The Ghost of Yotsuya

Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan
Japan, 1959
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Starring: Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi

1982 release

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Hunter in the Dark

Yami no karyudo
Japan, 1979
Director: Hideo Gosha
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tanba, Yoshio Harada, Keiko Kishi, Mikio Narita

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Hattori Hanzo: Shadow Warriors

Hattori Hanzô: Kage no Gundan
Japan, 1980
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Starring: Teruhiko Saigo, Tsunehiko Watase, Mikio Narita, Ken Ogata, Yoichi Miura, Satoshi Yamamura, Nobuo Kaneko

Renzoku satsujinki: Reiketsu

Japan, 1984
Director: Mamoru Watanabe
Starring: Kazuya Nakayama, Kimiko Yoshimiya, Izumi Aki, Meika Seri

Title roughly translates as "Cold-blooded serial killer", which explains why that young lady is being carted off to the bamboo grove. Not so sure what the naked woman sleeping on his eyelid is all about though.

Anyone seen this film ?

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Roman Polanski Festival

United Kingdom
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Donald Pleasence, Jacqueline Bisset, Jolanta Umecka

This gatefold chirashi advertises a 1998 Polanski retrospective featuring Repulsion (1965), Knife in the Water (1962), and Cul-de-Sac (1966). Stylish design.

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One Million Years B.C.

United Kingdom, 1966
Director: Don Chaffey
Starring: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert

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Read a Review of the movie at Twisted Flicks

The Man with the Golden Gun

United Kingdom, 1974
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams

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Octopussy

United Kingdom, 1983
Director: John Glen
Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan

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The Sabbath

La visione del sabba
Italy, 1988
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Beatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet

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Rollerball

United Kingdom, 1975
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams

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When the Last Sword is Drawn

Mibu gishi den
Japan, 2003
Director: Yojiro Takita
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Miki Nakatani

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Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Ai no 40-nichi
Japan, 2001
Director: Yoichi Nishiyama
Starring: Yasuhito Hida, Rie Fukami, Naoto Takenaka

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After the Flowers

Hana no ato
Japan, 2010
Director: Kenji Nakanishi
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Shuntaro Miyao, Kamejiro Ichikawa, Jun Kunimura

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May Love Be Restored

Gobanchô yûgirirô
Japan, 1980
Director: Shigeyuki Yamane
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Eiji Okuda, Tadashi Yokouchi

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Tales of Terror

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Gekijô-ban
Japan, 2004
Director: Keita Amemiya
Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Yasufumi Hayashi, Kazunari Shigesawa, Harumi Inoue

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Kaidan

Japan, 2007
Director: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Kumiko Aso, Takaaki Enoki, Reona Hirota, Mao Inoue, Tae Kimura, Hitomi Kuroki

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Be My Slave (B)

Watashi no dorei ni narinasai
Japan, 2012
Director: Toru Kamei
Starring: Mitsu Dan, Itsuji Itao, Hiroaki Mayama, Aya Sugimoto

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Heroines of the Silver Screen #34 - Mariko Kaga

Japan, 2007

Festival flyer for a retrospective of films featuring super-cute Mariko Kaga. Image from Only on Mondays (Ko Nakahira, 1964)

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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

Kidô senshi Gandamu III: Meguriai sorahen
Japan, 1982
Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Starring: Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki

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The Funhouse

USA, 1981
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin

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The Beastmaster

USA, 1982
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn

Illustration by Noriyoshi Ohrai

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