The Prostitute (V.O. Prostitutka) USSR, 1927 Director: Oleg Frelikh Screenplay: E. Demidovich Noi Galkin Cast:Vera Georgiyevna Orlova, Olga Bonus, E. Yarosh Plot Young Lyuba lives in a boarding house with her aunt Varvara. Among the other guests there is a lecherous individual who seeks to seduce her. As a result, …
Three outlaw samurai (V.O. Sanbiki no samurai) Japan, 1964 Director: Hideo Gosha Screenplay: Keiichi Abe, Eizaburo Shiba, Hideo Gosha Cast: Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirō Hira, Yoshiko Kayama Genre: Chambara Plot The wandering ronin Shiba (Tetsuro Tanba) arrives at an old mill (attracted by a hair clip he finds nearby, …
The wolves (O.V. Shussho Iwai) Japan, 1971 Director: Hideo Gosha Screenplay: Hideo Gosha, Kei Tasaka Cast: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô Plot Japan, December 1926. After the death of Emperor Taisho and the entry into the Showa period with his successor Hirohito, the government granted a prison amnesty from …
Harakiri (O.V. Seppuku) Japan, 1962 Director: Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay: Shinobu Hashimoto Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai (Hanshiro Tsugumo), Akira Ishihama (Motome Chijiiwa), Shima Iwashita (Miho Tsugumo), Tetsurô Tanba (Hikokuro Omodaka), Masao Mishima (Tango Inaba) Plot Japan, beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate (17th century). The abolition of various feudal clans has driven many …
Gunan, King of the Barbarians (O.V. Gunan il Guerriero) Italy, 1982 Director: Franco Prosperi Script: Piero Regnoli Cast: Pietro Torrisi (Gunan), Malisa Longo (Marga), Emilio Messina (Nuriak), Sabrina Siani (Lenni) Music: Roberto Pregadio Story In a remote and dark age, lost in the mists of time, the council of elders …
Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma / “Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx” Japan, 1972 Director: Kenji Misumi Script: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama (Itto Ogami), Akihiro Tomikawa (Daigoro), Kayo Matsuo (Sayaka Yagyu), Akiji Kobayashi (Ozuno) Story In the scene that serves as …
For a few dollars more (O.V. Per qualche dollaro in più) Italy, 1965 Director: Sergio Leone Script: Sergio Leone, Luciano Vincenzoni, Fernando Di Leo, Fulvio Morsella Cast: Clint Eastwood (Monco), Lee Van Cleef (Colonel Douglas Mortimer), Gian Maria Volontè (The Indian), Mara Krupp (Mary), Luigi Pistilli (Groggy), Klaus Kinski (John …
Blood and black lace Italy, 1964 Director: Mario Bava Script: Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mario Bava, Mary Arden (English version) Cast: Cameron Mitchell (Massimo Morlacchi), Eva Bartok (Condesa Cristiana Cuomo), Thomas Reiner (Inspector Silvestri), Arianna Gorini (Nicole), Luciano Pigozzi (Cesare), Lea Lander (Greta) Music: Carlo Rustichelli Story Countess Christiane is …
Santo contra hombres infernales (Santo vs. the Infernal Men) Mexico/Cuba, 1958 Director: Joselito Rodríguez Main actors: El Santo, Joaquín Cordero, Fernando Osés, Gina Romand, Enrique Zambrano Genre: Crime Story Joaquín arrives in Cuba from Mexico. Once in Havana he stays in a hotel and begins to notice that he is …
The Tale of Zatoichi continues (Zoku Zatôichi monogatari) Japan, 1962 Director: Kazuo Mori Scriptwriter: Minoru Inuzuka (based on Kan Shimozawa’s story) Main actors: Shintaro Katsu (Zatoichi), Yaeko Mizutani (Setsu), Masayo Banri (Tane), Tomisaburo Wakayama (Yoshiro) Soundtrack: Ichiro Saito Story Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the famous and prodigious masseur and blind swordsman, …
