Lau Zhai, an initiate into Master Wong Fei Hung’s Kung Fu school Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan Read More »
Down the Drain (1993) Shinobu Yaguchi
The protagonist, Junko, endures a long series of remarkable misfortunes that leave her at loose ends Read More »
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994) Frank Rainone
Who says crime doesn’t pay? The mob will pay Jimmy Corona anything to stay away. Read More »
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995) Thomas Schlamme
A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was “The Kingfish.” Read More »
East Meets West (1995) Kihachi Okamoto
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco Read More »
On the Beat (1995) Ying Ning
Take crime out of police work, and what’s left is procedures. Read More »
Cutthroat Island (1995) Renny Harlin
A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure. Read More »
The Inheritors (1998) Die Siebtelbauern
Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. Read More »
Bonds / Kizuna (1998) Kichitarô Negishi
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years Read More »