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When a detachment of German troops lands nearby, a group of five Russian anti-aircraft gunner women must warn their colleagues. But when they discover that saboteurs have destroyed their only means of communication, the ladies must take matters into their own hands by fighting the enemy soldiers themselves.Read More »
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Stanislav Rostotskiy – A zori zdes tikhie AKA The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
1971-1980ActionStanislav RostotskiyUSSRWar -
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi – Aku no shin’eitai AKA Troops of Darkness (1971)
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi1971-1980ActionCampJapanA disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.Read More »
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Fengliang Yang & Yimou Zhang – Dai hao mei zhou bao AKA Codename Cougar (1989)
1981-1990ActionChinaFengliang YangThrillerYimou ZhangPlot:
A private aeroplane on a flight between Taipei and Seoul is damaged in a hijack, and forced to crash-land in mainland China near Beijing*. The Communist authorities cooperate discreetly with Taiwanese authorities to defuse a tense situation.Read More » -
Richard Brooks – Wrong Is Right (1982)
USA1981-1990ActionCultRichard BrooksPatrick Hale (Sean Connery) is a slick television journalist with impressive ratings. When Hale travels to the Middle East to interview a prominent member of Arab royalty, he gets entangled in an intricate plot that involves the American president (George Grizzard), a terrorist group, nuclear devices and possibly even global war. Before long, the CIA, a high-powered arms dealer and religious zealots are involved, giving this dark comedy plenty of satirical fodder.Read More »
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Hiken AKA The Secret Sword (1963)
1961-1970ActionDramaHiroshi InagakiJapanSet in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned, Hiken (Young Swordsman) stars Shogoro Ichikawa as Tenzen – a young swordsman who believes the ban is unfair. By contrast, his brother Chojuro (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a conformist, and keeps his opinions about the law to himself.
When Tenzen becomes possessed by his own evil sword style and is later banished, it falls to Chojuro to restore the family’s lost honor, and to challenge Tenzen to a death-duel!Read More »
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô AKA Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
1951-1960ActionHiroshi InagakiJapanMartial ArtsSynopsis:
Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan’s Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. The Trilogy (whose first part won an Academy Award) follows Musashi’s odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the second and most violent installment, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Musashi beats a samurai armed with a chain and sickle and is later set upon by eighty samurai disciples—orchestrated by the sinister Kojiro—while the two women who love him watch helplessly.Read More » -
Hiroshi Inagaki – Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima AKA Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Hiroshi Inagaki1951-1960ActionJapanMartial ArtsSynopsis:
Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan’s Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. The Trilogy (whose first part won an Academy Award) follows Musashi’s odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the third installment, Duel at Ganryu Island, Musashi reunites tragically with the women who love him, and battles for samurai supremacy in a climactic confrontation with his lifelong nemesis.Read More » -
Umberto Lenzi – Roma a mano armata aka Rome Armed to the Teeth aka Brutal Justice (1976)
1971-1980ActionCrimeItalyUmberto LenziA tough, violent cop who doesn’t mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.Read More »
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Joseph H. Lewis & Crane Wilbur – Navy Spy (1937)
1931-1940ActionCrane WilburCrimeJoseph H. LewisUSASynopsis
A group of international and American criminals are trying to learn the secret formula of a concentrated vapor fuel invented by a U. S. Navy officer, Lieutenant Dan Carrington.Read More »