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Tag Archives: 1980s
Muddy River AKA Doro no kawa (1981) Kôhei Oguri, Takahiro Tamura, Mariko Kaga, Nobutaka Asahara

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends. Read More »
Love Letter AKA Koibumi (1985) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Mitsuko Baishô, Keiko Takahashi

A spontaneous and youthfully careless painter and teacher Sh?ichi lives an ordinary family life Read More »
Gently Was Anastasia Passing AKA Duios Anastasia trecea (1980) Alexandru Tatos, Anda Onesa, Amza Pellea, Tark Laszlo

A border town on the Danube, 1944. The town is occupied by the Germans, and there are plenty of collaborators. Read More »
One Night Stand (1984) John Duigan, Tyler Coppin, Cassandra Delaney, Jay Hackett

In Australia, four teenagers in the Sydney Opera House are horrified to hear the news that nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. Read More »
A Better Tomorrow AKA Ying hung boon sik (1986) John Woo, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow

This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter Read More »
Permanent Vacation (1980) Jim Jarmusch, Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie

In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy (‘Chris Parker’)whose Father is not around Read More »
Jinxed! (1982) Don Siegel, Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn

Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer Read More »
Los Sures (1984) Diego Echeverria, Marta Avilés, Evelyn Borges, Tito Lopez

In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. Read More »
Tosca’s Kiss AKA Il Bacio di Tosca (1984) Daniel Schmid, Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo

Meet the inhabitants of the “Casa di Riposa” in Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers Read More »