Author Archive: Retro

A Nisei officer (Lane Nakano) on a Dutch freighter falls in love with a nightclub hostess (Tamiko Aya) in Tokyo.

The East Is Red, also known as The East Is Red: A Song and Dance Epic, is a 1965 Chinese film directed by Wang Ping. It is based on an opera assembled by Zhou Enlai and presents an abridged history of the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong’s leadership. The film traces the revolution from the May Fourth Movement to the Civil War against the Nationalist Party, culminating in the CCP victory and the founding of the People’s Republic of China

Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He instigates a revolt by his slave-workers, then blames the situation on Marcus. During the revolt, five muscular slaves escape. They meet up with fellow escapee Balisten, a farmer unjustly condemned to the aqueduct project. Balisten, impressed by Marcus’s enlightened attitudes, has rescued the Tribune from the revolt. The six slaves, with Marcus’s advice, plan to gain their freedom using their prowess as gladiators. Marcus plans to clear his name and to re-unite with his fiancée, Claudia, recently arrived from Rome. Gaius plans to kill Marcus and thus hide the truth about the slave revolt. Brawls and fights both inside and outside the arena come thick and fast.

Two nuns from a remote Italian village go to Rome to persuade an airline to reroute their jets which are disturbing their convent. English dubbed.

During WW2, an Italian-American commando outfit, disguised as an Italian Army unit, is parachuted behind Axis lines in North Africa.

Mexican Revolutionary captures an educated American on a raid and begins to admire him, until he realizes he was sent by the government to kill his General. English dubbed. Dir. Damiano Damiani

Story of the Teutonic invasion of Poland in the 15th century.

English villagers buy a race horse and try to enter him in the Grand National. He wins local race by being slower than others.

During World War II, Polish partisans (Michael Rennie, David Knight) discover that the Nazis are secretly building a rocket.