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Abstract/Sommario: (Zatoichi Meets the One-armed Swordsman) It’s East meets East when one of Japan’s action idols crosses paths with an iconic kung-fu hero from Hong Kong. While traveling the countryside, Zatoichi comes across Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), a Chinese swordsman protecting a brutally orphaned young child. Despite the language barrier, the men forge a friendship, until nefarious enemies plant seeds of distrust to pit the two master martial artists against each other.
(Zatoichi at Large) Zatoic ...; [Leggi tutto...] (Zatoichi Meets the One-armed Swordsman) It’s East meets East when one of Japan’s action idols crosses paths with an iconic kung-fu hero from Hong Kong. While traveling the countryside, Zatoichi comes across Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), a Chinese swordsman protecting a brutally orphaned young child. Despite the language barrier, the men forge a friendship, until nefarious enemies plant seeds of distrust to pit the two master martial artists against each other.
(Zatoichi at Large) Zatoichi comes across a pregnant woman dying from sword wounds and helps deliver her baby. Her final request to him: take the boy to see his father. From here, the film evolves into one of the wilder rides in the Zatochi series, including such quirky touches as a mysterious child who follows Ichi and pelts him with rocks, monkey performances, and an unexpectedly hilarious take on the ronin challenger.
(Zatoichi in Desperation) Star Shintaro Katsu sits in the director’s chair for this psychedelic and unremittingly bleak entry in the Zatoichi series, which is unlike any other in its grind-house grimness. A tale of innocence corrupted by sadistic, sleazy criminality, the film is propelled by Easy Rider–esque editing and a trippy seventies funk score by Kunihiko Murai.

Abstract/Sommario: Il 25% della popolazione carceraria mondiale si trova negli USA. Un dato sorprendente che induce il maestro del documentario Eugene Jarecki a indagare sui risultati della lotta alla droga da Nixon in poi. Una ricerca che parte dall’esperienza personale del regista e porta a esplorare il punto di vista delle vittime, delle famiglie, delle autorità e degli spacciatori, con un occhio penetrante e senza pregiudizi. Con ritmo incalzante Jarecki esamina dati ed eventi, scavando a fondo nella ...; [Leggi tutto...] Il 25% della popolazione carceraria mondiale si trova negli USA. Un dato sorprendente che induce il maestro del documentario Eugene Jarecki a indagare sui risultati della lotta alla droga da Nixon in poi. Una ricerca che parte dall’esperienza personale del regista e porta a esplorare il punto di vista delle vittime, delle famiglie, delle autorità e degli spacciatori, con un occhio penetrante e senza pregiudizi. Con ritmo incalzante Jarecki esamina dati ed eventi, scavando a fondo nella psicologia dei personaggi di una storia che non ha lieto fine. Dimostra con i fatti – a volte duri, altre commoventi – quanto gli “effetti collaterali” delle politiche governative portate avanti da entrambi gli schieramenti, democratico e repubblicano, abbiano in realtà contribuito a rendere più pericolosi e più forti i criminali. E in un inquietante retroscena mostra quanto la netta discriminazione tra “droghe dei poveri” e “droghe dei ricchi” sia tutt’altro che casuale.

Abstract/Sommario: (Zatoichi's Conspiracy) Everything comes full circle when Zatoichi returns to his hometown. Unfortunately, he finds that a childhood friend has become a feared crime lord, keeping the locals in debt and bilking them of their rice. Capping off Zatoichi’s feature film era before he made the transition to television in 1974, this chapter is suffused with melancholy, closing the series on a note of seriousness and emotional heft that it has well earned.

Abstract/Sommario: 3-D Rarities, Volume II spans over 40 years of international 3-D film production, and is appropriately presented in three segments. The first is a superb collection of short 3-D oddities, including the long-lost A Day in the Country; 3-D master Raymond Spottiswoode’s The Black Swan; Stereoscopic Anthropologist Hillary Hess’s presentation of Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo; the mysterious Polaroid-filmed Games in Depth; a prologue for Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, a West Germa ...; [Leggi tutto...] 3-D Rarities, Volume II spans over 40 years of international 3-D film production, and is appropriately presented in three segments. The first is a superb collection of short 3-D oddities, including the long-lost A Day in the Country; 3-D master Raymond Spottiswoode’s The Black Swan; Stereoscopic Anthropologist Hillary Hess’s presentation of Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo; the mysterious Polaroid-filmed Games in Depth; a prologue for Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, a West German-Spanish coproduction originally filmed in Hi-Fi Stereo 70; and a trailer for the 1983 documentary The 3-D Movie, which serves as a brief historical showcase for a wide swath of classic 3-D films.

Abstract/Sommario: (Zatoichi the Fugitive) Zatoichi triumphs at a village wrestling match, much to the chagrin of his yakuza opponents. The defeated gang members pay a hotheaded ronin to take out the masseur; unbeknownst to them, the hired assassin is married to a former flame of Zatoichi’s, further complicating matters.
(Zatoichi on the Road) The itinerant Zatoichi comes across a dying man, who begs the masseur to escort a young woman back to her family in Edo. The honorable swordsman agrees, but in so ...; [Leggi tutto...] (Zatoichi the Fugitive) Zatoichi triumphs at a village wrestling match, much to the chagrin of his yakuza opponents. The defeated gang members pay a hotheaded ronin to take out the masseur; unbeknownst to them, the hired assassin is married to a former flame of Zatoichi’s, further complicating matters.
(Zatoichi on the Road) The itinerant Zatoichi comes across a dying man, who begs the masseur to escort a young woman back to her family in Edo. The honorable swordsman agrees, but in so doing, he catapults himself between two warring yakuza clans, each with its own interest in kidnapping the girl.
(Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold) After arriving in a small village, Zatoichi finds himself accused of stealing the citizens’ hefty tax payments. To clear his name, he must face off against a corrupt official, a succession of hired blades, and a bullwhip-wielding titan, played by star Shintaro Katsu’s brother Tomisaburo Wakayama. This sixth installment of the increasingly popular and prestigious Zatoichi series features ravishing visuals by Rashomon cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa.