A country and western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman, and a witch. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Tora-san 28 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamifusen (1981) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mikiko Otonashi
Tora-san returns to his family’s home to attend an elementary school class reunion. Read More »
Tora-san 27 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Naniwa no koi no Torajirô (1981) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Matsuzaka
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. Read More »
A Hazard of Hearts (1987) John Hough, Diana Rigg, Edward Fox, Helena Bonham Carter
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley (Christopher Plummer) has lost his estate Read More »
Detective Story / Tantei monogatari (1983) Kichitarô Negishi
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week Read More »
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed / Itsuka darekaga korosareru (1984) Yôichi Sai, Noriko Watanabe, Masato Furuoya, Hakuryû
While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group Read More »
Mignon Has Come to Stay / Mignon è partita (1988) Francesca Archibugi, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Leonardo Ruta
A French teenage girl is forced to move in with her less well off Italian relatives. Read More »
Passo Doble / Pas în doi (1985) Dan Pita, Claudiu Bleont, Petre Nicolae, Ecaterina Nazare
A park, inside a city. A factory. A building of unmarried people. A night at the disco. Read More »
Bloodfight / Fainaru faito – Saigo no ichigeki (1989) Shûji Gotô, Yasuaki Kurata, Simon Yam, Meg Lam
Masahiro Kai has made it to the finals of the Free Fighting Championship. Read More »
Demons in the Garden / Demonios en el jardín (1982) Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Ángela Molina, Ana Belén, Encarna Paso
In a small Spanish village, Gloria, the imperious head of a troubled family Read More »