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Subgenre Sampler

 
Assassin, TheAssassin, The (Da ci ke) (1967)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
More understated than later Shaw Brothers efforts, this costume actioner stars 'Jimmy' Wang Yu as a patriotic swordsman of ancient Han–era…
King Kong EscapesKing Kong Escapes (1967)
Dir. Ishiro Honda
Feat. Mie Hama, Akira Takarada, Rhodes Reason
Kaiji co–production between Japan and the USA which pits a robot version of King Kong (MechaniKong!) against a giant dinosaur Gorosaurus. A…
One Armed SwordsmanOne Armed Swordsman (Dubei dao) (1967)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
Jimmy Wu Yang predates his one–armed boxer classic MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE as a disabled swordsman training in the art of…
Zatoichi: The OutlawZatoichi: The Outlaw (Zatoichi 16) (1967)
Dir. Satsuo Yamamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu
A middle–installment in the longrunning Zatoichi series, sees the wandering masseur become embroiled in a violent plot involving two rival…
Daimajin: Wrath of DaimajinDaimajin: Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Dir. Kazuo Mori
Feat. Masahide Iizuka, Hideki Ninomiya, Shinji Hori
One in a series of Japanese films about the great demon god Daimajin, who repeatedly comes to the aid of villagers when tyrannical warlords threaten…
Sword of DoomSword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge) (1966) Recommended
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
Based on a long–running Japanese newspaper serial, this stars Tatsuya Nakadai as an evil wandering samurai in feudal Japan who sees himself as…
Samurai AssassinSamurai Assassin (1965) Recommended
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratana
Sharply delivered samurai epic based on the infamous Sakurada Gate Incident of 1860 in which a high–ranking shogunite official was assassinated…
Samurai SpySamurai Spy (1965)
Dir. Masahiro Shinoda
Feat. Koji Takahashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Kei Sato
This atypical samurai saga ventures from the norm through overenthusiastic plotting, a Latin–infused score, and arresting…
Black God White DevilBlack God White Devil (1964)
Dir. Glauber Rocha
Feat. Maurício do Valle, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos
A landmark of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, fusing discordant sound and imagery with the embittered folktale of a…
Weekend at DunkirkWeekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Dir. Henri Verneuil
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Geret
The decimation of French and English troops who retreated to the coastal settlement of Dunkirk in 1940 is the sobering subject of this otherwise…

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