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Oldrich Lipský – At zijí duchové! AKA Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is…
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Tim Burstall – Nightmare at Bitter Creek (1988)
A group of women go on a horse-riding expedition to an isolated mountain region where they become prey to a…
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Valentin Vaala – Linnaisten vihreä kamari AKA The Green Chamber of Linnais (1945)
A Gothic romance directed by Valentin Vaala, based on a 1880 novella by Zachris Topelius. Peter von Bagh’s essay on…
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Kazuo Mori – Jirocho Fuji (1959)
Synopsis: One historical yakuza boss was Jirocho of Shimizu (1820-1893), born of the merchant class. One of the earliest versions…
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Chien-Hung Lien – Salli (2023)
An online romance with a foreigner takes a lonely middle-aged chicken farmer to an unknown land. Despite everyone saying it…
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René Clair – Le voyage imaginaire (1926)
Le Voyage Imaginaire” is full of suggestions in which different genres are mixed (avant-garde, comedy, surrealism) without any real connection.…
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Joe D’Amato – High Finance Woman (1990)
An unscrupulous female stockbroker who uses her feminine wiles to get valuable information lands in hot water when she has…
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Koreyoshi Kurahara – Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete aka Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast (1962)
Inspired by Federico Fellini’s La Strada and a sharp departure from the Nikkatsu Action norm, Glass Johnny stars Shishido as…
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Francesca Comencini – Amori che non sanno stare al mondo AKA Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World (2017)
Claudia and Flavio were passionately in love for a long time. It all ended and things were not easy for…
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