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King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō

A biographical documentary produced as part of the 20th anniversary project of the silent film appreciation society led by Shunsui Matsuda, who was known as a silent film narrator, film collector and exhibitor. The film features interviews with directors and related parties involved in the production while inserting scenes from period dramas starring Tsumasanburo Bando throughout from Matsuda’s extensive collection. Completed in 1980 but not released to the general public until 1993 on the 40th anniversary of Bando’s death and Matsuda’s seventh anniversary.

King of Swashbuckler: Life of Tsumasaburō Bandō

10.0 1988
Super Power

A dying Manchu kung fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Southern champs who defeated and humiliated him a generation ago. The three Manchus enter the town where the old champs live and begin challenging and fighting an unprepared group of once-powerful martial artists and their sons. After his counterparts in the other families take some serious beatings, Billy is forced to take a crash course from a noted teacher in North and South Eagle styles as well as Horsehead Fist. Only then is he able to confront each of the three Manchu fighters.

Super Power

6.6 1980
Legend of Plumeria

Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get married, Akira and both of her parents are enthusiastic about the matchmaking. During a summer vacation in Japan, Emiko is attacked with a knife by a boy, but is saved by Shinji Terao (Kiichi Nakai), a young man who happens to be passing by. Shinji is passionate about windsurfing and trains hard every day for the world championships. Emiko is attracted to him because of his sincerity, though he is not very sociable. Upon returning to Hawaii, she overcame her parents' objections and got him to break off his proposal to Akira. Meanwhile, the world competition is approaching and Shinji comes to Hawaii from Japan.

Legend of Plumeria

NR 1983
Devil Boy

The age of the demons has begun. Dr Faust has foreseen this rise of evil. Unfortunately, he is near death and is unable to personally battle this upcoming threat. Faust entrusts a young boy, Shingo Yamada, to take the responsibility of ridding the Earth of this new evil presence. Faust finds a birthmark on Shingo's forehead that signifies that he is the chosen demon fighter. Faust also summons from hell what may be humanity's only hope of surviving: a less than enthusiastic devil named Mephisto rises. After signing a pact in blood to save humankind, Shingo and Mephisto set out to battle the supernatural world.

Devil Boy

5.3 1989
Solar Adventure

"Siporta, the space conqueror, has captured the only being in the universe that can stop him: the Canon Robot. Unable to control it, he decides to melt it down and use the parts to create his own combat robot. Now the people of Earth are in a race against time to save the Canon Robot from destruction so that they can use it to defeat the otherwise invulnerable Siporta." - Official Synopsis. Hong Kong English Dub of the 1985 Live Action/Animated film "로보트왕 썬샤크" (Robot King Sun Shark)

Solar Adventure

3.0 1985
The Heroes and the Bear

In quiet campuses everywhere, incidents of kidnapping of school children occurred one after another. When the school was ordered to talk to parents about [binding], the society became uneasy and public opinion was in an uproar. Fang Hua, a popular stage star, raised her daughter Liyun independently due to a failed marriage. Liyun is very well-behaved, but because mother and daughter spend less time together and more separation, they are a family with flawed family relationships. Taxi driver Xiao Liao once bravely stopped a kidnapping case, but suffered heavy losses, which made him feel that it was difficult to be a good person in this society. Moreover, due to his own limited education, it is difficult to survive in this diverse society. The only comfort was his lover Xiulan.

The Heroes and the Bear

NR 1988
School Girl

The film explores the friendship between two school girls balanced on the cups between childhood and the adult world. The break between them comes when Leah, the headstrong and fearless of the two, severs the already fragile bonds of family and school life and rushes headlong into a darker world where, if pressures still exist, the players are at least less judgmental. Meanwhile, Sarah, timid and more plant by nature, nevertheless rebels against her friend's choice and is at first relegated to spectator while Leah is almost willingly made the pawn of the destructive man she loves. As Leah slides deeper into the surreal, we watch as Sarah makes her own extraordinarily dangerous choices to save her friend from certain destruction.

School Girl

8.0 1989
Ronin on a Mission

Mori Kojiro, a member of the Akō Ronin, fails to identify Kira Kozukenosuke before their attack and is publicly banished by Ōishi Kuranosuke. Ōishi later apologizes privately, revealing that Kira has a decoy and assigning Mori a secret mission to kill the real Kira if necessary. Devastated, Mori finds solace with Okame, a local bar owner. After the ronin avenge their master, Mori, believing their mission complete, plans to leave his samurai life for Okame. However, Terazaka Kichiemon reveals that Kira was not killed but fled, and the decapitated man was a decoy. Mori decides to complete his mission and hunt down the real Kira.

Ronin on a Mission

NR 1987