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The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). Read More »

In the Nineteenth Century, at the seaside resort of Yalta, the upper class Dimitri Gurov from Moscow meets Anna Sergeyovna walking with her little dog. Read More »

Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »

The businessman Ogata Shingo works with his son Shuichi, who is his secretary, and they live together in the suburb with their wives Yasuko and Kikuko respectively. Read More »

A woman continuously solves crossword puzzles everywhere she goes; in subway trains, on buses, and on the streets of New York City. Read More »

An uniterrupted rehersal of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. Read More »

Jacqueline plays a housewife who has some problems with her husband. The movie takes place in the course of one day. Read More »

Astrée Sternhjelm is visiting Puerto Rico with her aunt Ana, and is enchanted by the island. Read More »

The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
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An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. Read More »