The Beach Girls

The Beach Girls (1982)

1982

School is out, and three girls head to the beach for vacation. Two of the girls are world-wise party-goers who attempt to loosen up their naive, virginal friend, whose uncle has allowed the girls to stay at his beach house. When the near-sighted, drug smuggling Captain Bly dumps his cargo of marijuana, the bales wash up on shore. The two party girls, Ginger and Ducky, quickly stuff the dope into giant bags and spirit it […]

As Safadas

As Safadas (1982)

1982

Tale of three stories. ‘Rainha do Fliper’ (Pinball’s Queen) – In the outskirts of São Paulo, Reginéia is the pinball’s queen, exploited by her pimp Giba. Out of the blue, her former boyfriend Tenório (a.k.a. Tezinho) comes to the arcade place seeking out Reginéia. She gets close to Tenório and has an argument with the jealous Giba. But Reginéia soon finds how insecure and mediocre Tenório is. ‘Uma Aula de Sanfona’ (One Class of Accordion) […]

Madam Aema

1982
June 24, 2019

Madame Aema (애마부인 – Aema buin; also known as Mrs. Emma) is a 1982 South Korean film. A box-office hit, it was one of only two films to sell more than 100,000 tickets in Seoul during the year of 1982. Oh Su-bi’s husband, Shin Hyun-wu, is in jail for involuntary homicide. For the past two years, Su-bi has visited her husband every week. Though she is anguished by Hyun-wu’s affairs, Su-bi is unable to divorce […]

Demon’s Room (aka Akuma no heya)

1982

Young woman Yoshiko (Reiko Nakamura) gets a call from a man, Fuji claiming to be from her husband’s company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on behalf of her husband, Hiroyuki who is the scion of a hotel magnate. The kidnapper is Hiroyuki’s father’s secret love-child. He takes her to a hotel, and proceeds to rape her. He calls her husband but doesn’t request a ransom. He’s just bent on […]