Branded To Kill
Japanese surrealist hitman tale from the 1967.

D

Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
A wrongly convicted prisoner goes on the run in classic arthouse sequel.
Funeral Parade Of Roses
Sixties Japanese avante garde take on the Oedipus legend.

I

Jigoku
A young student's life spirals into catastrophe after he meets a mysterious young man.

M

Pale Flower
An ex con is seduced by the allure of a thrill-seeking female gambler, while returning to his old gang to settle a score.

R

School Of The Holy Beast
A celebration of sadomasochism and other painful pleasures in a naughty nunnery.
Sword Of Doom
Dark tale of a lone, deadly samurai.

V

Yakuza Graveyard
An undercover cop drifts into a gangster lifestyle.
Zatoichi The Fugitive
A blind swordsman returns to the village of his victim to make things right.
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