The Bell Tower (1958)

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

三村新之丞は東北の小藩に仕える三十石の下級武士。剣術の覚えもあり、藩校でも秀才と言われながら、現在の勤めは毒味役。張り合いのない役目に不満を持ちながらも、美しく気立てのいい妻・加代とつましくも笑いの絶えない平和な日々を送っていた。ところが、そんな平穏な生活が一変してしまう。貝の毒にあたった新之丞が、一命は取り留めたものの失明してしまったのだ。絶望し、自ら命を絶とうとする新之丞を、加代は懸命に思い留まらせるのだった。しかし、武士としての勤めを果たせなくなった以上、藩の沙汰次第では生きていくことも叶わない。そこで加代は、嫁入り前からの顔見知りだった上級武士の島田藤弥に相談を持ちかけるのだったが…。

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

カナダの美しい島、プリンス・エドワード島。グリーン・ゲイブルズと呼ばれる屋敷で暮らすマシューとマリラの老兄妹のもとに、児童養護施設から１３歳の少女アンがやって来た。だが、駅に迎えにいったマシューは、彼女の姿を見て困惑。彼らが養子に望んだのは男の子だったのだ。翌日には彼女を孤児院に返そうと考えた２人だったが、おしゃべりで想像好きなアンの無邪気さは２人の心を動かし、彼らはアンを手許に置く決心をする…。

今は昔、竹取の翁が見つけた光り輝く竹の中からかわいらしい女の子が現れ、翁は媼と共に大切に育てることに。女の子は瞬く間に美しい娘に成長しかぐや姫と名付けられ、うわさを聞き付けた男たちが求婚してくるようになる。彼らに無理難題を突き付け次々と振ったかぐや姫は、やがて月を見ては物思いにふけるようになり……。

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mist Saizo, Last of The Ninja'. Staying one step ahead of the Shogun’s forces, “Mist” Saizo tries to save the Sanada Clan, and avenge the death of his lord by assassinating the first Tokugawa Shogun. Following the first four films in this remarkable series, more previously unknown Ninja skills are shown to the world for the first time. The action heats up as Saizo single-handedly attacks the Shogun’s Palace!

The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.

Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to Bulgaria while he really is off to see the free world. When he wants to return to East Berlin he finds himself in an unbelievable predicament and his double life begins. He can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis. It's a light comedy, which won several national Film Academy Awards. The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was, dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be in the early morning on the 13th August 1961.

The film is a historical melodrama about a high government official who wants to marry a woman who is engaged to marry another man.

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.

日本統治下の朝鮮に生まれ、数々の苦難を乗り越えて女性初の日本海横断飛行に挑んだパイロット、朴敬元の物語。夕日を浴びながら飛ぶ複葉機の描写が素晴らしく美しい。

明治40年、日本地図完成のために立山連峰、劔岳への登頂に挑む、陸軍測量手の柴崎芳太郎ら７人の測量隊。山の案内人、宇治長次郎や助手の生田信らと頂への登り口を探すが、生田が足を滑らせけがを負ってしまう。大自然の厳しさを見せつけられた測量隊だったが、柴崎と宇治はある言葉を思い出す。

When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...

Hurrah! For Freedom (aka Viva Freedom) is a 1946 Korean film directed by Choi In-kyu. It was the first film made in the country after achieving independence from Japan. During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.

This joint Korean-Japanese production follows a Korean woman, Lee Ha-jong, as she searches for her father's remains. He - like tens of thousands of other Koreans - was forced into the Japanese military, and subsequently killed during WW2. She is joined by a Japanese man, seeking reconciliation between his country's military past, and the countries victimized by that history. The filmmakers portray both sides of a still highly emotional debate that centers around the enshrinement of soldiers at the Yasukuni Shrine, and Lee's lawsuit to prevent her father from being enshrined there. As Lee visits Japan and the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, she confronts - and is confronted by a wall of nationalistic pride that might be compared to neo-Nazis defending the righteousness of The Reich. This is contrasted with her meeting and working with Japanese peace activists, who deplore their countries' militaristic past, and seek to heal the wounds with her neighbors.

Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.

A cornucopia of early - and, in many cases, extremely rare - baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early twentieth century American lifestyles and values. It includes newly remastered and scored versions of two important early baseball features: The Busher (1919), a delightful comedy-drama featuring silent cinema legends Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, and John Gilbert; and Headin' Home (1920), spotlighting a young, shockingly svelte Babe Ruth in his first motion picture starring role.

During the era of Japanese occupation, Sol Jin-young, a Korean patriarch refuses to obey the law to change the family's name to a Japanese name. Tani, a member of the Japanese occupation forces, is sent to persuade Sol to comply with the order. Tani is conflicted between his duty, his respect for Korean culture and his attraction to Sol's daughter.

The fascinating story of knighthood, told through the extraordinary life and times of William Marshal, whom many consider the world's greatest knight. From Europe's medieval castles to the holy city of Jerusalem, presenter Thomas Asbridge explores William's incredible life, revealing a rip-roaring adventure story in the spirit of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. In a career that spanned half a century, this English soldier and statesman served some of Christendom's greatest leaders, from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart. Marshal fought in battles across Europe, survived court intrigue and exile, put his seal to the Magna Carta and proved to be the best friend a king could have, remaining loyal to those he served through disaster and victory. Then at the age of 70, despite all the odds, he saved England from a French invasion.