The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
A Married Couple (1969) Allan King, Billy Edwards, Antoinette Edwards, Bogart Edwards
An “actuality drama” about a real-life marriage in crisis, in which the couple attempts Read More »
The Oldest Profession / Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967) Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti
A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. Read More »
An Eye for an Eye (1966) Michael D. Moore, Robert Lansing, Patrick Wayne, Slim Pickens
Talion is a retired bounty hunter with many enemies who still want him dead. Read More »
Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) Terence Young, Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner
In an attempt to stem the heroin trade from Iran, a group of narcotics agents working for the UN inject a radioactive compound into a seized shipment of opium Read More »
Death Rides Along / Con lui cavalca la morte (1967) Giuseppe Vari, Mike Marshall, Hélène Chanel, Andrea Bosic
An agent of the pony express company, Idaho Joe, is asked to reach Sacramento Read More »
Taxidi (1962) Dinos Dimopoulos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Nikos Kourkoulos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos
This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships Read More »
Visa to Canton / Passport to China (1960) Michael Carreras, Richard Basehart, Lisa Gastoni, Athene Seyler
A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there Read More »
The Sheriff Was a Lady / Freddy und das Lied der Prärie (1964) Sobey Martin, Freddy Quinn, Rik Battaglia, Beba Loncar
When Black Bill’s father is murdered and his uncle kidnapped, he sets out in pursuit of the perpetrators. Read More »
The Witch’s Mirror / El espejo de la bruja (1962) Chano Urueta, Rosita Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch’s mirror to take her revenge. Read More »