Lone Wolf and other Samurai stories
About the great saga of Lone Wolf and Cub and other Japanese Chambara productions. Get “Lone Wolf and Cub”: …and other samurai stories from cinema and TV HERE!
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The Big Racket – Enzo G. Castellari, 1976
The Big Racket Italy, 1976 Director: Enzo G. Castellari Screenplay: Arduino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Enzo G. Castellari Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer, Orso Maria Guerrini, Glauco Onorato, Marcella Michelangeli Plot A gang of extortionists is dedicated to terrorize the businessmen (store owners, supermarkets, restaurants…) of a Roman …
Vite perdute – Giuseppe Greco, 1992
Vite perdute Italy, 1992 Director: Giuseppe Greco (a.k.a. Giorgio Castellani) Film Genre: Social drama, tragicomedy Guión: Giuseppe Greco Intérpretes:Gianni Celeste (Rosario Raito), Filippo Genzardi (Pietro), Maurizio Prollo (Salvatore Arcuri), Salvatore Termini (Scimmietta), Alfredo Li Bassi (Filippo) Plot The film tells the story of the adventures of a group of young, …
Gotti – Robert Harmon, 1996
Gotti USA-Canada, 1996 Director: Robert Harmon Script: Steven Shagan (based on book by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain) Cast: Armand Assante (John Gotti), William Forsythe (Salvatore Gravano), Richard C. Sarafian (Paul Castellano), Frank Vincent (Robert Di Bernardo), Anthony Quinn (Aniello Dellacroce), Dominick Chianese (Joe Armone), Vincent Pastore (Angelo Ruggiero), Tony …
Cry of a Prostitute – Andrea Bianchi, 1974
Cry of a Prostitute (O.V. Quelli che contano) Italy, 1974 Director: Andrea Bianchi Genre: Thriller, polizziesco, action Screenplay: Piero Regnoli Cast: Henry Silva (Tony Aniante), Barbara Bouchet (Margie), Fausto Tozzi (Don Ricuzzo), Vittorio Sanipoli (Don Cascemi) Plot Tony Aniante (Henry Silva) is a hitman recently returned to Sicily from the …
An introduction to Giallo movies
What is the background of Italian-style thriller or Giallo? Felix talks about the origins of this iconic genre. GET All the colors of murder: Guide to giallo cinema HERE!
Pizza Connection – Damiano Damiani, 1985
Pizza Connection Italy, 1985 Director: Damiano Damiani Script: Damiano Damiani, Ernesto Gastaldi, Franco Marotta, Laura Toscano Performers: Michele Placido (Mario Aloia), Mark Chase (Michele Aloia), Simona Cavallari (Cecilia Smedile), Tony Sperandeo (Vincenzo), Leonardo Marino (Chief of Police) Music: Carlo Savina Story The taciturn and reserved Mario (Michele Placido) is a …
A Virgin Among the Living Dead – Jesús Franco, 1973
Virgin among the living dead (V.O. Une vierge chez les morts vivants) France, 1973 Director: Jesús Franco Genre: Horror Plot Christina (Christina von Blanc) is a young orphan who arrives at a castle in the countryside to meet her relatives and collect an inheritance. Her father has hanged himself shortly …
The wicked priest (V.O. Gokuaku Bozu)
The wicked priest (V.O. Gokuaku Bozu) Japan, 1968 Director: Kiyoshi Saeki Genre: Action, Comedy, Gendai-geki Plot Buddhist monk Shinkai (Tomisaburo Wakayama) is an unusual religious man: drinker, womanizer, inveterate gambler… And also a seasoned martial artist. In the early years of the Meiji era (around 1870), when the public carrying …
Naked Blood – Hisayasu Sato, 1996
Naked Blood (V.O. Nekeddo Buraddo: Megyaku) Japan, 1996 Director: Hisayasu Sato Genre: Horror/Science Fiction/Gore Screenplay: Taketoshi Watari Cast: Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara, Sadao Abe Plot Young Eiji manufactures a serum to “turn pain into pleasure”, with which he intends to “save humanity”. He calls this drug “My Son”. …