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Yoshihiro Ishikawa – Kaibyô nori no numa AKA Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Takafusa Ryuzoji, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade...
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Larry Kent – When Tomorrow Dies (1965)
Quote:Frustrated housewife Gwen James (Rabid’s Patricia Gage) feels like little more than a servant to her accountant husband (Strange Brew’s Douglas Campbell) and two daughters. Devoting all her time...
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Masashige Narusawa – Hana fudâ tôsei AKA Flower Cards Chivalry (1967)
Review from Takuma_964 @ Letterboxd wrote: An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by...
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Kamran Shirdel – Qaleh AKA The Women’s Quarter (1966)
The deeply moving “Qaleh – The Women’s Quarter” (1966) shows the life of prostitutes in Tehran’s city brothels, an area known as Shahre Now. The film closely follows a number of women and communicates...
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Masashige Narusawa – Hana fudâ tôsei AKA Flower Cards Chivalry (1967)
Review from Takuma_964 @ Letterboxd wrote: An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by...
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Jørgen Leth & Ole John – Se frem til en tryg tid AKA Look Forward to a Time...
Det Danske Filminstitut wrote: A razor, a hand, some white foam, a neck, a man talking, piano notes. A shaving is closely followed. The title refers to a social democratic slogan. Jørgen Leth; Ole...
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Kenji Misumi – Koto yûshû: Ane imôto (1967)
Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter’s fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of their cuisine in jeopardy. VTS_01_0.IFOGeneralContainer:...
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Karel Zeman – Bláznova kronika AKA The Jester’s Tale (1964)
Synopsis: The Thirty Years’ War is seen from the point of view in this satirical slapstick comedy that combines engravings, old cartoons, montages, special effects, and film. The positions of both...
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Joseph W. Sarno – All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
Henning is a fashion photographer driven by visions of artistic glory. He is encouraged by a literary agent to produce a volume of erotic nudes and works to create the perfect layout with his favorite...
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Jerome Hill – The Magic Umbrella (1965)
A magic umbrella saves a girl from a mysterious attacker. Filmed in 1927, tinted and hand-colored in the early 60s. Jerome Hill - 1965 - The Magic Umbrella.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 3 min...
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Jean Eustache – La soirée (1963)
Unfinished film by Jean Eustache (1961, or ’63), with Jean-André Fieschi, Chantal Simon, Paul Vecchiali and André S. Labarthe. Cahiers du cinéma n° 523, April 1998 – Google translated wrote: Jean...
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Liliana Cavani – La donna nella Resistenza AKA Women of the Resistance (1965)
Made for Italian television, this powerful documentary by iconoclastic auteur Liliana Cavani profiles a number of women who participated in the Italian Resistance and survived the German invasion of...
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Yasuzô Masumura – Jotai AKA Vixen (1969)
Masumura’s 44th film capitalizes on the student unrest of the late sixties as background for a story about a ‘liberated’ woman. Cruelly nymphomaniac, Michi is described as an ‘independent child of the...
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Richard Leacock – The Children Were Watching (1961)
Quote: Richard Leacock photographs the first week of school integration in November 1960 in New Orleans, which is marked by violent demonstrations of hatred by white parents as their children look on,...
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Robert Enrico – La rivière du hibou AKA An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he...
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Jean Eustache – La rosière de Pessac AKA The Virgin of Pessac (1968)
Quote:In a French village near Bordeaux, Pessac, a young lady is chosen for her virtue by the townspeople. Quote:This is the first version that Eustache shot. The second version will be shot 10 years...
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Masaki Kobayashi – Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu AKA Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord’s mistress, who has recently displeased the ruler. Reluctantly,...
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Shigeo Tanaka – Obi o toku Natsuko aka I’ll Cry Alone (1965)
Story: Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuilding company. When he is about to re-marry she insists he either wed or stop seeing...
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Giancarlo Cobelli – Fermate il mondo… voglio scendere! (1970)
SYNOPSIS Young protesters live together in a commune in Milano. One has a ventriloquist ability and is signed by national TV becoming a superstar in commercials aimed for kids. One by one his commune...
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Aleksandr Mitta – Gori, gori, moya zvezda aka Shine, Shine, my star (1969)
During the time of the Russian Revolution, this southern Russian actor has grown fascinated with the idea of a “people’s theater,” and with art which mirrors the principles of the Revolution. He even...
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