Some guy wants something badly enough to literally sell his skin to get it. Metaphorically, of course, we all know he is selling his soul to get his heart’s desire. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Hikinige / Hit and Run (1966) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Yôko Tsukasa, Eitarô Ozawa, Crime, Drama
A working-class woman becomes bent on revenge after her little boy is killed in a hit and run; she discovers that the man who took the rap was simply a corporate lackey covering up for his boss’s wife. Read More »
Der Schatz der Azteken / Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) Robert Siodmak, Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Adventure, Western
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico Read More »
Tsuma to shite onna to shite / As a Wife, As a Woman (1961) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Chikage Awashima, Masayuki Mori, Drama
The children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother. Read More »
Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes / Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) Robert Siodmak, Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Western, Adventure
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. Read More »
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Terence Fisher, Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Horror
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. Read More »
Tammazzo… Raccomandati a Dio / Dead for a Dollar (1968) Osvaldo Civirani, George Hilton, Sandra Milo, John Ireland, Comedy, Western
When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the money for themselves. Read More »
Hawaii (1966) George Roy Hill, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Drama
During the 1820s, a domineering young minister, Abner Hale (Max von Sydow), and his compassionate wife, Jerusha (Julie Andrews), embark on a dangerous sea voyage to Hawaii. Read More »
Midareru / Yearning (1964) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Yûzô Kayama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Drama
19yo girl loses husband in war. Bombing destroys his family’s shop and the widow stays to rebuild it as the rest of the family flee and runs it for 18 years out of love for her dead husband and his mother… Read More »
Døden kommer til middag / Death Comes at High Noon (1964) Erik Balling, Poul Reichhardt, Helle Virkner, Birgitte Federspiel, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol. Read More »