When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
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 »
The Survivalist (1987) Sig Shore, Steve Railsback, Sandra Lea, Tara Trimble
An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed. Cold War panic turns to chaos Read More »
Switchblade boys / Navajeros (1980) Eloy de la Iglesia, José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega, Verónica Castro
A gang of juvenile delinquents lead by a fifteen-year-old boy named ‘Jaro’ wrecks havoc in Madrid, Spain. Read More »