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Foundation date 1 january 2001
Cinema Epoch is an independent film distribution and production company based in the U.S. It was founded by distribution veteran and filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka. The company specializes in the release of foreign, independent and cult cinema. Its first release was the martial arts classic Master of the Flying Guillotine. The company's DVD releases are distributed through E1 Entertainment.
Filmography of Cinema Epoch (31 films)
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Private Lessons (1981)
, 1h27Directed by Alan Myerson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Sex comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Ed Begley Jr., Meridith Baer, Ron Foster
Philip "Philly" Fillmore (Eric Brown) is the 15-year-old son of a rich businessman in Albuquerque who has left town on an extended summer trip, leaving the young man in the passing care of Nicole Mallow (Sylvia Kristel), a sexy French housekeeper, and Lester Lewis (Howard Hesseman), the family's chauffeur.
, 1h28Directed by Matt Cimber
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Rick Jason, Peggy Feury, George Buck Flower
The film concerns a dysfunctional and disturbed woman called Molly (played by Millie Perkins) who, after suffering repeated sexual abuse as a child at the hands of her seafaring father, embarks on a spree of gruesome sexual encounters with men who she meets during her job as a waitress in a seaside bar.
, 1h33Directed by Jimmy Wang Yu
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Fantasy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Lau Kar Wing, Jimmy Wang Yu, Philip Kwok, Lung Fong
The film concerns Wang's one-armed martial arts master being stalked by an imperial assassin, the master of two fighters (the Tibetan lamas) who were killed in the previous film. The title refers to the assassin's weapon, the "flying guillotine", which resembles a hat with a bladed rim attached to a long chain. Upon enveloping one's head, the blades cleanly decapitate the victim with a quick pull of the chain. The Boxer's adversary is the assassin Fung Sheng Wu Chi
The Asphyx (1973)
, 1h39Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Alex Scott, Jane Lapotaire, Fiona Walker, Terry Scully
In Victorian England, philanthropic scientist Sir Hugo Cunningham is a part of a parapsychological society that studies psychic phenomena. As part of their latest investigation, the men have begun photographing individuals at the moment of death; done properly, the resultant photo depicts a strange blur hovering around the body. Though the society concludes that they have captured evidence of the soul escaping the body, Cunningham is skeptical.
The Bite (1966)
, 1h2Directed by Kan Mukai
Genres Drama, Pornographic
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
A gigolo is paid by a rich older woman to seduce young girls while she and friends watch his love-making behind a two-way mirror. He tries to break free of the older woman's control, but when his sick mother needs an operation, he returns to the rich woman, making love to her for money. Humiliated by his dependency, he takes the woman's daughter to the love-show, where he rapes her in front of her mother.
Aimless Bullet (1961)
, 1h50Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kim Jin-kyu, Choi Moo-ryong
The films depicts a man Cheolho, who lives a hard life together with his war veteran younger brother Yeongho, his pregnant wife, and his mother suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder constantly screaming "Let's get out of here!", due to the aftermath of the Korean War. Cheolho suffers from a toothache but refuses to go to the dentist, despite his brother urging that keeping the toothache is a much worse problem than paying the dentist. Yeongho befriends an actress, Miri. Miri aims to help Yeongho get a job by making him an actor in a film project. While reading his lines for the film's script, Yeongho realizes that his character is being judged for his wounded appearance and he was chosen for the scars he received from the Korean War. Choosing dignity over a rare chance to earn money, Yeongho quits the film. Myeongsuk, Cheolho's sister, is a former nurse who is now a prostitute for American soldiers.
Spring in a Small Town (1948)
, 1h38Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Wei Wei
Taking place in a ruined family compound after the Sino-Japanese War, the film tells the story of the once prosperous Dai family. The husband and patriarch, Liyan (Shi Yu) is an invalid, and spends his days in the courtyard nostalgic for the past. His marriage to Yuwen (Wei Wei) has long been rendered loveless, though both still feel concern for the other. Liyan's young teenage sister Xiu (Zhang Hongmei), meanwhile, is too young to remember the past, and stays cheerful and playful in the ruins of her home. Lao Huang (Cui Chaoming) is an old faithful servant of the Dai family.
, 2h1Genres Drama
Actors Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
The film begins with a small family of four (including a servant and a young daughter) in post-war Shanghai. The father, Hu Zhiqing, is a modest office worker. He finds out one day in a letter that his mother and his brother's family are coming down from the provinces to join him, because living conditions are tough in the countryside. His wife cautions him that this means household expenses will increase greatly.
The Spring River Flows East (1947)
, 3h10Directed by Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Bai Yang, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
Part One is about 100 minutes in length. The film is set in Shanghai and begins shortly after the Mukden Incident of 1931. Sufen (Bai Yang) works in a textile factory; Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin) gives evening classes to the workers. During a National Day (October 10) celebration at the factory, Zhang successfully urges the workers to donate to the Northeastern Volunteer Army who are fighting the Japanese invaders in Manchuria. He is reprimanded by the factory's Manager Wen for going against the Japanese.
Princess Iron Fan (1941)
, 1h5Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Musei Tokugawa
The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese novel Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character.
Street Angel (1937)
, 1h27Directed by Yuan Muzhi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Zhou Xuan, Ruan Lingyu, Zhao Dan
The film deals with two sisters, Xiao Hong (Zhou Xuan) and Xiao Yun (Zhao Huishen) who have fled from the war in Northeast China to Shanghai, where they are living under the brutal thumb of their adoptive parents. Xiao Yun has already been forced into prostitution while her sister serves as a teahouse singer. Soon the sisters realize that the adoptive parents have decided to sell Xiao Hong to a wealthy patron, whereupon they seek the aid of their neighbors, a street musician, Xiao Chen (Zhao Dan), and his misfit friends.
Crossroads (1937)
, 1h50Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Zhao Dan, Wu Yin
The film begins at a dock at Shanghai, where college graduate Xu is contemplating suicide because he cannot find a job. His friend Zhao (Zhao Dan) stops him, and leads him back to their rented apartment. We learn that the four graduate friends are all jobless. Zhao serenades to Xu and dissuades him from thoughts of suicide, asking him to concentrate on his freelance translation job instead. Xu tells Zhao he has decided to sell his degree in order to raise funds to see his mother in the countryside. His other friend Tang comes to celebrate his own birthday with a fourth friend, Liu.
The Big Road (1935)
, 1h44Directed by Sun Yu
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Political films
Actors Jin Yan, Li Lili, Zheng Junli
Six cheerful young men work hard during the Second Sino-Japanese War constructing a highway which will enable the Chinese army to send men and logistics to the frontline against the Japanese. Deputy Hu, a hanjian, initially tries to bribe them, but later locks them up in a cell when they refuse to halt the construction and flee. Two girls from a local eating house who befriend them manages to rescue them, but one of the six men died in the process. The workers finish the highway on time, but end up sacrificing their lives after being gunned down by Japanese fighter jets once their work is completed.
Daybreak (1933)
, 1h36Directed by Sun Yu
Genres Drama
Actors Li Lili
Ling Ling's rural fishing village has recently been devastated by war. Moving to Shanghai in hope for a better life, she is shown the city's bright lights on the Bund. Eventually she finds a job working at a factory. Things turn dark, however, when Ling Ling is raped by her employer's son. She is then sold into prostitution.