CRAZED FRUIT

CRAZED FRUIT (KURUTTA KAJITSU) (director: Ko Nakahira; screenwriter: based on the novel by Shintaro Ishihara/Shintaro Ishihara; cinematographer: Shigeyoshi Mine; editor: Masanori Tsujii; music: Masaru Sato/Toru Takemitsu; cast: Ayuko Fujishiro (Mother),…

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RANA’S WEDDING

RANA'S WEDDING (aka: ANOTHER DAY IN JERUSALEM) (director: Hany Abu-Assad; screenwriters: Liana Badr/Ihab Lamey; cinematographer: Brigit Hillenius; editor: Denise Jansee; music: Bashar Abd Rabbou/Mariecke van der Linden; cast: Clara Khoury…

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CRISSCROSS

CRISSCROSS (director: Chris Menges; screenwriter: novel by Scott Sommer/Scott Sommer; cinematographer: Ivan Strasburg; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Trevor Jones; cast: Goldie Hawn (Tracy Cross), Keith Carradine (John Cross), David Arnott…

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RATON PASS

RATON PASS (aka: CANYON PASS/ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL) (director: Edward L. Marin; screenwriters: novel by Tom W. Blackburn/Tom W. Blackburn/James R. Webb; cinematographer: Wilfrid M. Cline; editor: Tom Reilly;…

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READY PLAYER ONE

READY PLAYER ONE (director: Steven Spielberg; screenwriters: Zak Penn/Ernest Cline/based on the book by Ernest Cline; cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski; editors: Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn; music: Alan Silvestri; cast: Tye Sheridan…

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DANGER: DIABOLIK

DANGER: DIABOLIK (DIABOLIK) (director/writer: Mario Bava; screenwriter: story by Angela & Luciana Giussani; cinematographer: Antonio Rinaldi; editor: Romana Fortini; music: Ennio Morricone; cast: John Phillip Law (Diabolik), Terry-Thomas (Minister of…

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RED BEARD

RED BEARD (AKAHIGE) (director/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriters: Masato Ide/Ryuzo Kikushima/Hideo Oguni/Shugoro Yamamoto from the novel "Akahige shinryotan" by Shugoro Yamamoto; cinematographers: Asaichi Nakai/Takao Saito; music: Masaru Sato; cast: Toshiro Mifune…

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