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Tag Archives: 1980s
Jacknife (1989) David Hugh Jones, Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister Read More »
An Unremarkable Life (1989) Amin Q. Chaudhri, Patricia Neal, Shelley Winters, Mako
Sisters Frances and Evelyn McEllany are two older women who have put aside Read More »
Those Swell Yakuza / Yakuza tosei no sutekina menmen (1988) Akiyoshi Kimata, Takanori Jinnai, Yumi Asô, Hideo Murota
After getting a beating from a yakuza, a record store owner decides that being a yakuza would be his dream job. Read More »
Playroom (1989) Manny Coto, Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered. Read More »
Black Rain (1989) Ridley Scott, Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. Read More »
Blind Trust / Pouvoir intime (1986) Yves Simoneau, Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin
A government ministry’s fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault Read More »
By Hook or by Crook / Xian yu fan sheng (1980) Karl Maka, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Dean Shek, Ka-Sang Cheng
The portly but agile Hung nimbly evades the Hong Kong police as a benevolent burglar Read More »
Slow Attack / Endstation Freiheit (1980) Reinhard Hauff, Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé
Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind Read More »
Martial Arts of Shaolin / Nan bei Shao Lin (1986) Chia-Liang Liu, Jet Li, Jianqiang Hu, Qiuyan Huang
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler Read More »