
Known as one of the pioneers to establish the Nikkatsu “mood action” genre, Mio Ezaki incorporates road movie scenes with a new theme song sung by Tetsuya Watari Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret

Set during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. Read More »
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) Lindsay Shonteff, Frankie Avalon, George Nader, Shirley Eaton

Frankie Avalon and George Nader (that guy from “The Robot Monster”) are a couple of wise-cracking, swingin’ secret agents. Read More »
Five Golden Dragons (1967) Jeremy Summers, Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Rupert Davies

Hitchcock hero Robert Cummings stars in this exotic British feature from 1967, adapting one of Edgar Wallace’s celebrated Commissioner Sanders stories. Read More »
The Hand in the Trap (1961) Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, Leonardo Favio

A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt’s withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her. Read More »
Blood of Revenge (1965) Tai Katô, Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Tetsurô Tanba

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running Read More »
A Cold Wind in August (1961) Alexander Singer, Lola Albright, Scott Marlowe, Joe De Santis

An older woman seduces an impressionable working-class boy who falls deeply in love with her. Read More »
Battle of Britain (1969) Guy Hamilton, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews

Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain Read More »
A Lively Geisha (1968) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Yumi

Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Read More »
Five for Revenge (1966) Aldo Florio, Guy Madison, Mónica Randall, Vassili Karis

A few Western-types seek out a friend’s murderer. Read More »