life / Kyokotsu ichidai (1967) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki
This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »