Reiko Ike stars as Ocho, a gambler and pickpocket in Meiji Era Tokyo. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Nashville (1975) Robert Altman, Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley
Five days in the Nashville country and gospel music scene, filled with stars, wannabe stars Read More »
Casual Relations (1974) Mark Rappaport, Sis Smith, Julio Domínguez, Melvin Austin
CASUAL RELATIONS is very rich in movie lore––the kind of explicit and loving references Read More »
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) Charles Bail, Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Ni Tien
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear Read More »
Shining Sex (1976) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Evelyne Scott, Monica Swinn
Cynthia, an exotic dancer in a upscale resort in Southern France, is seduced by a strange couple Read More »
Funeral for an Assassin (1974) Ivan Hall, Vic Morrow, Peter van Dissel, Gaby Getz
A professional assassin has a vendetta against his former employer for their betrayal and his subsequent imprisonment. Read More »
Covert Action AKA Sono stato un agente C.I.A. (1978) Romolo Guerrieri, David Janssen, Corinne Cléry, Maurizio Merli
CIA agent’s life is endangered after he writes a book about his career with the agency. Read More »
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978) James Ivory, Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects Read More »
In the Dust of the Sun (1972) Dans la poussière du soleil
In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother Read More »
The Man Who Stole the Sun AKA Taiyô wo nusunda otoko (1979) Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Sawada, Kimiko Ikegami
A misfit high-school science teacher decides to build his own atomic bomb. Read More »