Top Cast
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Kentarô Munakata
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Izumi Ashikawa
Yuriko Shiratori
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Yuji Odaka
Koji Nakagawa
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Ryōji Hayama
Kimura
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Shadia
Laila
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Ken Mitsuda
Kuromizu
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Shōbun Inoue
Masa
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Kamal Al-Shenawy
Chief Policeman Ibrahim
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Hassan Youssef
Nationalist Sobhy
Overview
A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time.
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I Am David
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The Legion
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
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Black Gold
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
End of Sentence
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
The Black Pirate
After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
Silverton Siege
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
The Warrior
A brother and sister's journey into the jungle to find their missing father.
Jungle Run
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.