Rashomon – paholaisen temppeli, myös Rashomon – paholaisen portti on vuonna 1950 ensi-iltansa saanut japanilainen elokuva. Sen on ohjannut Akira Kurosawa, ja elokuva perustuu kahteen Ryūnosuke Akutagawan kirjoittamaan tarinaan. Rashomon sai Venetsian elokuvajuhlien Kultaisen leijonan vuonna 1951. Rashomon oli Kurosawan läpimurtoelokuva[1], ja sen jälkeen yleensäkin japanilainen elokuva on noussut kansainväliseen suosioon. Elokuvaa pidetään yhtenä Kurosawan parhaista.Elokuvassa kuvataan murhaa ja raiskausta neljän eri todistajan kertomien selostusten kautta. Elokuvan juoni asettaa totuuden luonteen kyseenalaiseksi. Katsojan on kuitenkin määrä omaksua epätoivon sijaan myönteinen asenne – kuten köyhä mies, joka ottaa hylätyn lapsen suojaansa. Kurosawa poikkeaa elokuvaperinteestä, jossa roolihenkilö voi valehdella, mutta näytetty takauma kertoo touuden. Elokuva ei kuitenkaan torju katsojaa, vaan päinvastoin vetää hänet mukaan pohtimaan totuutta.
In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
Nainen Shanghaista on Orson Wellesin ohjaama film noir -elokuva vuodelta 1947. Hän näyttelee elokuvassa itse pääosaa Rita Hayworthin rinnalla. Elokuva perustuu Sherwood Kingin romaaniin If I Die Before I Wake.
Western miehestä, joka vaeltaa Villin lännen halki etsien häneltä varastettua, ihmiseltä toiselle siirtyvää arvokasta Winchester-kivääriä.
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.
During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
Pokeriklassikko nuoresta korttihaista, joka 1930-luvun New Orleansissa osallistuu huippupeliin lajin mestarin kanssa.
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.
Draamakomedia yliopistokaveruksista, joiden ihmissuhteita ja koko kansakunnan muuttuvia asenteita seurataan aina kypsään keski-ikään asti.
San Franciscon poliisin johto on saanut valituksia väkivaltaisuudesta, ja rikospoliisi Harry Callahan lähetetään suorittamaan tehtävää kaupungin ulkopuolelle, kunnes asiat rauhoittuvat. Mutta minne tahansa Harry meneekin, siellä tapahtuu.
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia)
Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.