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Tag Archives: 1960s
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 »
Where the Truth Lies (1962) Henri Decoin, Juliette Gréco, Jean-Marc Bory, Liselotte Pulver

François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. Read More »
Life in Danger (1959) Terry Bishop, Derren Nesbitt, Julie Hopkins, Howard Marion-Crawford

The inhabitants of a small village, led by a war veteran, try to catch a vagrant, who they suspect to be an escaped mental patient. Read More »
Ishimatsu The Yakuza: Somethings Fishy (1967) Norifumi Suzuki, Saburô Kitajima, Hideo Murata, Teruo Yoshida

Matsukichi, a worker at a local fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf. Read More »
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Edgar G. Ulmer, Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith

Paul Krenner, an ex-major with delusions of grandeur, has forced scientist Peter Ulof to develop a radiation-based technique to turn men invisible Read More »
Gangster VIP (1968) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawachi

The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman Read More »