The Challenge (1982)
He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!
Gênero : Ação, Drama
Runtime : 1H 49M
Director : John Frankenheimer
Sinopse
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
A variety of foreigners share their experiences of living in Japan.
An unusual documentary exploring sound. Unique elements of Japanese culture are revealed through ancient rituals and extraordinary musical spectacles. A young Buddhist priest whose family has been serving a temple for the past 500 years is also a DJ and beat-boxer. A drum teacher takes part in a costume performance of a 700-year-old ghost story. A female performer plays the Sho, a rare bamboo instrument that is believed to imitate the call of the mythical phoenix. The core ideas explaining the magical potential of sound that permeates all parts of the film are presented in the tradition of Shingon Buddhism. These beliefs are explored through following Buddhist chanting lessons for student priests at Shuchiin University in Kyoto.
Seu pai era um homem da lei. Sua mãe era praticante do sadomasoquismo. Seu destino era colocar calcinhas na cabeça e lutar por justiça. O artista marcial adolescente Kyōsuke Shikijō quer ser um herói. Mas quando chega a oportunidade de interromper um assalto a banco e conquistar o coração da garota que ele adora, a única maneira de esconder sua identidade é colocando uma calcinha em sua cabeça. Isto provoca sua transformação em Hentai Kamen, o Pervertido Mascarado, com a descoberta de que roupa de baixo feminina lhe traz inimagináveis superpoderes.
Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan.
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
O filme conta a história de Louis Zamperini, uma estrela da pista olímpica e um herói da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que durante uma missão militar, sofreu um acidente de avião no Oceano Pacífico, do qual sobreviveu junto com dois companheiros. Ele E mais um sobrevivem. Eles passaram 47 dias à deriva numa balsa, quando foram encontrados por um navio de guerra japonês. Que os fizeram de prisioneiros e os levaram para uma ilha onde foram torturados e mantidos como prisioneiros de guerra por dois anos.
Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
Daffy challenges duckhunter Elmer to a boxing match, rigged in his favor with the collusion of the duck referee. In the stands, Elmer's dog Larrimore suspects that something funny is going on, but he's drowned out by Daffy's all-duck cheering section.
Rei Natsume é uma bela assassina e guarda costas chamada Cheryl que acaba tendo que lutar para sobreviver quando seu mais novo cliente é perseguido pelo assassino profissional número um do Japão. E ela irá fazer de tudo para ela e seu cliente sobreviverem á este jogo de gato e rato.
Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.
Massimo returns to Venice after years of fighting against the Turks. He finds his beloved Elena, who in the meantime has married the doge who is tyrannizing the city.
A agente especial Kekko Kamen é enviada para uma remota e perdida ilha deserta, onde o vilão Mangriffon fundou uma escola de música. Kekko logo descobrirá que tudo é uma farsa e que as alunas são usadas como escravas sexuais pelos professores.
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.
This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out Pearl Harbor and capture Singapore in the World War 2. For 19 years before the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the Japanese, British officers were spying for Japan. Worse still, the Japanese had infiltrated the very heart of the British establishment - through a mole who was a peer of the realm known to Churchill himself.
Seventeen year old girls Jill and Oona explore their sexuality in between bouts of boxing and playfighting. Yet when Oona invites Jill back to her house, the sparring spills over into something much more intense.
A Japanese family having tea.
The earliest surviving Japanese film showing the martial art of kendo.
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Robinet gets punched by a boxer in the ring and decides to challenge him for a match. To win, he needs to train as much as he can.
