teacher and film (list) buff,
loves Columbo, Japanese Cinema
70s Italian Euro Crime & Michael Mann
GGtMC & Row Three & Silva and Gold
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Jenifa 2004
American woman Jennifer (Jennifer Holmes) suddenly pops up at a Japanese temple where she moves in with a family and falls in love with the quiet Takashi (Takayuki Yamada), a former delinquent who tries his luck as a farmer...
A rather clumsy attempt to tell a fairy tale-esque tragic love story about two troubled characters. I actually liked the animated story which bookends the movie much more than the movie itself, even if it's supposed to be a quasi-live action… -
Tony Arzenta 1973
After a Sicilian hitman (Alain Delon) decides to retire, an assassination attempt on him by his own people costs his family its life which gets him in total revenge-mode...
A story which has been told a thousand times but fits the (Italian) Euro Crime genre very well. With Delon we have a reliable leading man and is surrounded by the who-is-who of the genre. While there is most certainly a lack of energy present, the movie does benefit from Duccio…
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Vengeance 2009
After his son-in-law and grandchildren are murdered by triads Costello (Johnny Hallyday) promises his daughter who survived the hit badly injured to avenge the act. He seeks out hitmen to help him as he suffers from increasing memory loss which will complicate things for him...
After having watched VENGEANCE a second time I now am happy to say that I finally - after six years - found a new entry for my top 10 movies of all time. VENGEANCE for… -
High and Low 1963
A wealthy businessman (Toshiro Mifune) is targeted by a kidnapper who accidentally abducts his chauffeur's son but still demands a 30 million ransom pay by him in order to save the kid's life...
Easily my favorite Kurosawa film as it combines his humanistic themes with a masterclass in depicting a police procedural. Also formally brilliant as he literally expands his story bit by bit, going from a claustrophobic chamber play to a wide open Yokohoma cityscape which gets fully used…