Rob's (mostly) Asian movie blog.
Last Updated on September 28, 2020 by rob
The son and daughter of a poor family from the slums (led by Kang Song-ho as the father) inveigle their way into an affluent household as tutors to the owners children. As the newcomers scheme to turf out the chauffeur and a long serving housemaid (Jang Hye-jin) so their father and mother … Read the rest
Last Updated on September 29, 2020 by rob
11 year old Kiku (Emiko Takahashi) and her younger brother Isamu (George Okunoyama) find themselves the object of curiosity and casual cruelty as their classmates taunt them with jibes of ‘Blackie’, ‘Gorilla’ and comments about bananas being their favourite food. Unknown to both their father was a black GI, now gone back … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 17, 2020 by rob
Thieves and brigands converge on a remote inn to ambush a government official due to arrive with a treasure chest he’s transporting. The most lethal of the bad guys, the Whip Devil (Ku Feng), cuts down all his competitors except for a fellow thief named Kang (Li Tung) with whom he’s forced … Read the rest
