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Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan’s stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.Read More »

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A police officer meets a girl who is near to falling into the net of shady individuals. To prevent this, he invites her into the police station and tells her a story.Read More »

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A few months after the incident of April 13, 1975, during which Palestinian civilians were machine-gunned by Phalangist militiamen, the toll is most tragic: six thousand dead, twenty thousand wounded, incessant kidnappings, a semi-destroyed capital. This film traces the origins of the Lebanese conflict, the perception of a society that goes to war while singing. A unique document on the Lebanese civil war. Beyond the religious war, the painting of a social and political reality that has not changed much, more than four decades later.Read More »

Herman dreams of being warned by his manager to increase his sales. As he contemplates his predicament, a mischievous poltergeist arrives to help him out. The ghost surveys the salesman’s territory for potential customers and discovers five scantily-dressed prospects.Read More »

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“The Sleeping Car Murders is one of those French mystery films that makes you marvel at the flashy versatility of the detectives and the cinematographers of France. It is also a delightful showcase for the family of Simone Signoret. She, her husband and her daughter twinkle beguilingly. It shouldn’t be missed by anyone interested in theatrical genealogy.Read More »

An excellent little suspense thriller with an air of the occult, filmed on location in Morocco by Julien Duvivier. Two versions were made: a German version with Anton Walbrook, and this French version with René Lefèvre and Harry Baur.

One by one, a group of five travellers starts to die, apparently the result of a sorcerer’s curse…Read More »

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A semi-documentary depiction of the realities of the underground prostitution industry after the Anti-Prostitution Law came into effect. Directed by Ishii Teruo of “Jyotai-Sanbashi” and shot by Yoshida Shigegyo of “Zekkai no Naked Woman” from a script by Uchida Kozo of “Taiyo Musume to Boss Tribe”. Utsui Ken and Mihara Yoko from “Hitokuigui Ama” appear in the film, along with Amachi Shigeru, Arakawa Satsuki, Chikushi Akemi, and others.Read More »

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An elderly patient dies in a county hospital leaving no known next of kin. Over the course of the next twenty-four hours, we chart the efforts of four central characters in finding a family member to contact in regards to the death of this anonymous individual; a nurse, a social services representative of the hospital, the emergency contact person listed on the decedents admission form, and lastly an investigator from the public administrators office.Read More »

When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu’s underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.Read More »