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Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu
Taiwanese Movie - 19796.0
A young man learns Kung Fu from two masters using unusual but impressive training methods, then uses it to fight a villain. A loose re-telling of how founder Chan Heung combined the teachings of several masters into…
Afterglow
Japanese Movie - 1978
The story is about a young man suffering from an incurable disease, living to the best of his ability in the remaining time. ~~ Based on the true story of Ayumu Oya (poet), the eldest son of Soichi Oya (journalist, novelist…
The Call Girls
Hong Kong Movie - 1977
The seamy side of the Hong Kong film industry is laid bare in "The Call-Girls". Based on the infamous starlets-for-sex vice scandal that rocked the 1970s movie world. (Source: IMDb)
Ichibanboshi
Japanese Drama - 1977, 156 episodes1.0
The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. ~ Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo…
Homicides: The Criminals Part II
Hong Kong Movie - 1976
An anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. (IMDB)
Execute... Baby Ama?
Filipino Movie - 1976
Depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his own prison mob while serving a sentence for lesser charges, was executed for murder at the age of 16…
Runa no Kokuhaku: Watashi ni Muragatta Otokotachi
Japanese Movie - 1976
Movie adapted from a life of Luna (Runa) Takamura (高村ルナ). She was J-pop singer and dancer of Japanese and German descent. Later in her career, she became particularly known for her two Nikkatsu Roman Porno films…
The Hell of Tarutao
Thai Movie - 1976
Koh Tarutao was an island penal colony for prisoners having participated to the failed royalist rebellion in 1933. Through World War II, Tarutao island housed the country's most extreme incarceration center. A lack of…
Father of the Kamikaze
Japanese Movie - 19748.3
The film is based on a real life Japanese Vice Admiral named Onishi who first came up with the plan to send pilots on a suicide mission to dive bomb Pearl Harbor, hoping to force the hand of the United States and hopefully…
My Way
Japanese Movie - 1974
Yumatsu Kawamura is found dead. Despite having documents identifying him, his body is transferred to a medical facility after 8 months after brief investigation, without conclusion. That way, his dead body, was used…
Femme Fatale: Bae Jeong Ja
Korean Movie - 1973
Based on the life of Bae Jeong Ja (1870–1950), a young Korean orphan adopted by Ito Hirobumi and raised as his daughter. However, she betrays him and her Japanese upbringing after falling in love with a freedom fighter…
Kill the Pushers
Filipino Movie - 1972
A true story based on Lim Seng, how he ran the drug labs before the martial law. (Source: IMDb)
Memoirs Written in Silence
Korean Drama - 1972, 130 episodes
Adaptation of the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong.
I'm 5 Years Old
Japanese Movie - 1970
According to the narration in the work, it's based on a true story. Taro, a 5-year-old boy, is raised by a large family after his mother's death. However, what he lacks most, is his father who immigrated to Osaka for…
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Japanese Movie - 1969
This omnibus film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. (Source: Letterboxd)