In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. Read More »
Drama
The Idiot (1958) Ivan Pyrev, Yuriy Yakovlev, Yuliya Borisova, Nikita Podgorny, Drama
Upon Prince Myshkin’s return to St. Petersburg from an asylum in Switzerland, he becomes beguiled by the lovely young Aglaya, daughter of a wealthy father. Read More »
Home at Seven (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time, but when he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered. Read More »
Hilda Crane (1956) Philip Dunne, Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Romance
Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she’s run out of chances returns to her mother’s house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge. Read More »
Train of Events (1949) Sidney Cole, Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Susan Shaw, Drama
A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it. Read More »
The Killing of Sister George (1968) Robert Aldrich, Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Drama
George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. Read More »
Ryôjû / Hunting Rifle (1961) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshie Minami, Mariko Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Drama
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband’s child. Read More »
Nihon no don: kanketsuhen / The Godfather: Resolution (1978) Sadao Nakajima, Toshirô Mifune, Bunta Sugawara, Naoko Ôtani, Crime, Drama
Double crosses and backstabbing while older yakuza bosses fight for the title of “The Godfather of Japan” violent history and a cast full of stars. Read More »
Somewhere in the Night (1946) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the World War II, a soldier is hit by a grenade that deforms his face and leaves him with amnesia. Read More »
The House of Fear (1939) Joe May, William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Dorothy Arnold, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor’s murder, which occurred during the performance of a play. Read More »