July 25th, 2014: Mekagojira no Gyakushu aka Terror of Mechagodzilla
Something is destroying Japanese subs searching for the remains of Mechagodzilla (after the robot's destruction at the hands of Godzilla in Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster). Marine biologist Akira...
View ArticleAugust 5th, 2014: Mothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors turn up on the island of Beiru, an island that was used for atomic tests. They claim a red juice given to them by the natives protected them from radiation and so a Japanese...
View ArticleAugust 26th, 2014: Seven Samurai (1954)
Villagers threatened with starvation at the hands of bandits who demand their crop decide to hire samurai to protect them, but the wages they can offer attract only seven. Can this rag-tag group...
View ArticleSeptember 5th, 2014: King Rat
Captured with the fall of Singapore, Corporal King (George Segal) is the "King" of Changi prison camp, wheeling and dealing to get what the men want and need, but as the war approaches its end, and the...
View ArticleSeptember 10th, 2014: Gyakushû! Satsujin Ken aka The Streetfigher’s Last Revenge
Once again failure to pay anti-hero Terry Tsuguri results in Terry kicking everyone's ass. When will organized crime learn to just pay this guy?
View ArticleSeptember 24th, 2014: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)
Sibei (Hiroyuki Sanada), is a widower raising two young daughters and caring for his senile mother, while working as a clerk in a castle storehouse. Sibei, who is of the Samurai class despite his...
View ArticleSeptember 30th, 2014: What’s Up Tiger Lily?
Secret agent Phil Moscowitz (Tatsuya Mihashi) is in pursuit of a very important egg salad recipe, a quest that will bring him in contact with danger, girls, and cut aways to Woody Allen and The Lovin'...
View ArticleOctober 3rd, 2014: Chôjikû Yôsai Macross: Ai Oboeteimasuka aka SDF-1 Macross:...
In the near future humans fly a rebuilt alien spaceship into battle against warring camps of giant, alien cloned warriors-the Zentradei, who are all male, and the Maltrandi, who are all female. Can...
View ArticleOctober 9th, 2014: Zoku Zatôichi Monogatari aka The Tale of Zatoichi...
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the blind masseuse who is also a gambler and expert swordsman, returns one year after the events of The Tale of Zatoichi to pay his respects at the grave of Hirate, the...
View ArticleDecember 7th, 2014: High and Low — a.k.a. Tengoku to jigoku (1963)
Best known for his historical epics (including Ran and Seven Samurai), Akira Kurosawa started his career with some gripping detective films. In High and Low, adapted from the novel King's Ransom by Ed...
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