A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of money from Switzerland.Read More »
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Yôji Yamada – Kyuchan no dekkai yume AKA Let’s Have a Dream (1967)
Yôji Yamada1961-1970AsianJapan -
Kôji Wakamatsu – Chi wa taiyô yori akai (1966)
1961-1970AsianDramaJapanKoji Wakamatsu
A high school student preparing for his university entrance exams is discontent with various social inequities and is determined to take vengeance on all adults.Read More »
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Kazuo Hase – Kaidan zankoku monogatari AKA Cruel Ghost Legend (1968)
1961-1970AsianHorrorJapanKazuo Hase
A samurai kills a Blind Man who tells him to “repay his debts.” Because of the samurai’s actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.Read More »
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Kô Nakahira – Sono kabe o kudake AKA Break Down That Wall (1959)
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Ki-Yong Park – Nakta(dul) AKA Camel(s) (2002)
Ki-Yong Park2001-2010AsianDramaSouth Korea
Synopsis:
The film starts as a man in his early 40s and a woman in her late 30s, each of who has a family, set off to a small port called Wolgot. The reason for taking the trip together, despite the fact that they are strangers, is that they share a sense of affinity as well as a curiosity to know where this affinity might take them. The story takes place in a motel with its bare, characterless interior and absence of objects that are laden with memories and associations.Read More » -
Shigeo Tanaka – Obi o toku Natsuko aka I’ll Cry Alone (1965)
1961-1970AsianDramaJapanShigeo Tanaka
Story:
Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to re-marry she insists he either wed or stop seeing her. Returning home, she again meets the man she first loved and for a time thinks of married happiness with him. When confronted by both, however, she decides to choose neither. She has been dependent for too long, she decides, and wishes to live her own life.Read More » -
Kenji Misumi – Koto yûshû: Ane imôto (1967)
Kenji Misumi1961-1970AsianDramaJapan
Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter’s fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of their cuisine in jeopardy.Read More »
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Toshiaki Toyoda – Kurôzu Explode AKA Crows Explode (2014)
Toshiaki Toyoda2011-2020AsianCrimeJapan
A month later. Genji Takiya has graduated. New fights begin to see who will climb to the top at Suzuran High School. Meanwhile, a battle against nearby Kurosaki Industrial High School begins.Read More »
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John Hillcoat – Ghosts… of the Civil Dead (1988)
John Hillcoat1981-1990AsianAustraliaQueer Cinema(s)Thriller
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Central Industrial Prison is set in the middle of the desert. It’s the future of maximum-security containment and it’s been “locked down” after an explosion of violence. A Committee’s been appointed to report on the events that led to the violence but their findings are in stark contrast to the reality we see with our own eyes.. “Ghosts.. of the Civil Dead” is a powerful drama on modern methods of social control.Read More »
