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- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
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Posts Tagged "japan"
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Black Rain **** (1989, Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura) – Classic Movie Review 9417
The 1989 neo noir action crime movie Black Rain is a thoroughly involving, beautifully crafted cop thriller from Ridley Scott, who lifts a serviceably routine plot into an exciting movie. Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia […]
Ai No Korîda [In the Realm of the Senses] **** (1976, Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima) – Classic Movie Review 9393
Writer-director Nagisa Ôshima’s disconcerting passionate sexual drama 1976 Ai No Korîda caused a wave of controversy and was long banned in the UK. This ‘Last Tango in Tokyo’ was finally approved for public screening by the […]
The Barbarian and the Geisha ** (1958, John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 8970
Director John Huston’s 1958 romantic adventure drama The Barbarian and the Geisha stars John Wayne as Townsend Harris, the first US consul to Japan in 1856, who gradually wins respect of the local people, and […]
The Challenge ** (1982, Scott Glenn, Toshirô Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura) – Classic Movie Review 8525
Director John Frankenheimer’s 1982 American-Japanese macho action movie The Challenge stars Scott Glenn as the down-and-out American boxer Rick, paid to take an inherited sword from the States to Japan and finding himself caught in […]
The Night My Number Came Up **** (1955, Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott, Ursula Jeans) – Classic Movie Review 8507
A military transport aircraft’s flight from Hong Kong to Japan starts to bear a startling similarity to one of the passenger’s bad dreams, which had ended with a plane crash. Michael Redgrave stars as the […]
An Actor’s Revenge [Yukinojô Henge] **** (1963, Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao) – Classic Movie Review 8357
Director Kon Ichikawa’s 1963 Japanese Eastmancolor classic An Actor’s Revenge [Yukinojô Henge] is a cleverly intricate and rivetingly compelling drama about Yukinojo, a touring Kabuki actor who sets out to avenge himself on the three […]
The Life of Oharu [Saikaku Ichidai Onna] ***** (1952, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune, Toshiaki Konoe, Eitarô Shindô) – Classic Movie Review 8028
Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1952 The Life of Oharu [Saikaku Ichidai Onna] is a world cinema classic, with a remarkable performance by Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a 17th-century samurai’s daughter who leads a life of […]