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Sanjuro (1962)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Sanjuro (1962)

AKA: Tsubaki Sanjûro dir: Akira Kurosawa; prod: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka; writer: Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shugoro Yamamoto (novel) Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie. Running Time: 96 min. Plot: A group of idealistic

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Samurai I (1954)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Samurai I (1954)

dir: Hiroshi Inagaki; prod: Kazuo Takimura; writer: Hideji Hojo (play), Hiroshi Inagaki; Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Mitsuko Mito, Eiko Miyoshi, Akihiko Hirata, Kusuo Abe, Eitarô Ozawa, Akira Tani

Salaam Bombay! (1988)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Salaam Bombay! (1988)

dir: Mira Nair; prod: Mira Nair; writer: Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala; Cast: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Raghuvir Yadav, Aneeta Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Raju Barnad, Chandrashekhar Naidu, Sarfuddin Quarrassi, Mohanraj Babu Running Time: 113 min.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

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AKA: Red Bronx, Death Benefit Literally: Red Savage Territory or “Red Indian Territory”, a reference to “Fort Apache, The Bronx” Director: Stanley Tong Kwai-Lai Producer: Barbie Tung Wan-Si Writer: Edward Tang Action Director: Jackie

Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga Cast: Masahiro Anzai, Shôzô Îzuka Running Time: 121 min. Plot: On a far-off planet, a Kingdom tries to launch the planet’s first manned spacecraft. This ten year old project not only faces funding and technical problem, but

Robotrix (1991)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Robotrix (1991)

Director: Jamie Luk Writer: Jamie Luk, Siu Man Sing Cast: Amy Yip, Chikako Aoyama, David Wu. Running Time: 94 min. Plot: A mad scientist transfers his mind to a wicked robot, which then embarks on a program of kidnaping, rape and murder, during which a female

Robot Carnival (1991)

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Director: Atsuko Fukushima (segments “Coming Soon” and “See You Again”), Hiroyuki Kitakubo(segment “A Tale of Two Robots”), Hiroyuki Kitazume (segment “Starlight Angel”), Mao Lamdao (segment

Story of Ricky (1991)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Story of Ricky (1991)

Literally: Strength King Director: Nam Lai-Choi Writer: Nam Lai-Choi Cast: Fan Siu-Wong, Yukari Oshima, Gloria Yip Wan-Yi, Frankie Chin, Philip Kwok Chun-Fung (Kuo Chui), Ho Ka-Kui, Fan Mui-Sang, Jean Pol Running Time: 91 min. Plot: Adapted from the popular