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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Japan
1972
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director, Writer) Meiko Kaji Tatsuo Umemiya Tsunehiko Watase Akiko Koyama Tomiko Ishii Kôji Nanbara Yayoi Watanabe Mari Mochida Mieko Aoyagi Isao Matsumoto (Writer) Toshiaki Tsushima (Soundtrack) Hanjirô Nakazawa (Cinematographer)
The Meiko Kaji reboot (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)
Murderer Pursues
Hong Kong
1981
Wang Chung (Director, Writer) Danny Lee Sau-Yin Ray Lui Lam Shung-Ching Lung Tin-Sang Parkman Wong Kent Cheng Wang Ching Edwin Tsui Wong Ching-Ho Paul Chan Chung-Chau (Cinematographer) Eddie H. Wang (Soundtrack)
Reviewed by Simon (Sunday, January 23, 2022)
Pursuit of a Killer
Hong Kong
1985
Taylor Wong Tai-Loi (Director) Lo Meng Jason Pai Piao Sun Chien Chan Shen Lam Fai-Wong Joh Yin-Ling Michael Tong Chun-Chung Keung Hon Shum Lo Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) So Jan-Hau (Soundtrack)
Prototype Cat III nasty (Sunday, January 23, 2022)
Sanshiro Sugata
Japan
1943
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Denjirō Ōkōchi Susumu Fujita Yukiko Todoroki Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Takashi Shimura Ranko Hanai Sugisaku Aoyama Tsuneo Tomita (Writer) Akira Mimura (Cinematographer) Seiichi Suzuki (Soundtrack)
Fine, if a little insubstantial (Saturday, January 22, 2022)
The Evil Karate
Taiwan
1971
Joseph Kuo (Director, Writer) Lin Yu-Chuan (Action Director) Chang Ching-Ching Ko Yu-Min Shao Lo-Hui Kai Pao-Yu Su Chen-Ping Chiang Tao Tyrone Hsu Tien-Yung (Writer) Lin Yu-Yuan (Writer) Lin Tzu-Jung (Cinematographer) Eddie H. Wang (Soundtrack)
A fun low budget wuxia (Saturday, January 22, 2022)
Broken Embraces
Spain
2009
Pedro Almodovar (Director, Writer) El Deseo (Production Company) Rossy de Palma Chus Lampreave Rubén Ochandiano José Luis Gómez Blanca Portillo Lluís Homar Kiti Mánver Penelope Cruz Lola Dueñas Alberto Iglesias (Soundtrack) Rodrigo Prieto (Cinematographer)
One of Almodóvar's more grown up films (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)
Dancing Mary
Japan
2019
Sabu (Director, Writer) NAOTO Aina Yamada Kaito Yoshimura Nozomi Bando Ryo Ishibashi Taro Suwa Hiro'o Yanagida (Cinematographer)
Another Sabu masterpiece (Sunday, January 9, 2022)

Reviewed on this day in 2013

Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Overheard
Hong Kong
2009
Alan Mak (Director, Writer) Felix Chong (Director, Writer) Jack Wong (Action Director) Lau Ching-Wan Louis Koo Daniel Wu Zhang Jing-Chu Alex Fong Waise Lee Michael Wong Fletcher Poon (Cinematographer) Comfort Chan (Soundtrack)
Stylish thriller that sometimes gets a bit silly (Monday, January 28, 2013)