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December 7th, 2014: High and Low — a.k.a. Tengoku to jigoku (1963)

Dec7 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Addicition, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Drama, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Stalker, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged Akira Kurosawa, class issues, detective, Ed McBain, heroin, industrialist, Japan, kidnapping, mistaken identity, noir, ransom, rock and roll, shoes, Sixties, Toshiro Mifune

August 26th, 2014: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Last Stand, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Akira Kurosawa, bandits, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, class issues, drag, forbidden love, homage, Japan, master swordsman, old timer, orphan, peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

December 13th, 2013: 1941

Dec13 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Assumed Identity, Comedy, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

May25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

March 10th, 2012: Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Mar10 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Survival, War Movies Tagged Alexander Jacobs, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Conrad L. Hall, island, Japan, John Boorman, Lalo Schifrin, Lee Marvin, ocean, raft, Toshiro Mifune, uncharted island, World War Two

March 24th, 2011: Yoidore Tenshi aka Drunken Angel

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Akira Kurosawa, alcoholic, clinic, doctor, Japan, slums, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune, tuberculosis, Yakuza

1941 (1979)

Jun16 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Full Reviews, Reviews, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two

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