The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushingura) as Horibe Yasubei. But Makino and Inagaki’s version gives no hint of this more serious future, playing up the thrills and the comedy with Bando’s bravura performance. The multiple pans of Yasubei running to the duel are an exemplar of the experimental flourishes of 1930s Japanese cinema and the final duel, performed virtually like a dance number, is a marker of Makino’s love of rhythm and one of the best sword fights in Japanese film history. The film was originally released under the title Chikemuri Takadanoba (Bloody Takadanobaba) with a length of 57 minutes, but suffered some cuts and a title change when it was re-released in 1952.

A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

A workman flees from a lunatic who wishes to return a putty knife.

A film by Silver Racca

Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, and sticking up for their convictions. The women lay bare their lives and deal with important issues that impact all women with humor, humility, humanity, and love. No topic escapes the razor-like wit and insight of these women: equality, sex, menopause, mortality, feminism, parenthood, careers, love, and even “me-too” moments.

The “scattered factory” expands. This journey recounts how, among abandoned buildings, mines transformed into tourist attractions, factories in Eastern Europe that have been reconverted to produce Italian cars, and the transformation of industrial cities and towns such as Sesto San Giovanni (the former Stalingrad of Italy) and Lumezzane (the “workshop” city of the Brescia area). The places, the images, the sounds. The director takes note and recounts by blending telephone calls, conferences, poems, old movies, commercials on Yugoslavian TV, Russian ballets, experimental performances. One sole flow that expands into multiple senses and directions. Just like a factory.

From the military planning to front-line operations of discover conquest of Mozambique by the Portuguese, to counter the Vatuas insurgency of 1894, when they were led by Gungunhana, a cunning strong African leader. Against the background of Marracuene, Coolela, Manjacaze, Chaimite and Macontene historical battles, two soldiers fight for the love of a coloni st's daughter.

A housewife covertly works in a high-class brothel in Tokyo with other married women. She never wants her husband to know that she is a prostitute. The brothel and its employees were making good money, but after the accidental death of one housewife, things begin to go wrong.

A haunted taxi brings horror to several lives in this ghost story anthology from Japan.

As a freelance illustrator and perfectionist, Maya’s life is fun fun fun, but also busy busy busy. She perfectly pulls through her work assignments and social activities, thanks to a supportive ‘inner voice’ whom she affectionately calls her ‘Little Motivator’. But when Maya suddenly gets a full-on panic attack and has to slow down for a while, her deepest fear becomes reality: she can no longer be perfect… Maya and her Little Motivator set out to get her back on track ASAP, while struggling to accept that ‘good enough’ might just really be good enough.

Commanded by Mr. Simón and his beautiful teenage daughter Lily, the Fantastic Circus arrives in a small town. A homeless boy joins the troupe after fleeing a theft. As he does not bear the children's happiness, the evil Makario uses his magic so that the show fails, but the clown Cepillín will stand up to him using the children's smile and laugh as a spell.

This powerful film revisits the sites most closely associated with Heinrich Himmler and traces the development of his warped ideology. Heinrich Himmler was the creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. He was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past. The occult roots of the Third Reich are discussed.

The story of the film is inspired by Camil Petrescu's novel, The Last Night of Love, The First Night of War. The lives of two friends, intellectuals, are troubled by the outbreak of war and the awareness that each must adopt a position on the political and social problems the country is going through.