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Tokuzô Tanaka – Rikugun Nakano gakko: Ryu-sango shirei (1967)
letterboxd: In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car...
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Ken Russell – Diary of a Nobody (1964)
Extract from the Radio Times for the broadcast: We begin tonight with the comedy – Ken Russell’s version of The Diary Of A Nobody by the Brothers Grossmith. Ken Russell, who will be remembered from...
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David Perlov – Ha-Glula (1968)
A visually beautiful burlesque fantasy about a fountain-of-youth pill and its effects on Getz, a down-and-out Tel Aviv night-club singer. After taking this much sought after pill, Getz becomes the...
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Uwe Brandner – Blinker (1969)
Synopsis: Giving up-and-coming writers a chance, or better yet, two. The American playwright and later comedian Peter Paul Bergman wrote a film script in the summer of 1964 at the LCB workshop...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Jakoman to Tetsu AKA Jakoman and Tetsu AKA One-eyed Captain...
Plot:In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu,...
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Toshio Matsumoto – Bara no sôretsu AKA Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Quote:What can be said about Funeral Parade of Roses other than that it is the personification of a fever dream, and the definition of a “mindfuck.” Toshio Matsumoto’s 1969 cult film is nothing but a...
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David Attenborough – The Miracle of Bali (1969)
Quote: The Miracle of Bali is a BBC series of cultural documentaries narrated by David Attenborough and first shown in 1969. The series comprises three programs about the culture of Bali. Episode 1....
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