A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Yearly Archives: 2017
May, 2017
- 17 May
The Inugami Family (1976) HDTV 480p & 720p
Legendary Japanese director Ichikawa Kons 1976 film The Inugami Family, holds a very special place in Japans long tradition of supernatural suspense. Based on Yokomizo Seishis epic work, the slow-burning family murder mystery is a highly influential title in the directors celebrated filmography and just about required viewing for Japanese cinema fans.
- 17 May
The Dish (2000) BluRay 480p & 720p
A remote Australian antenna, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
- 17 May
Swing Girls (2004) BluRay 480p, 720p, & 1080p
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
- 17 May
Love Letter (1995) BluRay 480p & 720p
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
- 17 May
Godzilla (1954) BluRay 480p & 720p
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
- 17 May
Fall Guy (1982) BluRay 480p & 720p
Aging Kamata movie star "Gin-chan" Ginshiro (Morio Kazama) is filming a story about Samurai in Imperial Japan at the start of the Meiji. Also appearing in the movie, as his antagonist, is rising young star Tachibana (Daijiro Harada). While Tachibana is being filmed, Ginshiro and his crew of bit-player lackeys become upset that Tachibana is receiving more close-ups and more daring scenes. When he takes his turn on camera, Ginshiro overacts and hams up the scenes, ensuring lots of face time on the camera. This desperate attention seeking upsets Tachibana as well as the film crew.
- 15 May
Oki’s Movie (2010) BluRay 480p & 720p
A love story between a middle-aged professor, a young student who prepares a movie and a student/film-maker who drinks too much.
- 15 May
Cell 211 (2009) BluRay 480p & 720p
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
- 15 May
Fist Fight (2017) BluRay 480p & 720p
When one school teacher unwittingly causes another teacher's dismissal, he is challenged to an after-school fight.
- 15 May
Seven Samurai (1954) BluRay 480p, 720p, & 1080p
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
- 15 May
Themis aka Himizu (2011) BluRay 480p & 720p
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
- 15 May
Anguish (2015) BluRay 480p & 720p
A girl, Tess, is diagnosed with an identity disorder that may actually be channeling an evil, dead spirit inside of her.
- 15 May
Aliens vs. Avatars (2011) BluRay 480p & 720p
Six college friends find themselves caught up in a cat and mouse hunt with a race of creatures who possess the ability to transform into anything from which it has consumed DNA.
- 15 May
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973) BluRay 480p & 720p
1973 is the year the ninkyo eiga died. Or that is to say, staggered off into an alleyway clutching its stomach and vowing revenge whilst simultaneously seeking forgiveness from its beloved oyabun after being cruelly betrayed by the changing times!
- 15 May
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) BluRay 480p & 720p
Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.