
In Okayama in the mid-1930s, Kiroku attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter, Michiko, captures his heart. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Tora-San 2: Cherished Mother / Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako

Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô

The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
El tesoro de Makuba / The Treasure of Makuba (1967) José María Elorrieta, Cameron Mitchell, Mara Cruz, Gisia Paradís

Cameron Mitchell hunts for treasure in the Polynesian Islands. The Director uses the name Joe Lacy. Read More »
The Monk (1969) George McCowan

Private eye Gus Monk refuses when attorney Barnes wants him to secure material incriminating a gangster. Read More »
Prípad Barnabás Kos (1965) Peter Solan, Jan Bzduch, Josef Kemr, Jarmila Kostova

In this satire on Art under Socialism, a minor musician who plays the humble triangle becomes a tyrannical orchestra director. Read More »
What a Whopper (1961) Gilbert Gunn, Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. Read More »
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux

The final film in the Dr. Mabuse series is also truly the least of the series. Read More »
Thank Heaven for Small Favors / Un drôle de paroissien (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret

Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family named Lachesnaye to do strange work. Read More »
Kanto Wanderer (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata

Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »