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Tag Archives: 1970s
Hearts of the West (1975) Howard Zieff, Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. Read More »
Letters from Marusia (1976) Actas de Marusia
In the late 19th and early 20th century, working conditions in Chile are abysmal. Read More »
Bloodiest Flower / Nihon jokyo-den: ketto midare-bana (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Masahiko Tsugawa
The story of Tei, a female coalmine operator, who risks her life to protect the business that was passed on by her late husband. Read More »
Brave Red Flower of the North / Nihon jokyo-den: makka na dokyo-bana (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Shingo Yamashiro
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning Read More »
Superdad (1973) Vincent McEveety, Bob Crane, Kurt Russell, Barbara Rush
Charlie McCready is a worried father. His daughter, Wendy will be attending college in the fall Read More »
Winner Take All (1975) Paul Bogart, Shirley Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sam Groom
In this TV-movie, Shirley Jones plays an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling. Read More »
Yatsuhaka-mura / Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) Yoshitarô Nomura, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki
A Tokyo man witnesses the death by poisoning of his grandfather, Read More »
Kage no kuruma / The Shadow Within (1970) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Gô Katô, Mayumi Ogawa
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him. Read More »
Shussho Iwai / The Wolves (1971) Hideo Gosha, Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô
Seiji Iwahashi is released early from a 10-year prison sentence for killing the boss of a rival. Read More »