1981 Movies

Based on a fairy tale by D. Nagishkin, written on the basis of Far Eastern folklore.

An essay film about Jean-Paul Sartre and the French Existentialists, featuring Roland Barthes' last interview.

You Have Struck A Rock! commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success of the anti-apartheid struggle. It recovers the re...

A story about a stubborn and fearless tree, which despite harsh conditions, moves forward and reaches the place it wants, becoming the root of a new f...

A white woman explores Japanese BDSM...

The story follows Ah Can, played by Bill Tung, who travels from mainland China to Hong Kong to attend to the affairs of his recently deceased father,...

BDSM erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

Outtakes from the movie

A policeman is investigating a murder in a secret research facility.

Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold sto...

Lu Xi, a female engineer at a locomotive factory who lost her husband during the decade of turmoil, and Feng Shaoheng, a young engineer, are working o...

Life and work of the Arequipa painter Jorge Vinatea Reinoso (1900-1931).

The first in Norio Nanjo's "Secret" series. The phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke) are ordered to infiltrated the...

Johnny Cash: London 1981 documents the full performance of his rare UK show. He performs a number of songs with members of The Carter Family. The setl...

Gordon Liu takes on the mantle of a ruthless kung fu emperor who has mastered the Buddhist style of kung fu and diagram pole fighting technique. Hopin...

The townspeople of Meinung inherited their Hakka ancestors' stamina, diligence and optimism. They continue treasured traditional practices, notably th...

A struggling jazz saxophonist and a dancer at a rundown strip club are a couple. Though they love each other, they are unable to give up on their glam...