
Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Dama s sobachkoy / The Lady with the Dog (1960) Iosif Kheifits, Iya Savvina, Aleksey Batalov, Nina Alisova, Drama, Romance

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 »
The Chairman (1969) J. Lee Thompson, Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Action, Drama, Thriller

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. Read More »
Ken (1964) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Yûsuke Kawazu, Hisaya Morishige, Drama

Interesting story about a young man obsessed by kendo. Kokubu is a university student and has just been made captain of the kendo team, just ahead of Kagawa. Read More »
Il mostro dell’opera / The Monster of the Opera (1964) Renato Polselli, Marco Mariani, Giuseppe Addobbati, Barbara Howard, Horror

A theater troupe’s young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. Read More »
Manila, Open City (1968) Eddie Romero, Charito Solis, James Shigeta, Alex Nicol, Drama, War

In early February 1945 as Allied Forces slowly closed the net around the Japanese army entrenched within the city ruins of Manila, the defeated Empire’s soldiers adopted a brutal and savage operation of persecution against the citizens. Read More »
Nemuri Kyoshiro 1: Sappocho / Sleepy Eyes of Death: The Chinese Jade (1963) Tokuzô Tanaka, Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Shinobu Araki, Drama

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. Read More »
Kiru / Destiny’s Son (1962) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Mayumi Nagisa, Action, Drama

The story follows the adult life of Shingo, a humble orphan raised by a low ranking samurai. Read More »
Tarzan and the Great River (1967) Robert Day, Mike Henry, Jan Murray, Manuel Padilla Jr., Action, Adventure

Tarzan is summoned to Brazil by an old friend to stop an evil tribal cult from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors. Read More »
Daimajin gyakushû / Wrath of Daimajin (1966) Kazuo Mori, Hideki Ninomiya, Shinji Hori, Masahide Iizuka, Fantasy

An evil warlord invades a peaceful lakeside village during one of their annual festivals. Read More »