Arcana Italy, 1972 Director: Giulio Questi Screenplay: Giulio Questi, Franco Arcalli Cast: Lucia Bosè (Mamma), Maurizio Degli Esposti (Son), Tina Aumont (Brenda) Genre: Horror/Drama Plot A Sicilian widow living in Milan (Mrs. Tarantino) and her disturbing twenty-year-old son with mediumistic powers have set up a business of spiritualistic and fortune-telling …
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 …
The 47 Ronin (V.O. Genroku Chûshingura) Japan, 1941 Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Screenplay: Kenichiro Hara, Seika Mayama, Yoshikata Yoda Cast: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, (Kuranosuke Ooishi), Kan’emon Nakamura (Sukeimon Tomimori), Kunitarô Kawarazaki (Jurôzaemon Isogai), Yoshizaburo Arashi (Takuminokami Asano), Chôemon Bandô (Sôemon Hara) Plot Japan, Tokugawa era, early 18th century. In the corridors of …
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, …
Conan the Barbarian USA, 1982 Director: John Milius Script: Oliver Stone and John Milius (based on stories by Robert E. Howard) Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Conan), James Earl Jones (Thulsa Doom), Max von Sydow (King Osric), Sandahl Bergman (Valeria), Ben Davidson (Rexor), Cassandra Gava (The Witch), Gerry López (Subotai), Mako (The …
