Drama, Romance, War
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
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Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Men Behind the Sun
The Wedding of Zein
Wicked Spring
The Immortal
Liz and the Blue Bird
Punishment Park
The Unholy Three
He Who Gets Slapped
The American
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Vice Raid
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1959
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.Charley Varrick
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1973
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.Linda Linda Linda
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 2005
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2016
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.Vicious Circles
IMDB 4.1 | Jan , 1997
When a young man is arrested for trafficking drugs, his girlfriend tries to help him out by making some big money as a member of an exclusive group of high-end prostitutes.Incarnation
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
A soldier goes back to a town to get rid of all the traces of a massacre.When Jeff Tried to Save the World
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 2018
When Jeff discovers that the bowling alley he manages is being sold, he must do everything he can to save the place he's come to call home.Journey's End
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1988
A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's play.Cinderella
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1965
After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and performed in their original settings. Added to the Rodgers and Hammerstein score was "Loneliness of Evening", which had been composed for South Pacific but not used.Carmen
IMDB 5.2 | May , 2003
A French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Carmen, who has enchanted José, a young soldier, awakening his most fervent passions leading to tragedy. A path chained to obsession, jealousy, betrayal, and blood.Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1976
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.Men Behind the Sun
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1988
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.The Wedding of Zein
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1976
Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his braying laughter and public declarations of love for village maidens only win laughter rather than anger, beatings or worse. However, Haneen, a wandering Muslim holy man, perceives something more in this figure of fun: genuine piety and an inner radiance, marked by a powerful spiritual intelligence. One other person sees more in Zein than most do- the beautiful, pious and sedate young girl in the village.Wicked Spring
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2002
During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet creek. The men meet and spend the night around a campfire, not realizing they are enemies until the next morning when the sun rises and a new day of battle begins.The Immortal
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1982
Turkish action movie starring Cüneyt Arkin and Nihat Yigit (aka: The Turkish Bruce Lee).Liz and the Blue Bird
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2018
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.Punishment Park
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1971
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.The Unholy Three
IMDB 5.6 | Jul , 1930
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.He Who Gets Slapped
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1924
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.The American
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2010
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.