‘Zen and Sword’—The Miyamoto Musashi Saga at Toei (1961-65)
In the early-1960s, Toei launched a film series focused on a legendary samurai – a five-part saga adapted from the works of Eiji Yoshikawa.
Wicked Games: Three Films by Robert Hossein
A prison break, femme fatales, and a genre-defining western...
THE TALE OF OIWA’S GHOST (1961)
A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal.
THE REBEL (1961)
A man gives up his day job to become an artist and, despite his lack of skill, becomes the toast of Paris.
IL POSTO (1961) + I FIDANZATI (1963)
Two movies from Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi on Radiance Blu-ray...
YOJIMBO (1961)
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
MOTHRA (1961)
A giant, ancient moth attacks Japan when trying to rescue its two petite worshippers, who were taken by an unscrupulous showman.
ERIK THE CONQUEROR (1961)
In the 9th-century, two Viking children, separated since childhood (one raised by the British, the other by Vikings), meet in adulthood as rivals after war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England...