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Red Sorghum (1987)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Red Sorghum (1987)

Director: Zhang Yimou Producer: Writer: Jianyu Chen, Wei Zhu Cast: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten Running Time: 91 min. Plot: In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the …

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Red Dust (1990)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Red Dust (1990)

Director: Ho Yim Writer: Ho Yim Cast: Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin Running Time: 94 min. Plot: Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an

Red Beard (1965)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Red Beard (1965)

Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Akira Kurosawa Writer: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano Running Time: 185 min. Plot: In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young

Rashomon (1950)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Rashomon (1950)

Director: Akira Kurosawa Writer: Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori Running Time: 88 min. Plot: In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. The film gives us four viewpoints of the

Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine (1992)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine (1992)

Director: Shuji Iuchi Producer: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoko Matsushita, Hidenori Taga Writer: Rumiko Takahashi (comic), Ryota Yamaguchi Running Time: 60 min. Plot: With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno’s

Ranma ½: The Movie (1991)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Ranma ½: The Movie (1991)

Director: Shuji Iuchi Producer: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoko Matsushita, Hidenori Taga Writer: Shuji Iuchi, Rumiko Takahashi (comic), Ryota Yamaguchi, Shigeru Yanagawa (story) Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka Running Time: 74 min. Plot:

Ran (1985)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Ran (1985)

AKA: Chaos Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Serge Silverman, Masato Hara Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide (based on the play “King Lear” by William Shakespeare) Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko

Raise the Red Lantern (1992)

November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Raise the Red Lantern (1992)

Director: Zhang Yimou Producer: Fu-Sheng Chiu, Hsiao-hsien Hou, Wenze Zhang Writer: Su Tong (novel), Ni Zhen Cast: Li Gong, Caifei He, Jingwu Ma, Cuifen Cao, Qi Zhao Running Time: 125 min. Plot: China in the 1920’s. After her fathers death, nineteen