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As the Cantonese 'Jane' Bond films evolved, the genre became less Bond-like, cutting down on the staging of fights and the flaunting of secret weapons. The heroine(s) remained an action figure, complete with quick wits and agile prowess, but the stories increasingly took on the jewel theft plot and the twilight world of decadent deviance. The Mysterious Sisters is no exception as director Ng Wui renders high class thefts in the style of the classic French film Rififi, and long stretches of action that unfold without dialogue.

Two thousand and nine hundred years ago, Buddha is deeply touched by Mongryeon's love for his parents. Lady Cheongche falls to hell because she betrayed her husband. Buddha saves her and helps her go to heaven.

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy film.

A mummy swallow teaches her child to cherish foods and respect labors of others.

Pinku from 1966.

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers over these places.

A man is a chief of accounting who does business honestly, never cheating anyone in his 10 years at the company. But his boss is a completely different man. Regarding him as an obstacle keeping him from stealing the company's money, the boss lays a trap to get him fired. The boss' plot is successful. Now jobless, he and his family suffer a lot. But not long after, the president of the company finds out what's been going on. He comes to see him to apologize and lets him know that he is not only reinstated but also promoted.

Tatsuo Osone movie

Duan Xiaoxuan, A Da and Te Wei's exploration of the ink wash animation technique.

A short documentary by Hiroshi Teshigahara about his father, the sculptor Sofu Teshigahara, preparing an exhibition.

1962 Japanese movie

Fujishima Hiroshi (Kyu Sakamoto), a born "genius of mischief," joins a trading company in order to meet Nakahara Michiko (Kayama Yoshiko), a girl he has admired since his student days. However, he competes with his rival Kono (Tani Kanichi) to beat Michiko, and uses all sorts of business tactics to climb the corporate ladder in this salaryman screwball comedy.

A stolen missile design, miniaturised and hidden within a pair of sunglasses, is smuggled through Macau. Rival intelligence networks converge to intercept the device, triggering a covert operation of infiltration, counterintelligence, and complex technological espionage amid a rapidly escalating international spy war.

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1961 Japanese movie

Melodrama based on a hit song of the same title.

Modern comedy social drama about a reporter (Mihashi) for the Toto Shimpo determined to scoop his rivals during the murder investigation of the president of a machinery company. A highly critical drama about the lack of ethics by both reporters and the newspapers they work for.

In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on a young girl! A gloomy portrait of youth, in which distorted energy explodes! A unique social drama that acutely depicts the psychological conflict bubbling in the chest of detectives who are chasing a gang of scoundrels who prey on innocent girls. Adapted from the novel "Kegareta Hankachi".

The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are actually brother and sister.

Constructed as an experimental montage of still photographs, "Diary of Yunbogi" reflects on poverty and historical responsibility through the imagined diary of a six-year-old Korean boy living in a South Korean slum. Drawing on photographs taken during Ōshima’s 1965 research trip to Korea, the film juxtaposes the child’s daily struggle to care for his siblings with the director’s own reflections on Japanese–Korean relations.

Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion Festival.

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese action film.

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

1960 Japanese movie

A short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto

Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In the second story, even death cannot prevent a devoted wife from helping in her husband's success.

A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the details of her story.

Movie despicting the life and accomplishments of Korean Admiral Yi Sun Shin.

A woman joins a convent to investigate the suspicious death of her brother but nothing could prepare her for the horror and depravity that takes place behind the convent walls.

Pinku from 1965.

Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between spies and counterspies within the Japanese Occupation force. The film was shot in Taiwan, offering unique visages, with cat-and-mouse mind games set in motion against trust, betrayal and seduction. Based on the British film The Two-Headed Spy (1958), future action maestro Chang Cheh wrote the script while husband-and-wife team Lo Wei and Lau Leung-wah star together as agents, with Lo doubling as director.

Pinku from 1968.

Government agencies in China mobilize to save sixty-one highway construction workers in Shanxi province and investigate their poisoning.

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

A young Japanese woman comes to Peru to marry a man she has never seen in this somber drama highlighted by cultural differences. Her husband is a first-generation Japanese and both are bound to the time-honored tradition of arranged marriages. Bringing her child from a previous marriage, she finds her new husband living with Andes Mountain Indians and working for an archaeological expedition. The man and her boy take to each other, and the woman begins to study and understand the lives of the Indians. When her husband is killed mining for Incan treasure, she uses the money sent by the state to stay and help the villagers whom she has come to love.

Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.

A Gezi opera taiyupian

The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.

The White Bone Swords are stolen, and our heroes must find a way to get them back, but Brother Huang is poisoned by the Demon Cult's Hell Frost Staff, and the others must make a dangerous journey to get the antidote before it is too late.

Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst rugged rocky terrain and raging waves!

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.

Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi

Romantic story and complications of a lingerie model.

1962 Japanese movie

hong kong film

1961 Japanese movie