.....Highest rating. Deserves to be considered a classic.

½ ...Very good. The movie greatly entertains or greatly moves me on a personal level.

......Good. It is a solid, enjoyable film.

½ ......I like the movie, but can't muster strong feelings for it.

..........I dislike it, but can't muster strong emotions against it.

½ .........Terrible, but not hateful. May have cult appeal.

BOMB ....Lowest rating. The movie is offensive, inept or both.

Titles in bold indicate first time viewing.

8/1 The Prisoner (1955, Peter Glenville)  

8/5 Samurai Assassin (1965, Kihachi Okamoto)  

8/7 Goyokin (1969, Hideo Gosha)   ½

8/9 Sword of Doom (1966, Kihachi Okamoto)  

8/10 Red Lion (1969, Kihachi Okamoto)  

8/11 Kill! (1968, Kihachi Okamoto)  

8/11 Summertime (1955, David Lean)  

8/12 Avalanche (1978, Corey Allen)  

8/14 Scum (1979, Alan Clarke)  

8/17 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970, Kihachi Okamoto)  

8/18 Blackmail is my Life (1968, Kinji Fukasaku)  

8/19 Yakuza Graveyard (1976, Kinji Fukasaku)  

8/19 Walking Tall (1973, Phil Karlson)  

8/20 Part 2: Walking Tall (1975, Earl Bellamy)  

8/21 Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977, Jack Starrett)  

8/22 Hans Christian Andersen (1952, Charles Vidor)  

8/23 Street Mobster (1972, Kinji Fukasaku)  

8/24 Charlie Chan and the Curse

         of the Dragon Queen (1981, Clive Donner)   ½

8/24 The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to

         the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957, Roger Corman)   ½

8/25 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972, Kinji Fukasaku)   ½

8/26 Teenage Cave Man (1958, Roger Corman)   ½

8/26 Steppenwolf (1974, Fred Haines)   ½

8/28 Graveyard of Honor (1975, Kinji Fukasaku)  

9/1 Cops vs. Thugs (1975, Kinji Fukasaku)  

9/2 Samurai Reincarnation (1981, Kinji Fukasaku)  

9/3 Zachariah (1971, George Englund)   ½

9/5 Swords of Vengeance (1978, Kinji Fukasaku)  

9/8 Battle Royale (2000, Kinji Fukasaku)   BOMB

9/10 Sympathy for the Underdog (1971, Kinji Fukasaku)  

9/10 Snowball Express (1972, Norman Tokar)   ½

9/11 The Twilight Samurai (2002, Yôji Yamada)  

9/12 Pale Flower (1964, Masahiro Shinoda)   ½

9/13 Panic in the Streets (1950, Elia Kazan)  

9/14 Samurai Spy (1965, Masahiro Shinoda)  

9/15 Double Suicide (1969, Masahiro Shinoda)  

9/17 Scorpio (1973, Michael Winner)   ½

9/18 The Pom Pom Girls (1976, Joseph Ruben)   ½

9/19 Lady Snowblood (1973, Toshiya Fujita)  

9/20 Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974, Toshiya Fujita)  

9/21 Little Big Horn (1951, Charles Marquis Warren)   ½

9/22 Tony Takitani (2004, Jun Ichikawa)   ½

9/23 The Van (1977, Sam Grossman)   ½

9/24 Rimfire (1949, B. Reeves Eason)  

9/25 Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972, Kenji Misumi)   ½

9/26 Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973, Yasuzo Masumura)   ½

9/27 Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974, Yoshio Inoue)  

9/27 House of Bamboo (1955, Samuel Fuller)  

9/28 Against All Flags (1952, George Sherman)   ½