Kid from Kwangtung

Kid from Kwangtung 1982

5.20

Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young rascal Wang Yu, caught between master martial arts actor Jen Shih-kuan and the incredible Huang Cheng-li.

1982

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp 1982

6.70

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

1982

Sonjas Rapport

Sonjas Rapport 1982

1

A young woman from a progressive middle-class family moves to Shanghai with her husband Rolf in the mid-1930s. Although she has a child, she is not prepared to retreat into private life. She meets Dr. Richard Sorge and decides to become a scout. After training near Moscow - she is given the cover name Sonja - she is sent to Manchuria on her first assignment with her comrade Ernst. She has an affair with Ernst and has a child with him. A new assignment that takes her to Poland separates her from Ernst. She is awarded the Order of the Red Banner in Moscow for her work. She then goes to Switzerland and radios information about the impending war to the Soviet Union. She meets Rolf and Ernst, who are on an assignment in the Far East. Sonja marries an Englishman to avoid being extradited to Germany.

1982

Personal Best

Personal Best 1982

5.90

Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

1982

Stella

Stella 1982

1

During the Napoleonic Wars, German writer Ferdinand von Rauch, who had enthusiastically joined the French revolutionary troops years earlier, is sent to scout the terrain of a small Thuringian village. Unexpectedly, he encounters not only his lover Stella, whom he left years ago but still loves, but also his wife Cäcilie. Stella has taken a position as a companion to Cäcilie with her sixteen-year-old daughter Lucie. Both women, who have been unable to fulfill their longing for love for years, now lay claim to Ferdinand. And the man reciprocates both their love, not wanting to give up either of them.

1982

GoShogun

GoShogun 1982

8.00

A compilation movie containing episodes 20 and 17 from the GoShogun series plus additional scenes of background stories of the characters and fictional advertisements.

1982

Fatty Girl Goes to New York

Fatty Girl Goes to New York 1982

4.00

An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.

1982

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors 1982

7.50

Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide with the cinema release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

1982

My Rebellious Son

My Rebellious Son 1982

5.20

Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.

1982

Legend of a Fighter

Legend of a Fighter 1982

6.40

This is a powerful, yet fictionalized life story of Huo Yuan Chia, a real kung fu master in Southern China who brought respect to the populace and allowed kung fu to be taught to all Chinese during a time of revolt and low morale in the country's history.

1982

Lonely Fifteen

Lonely Fifteen 1982

5.00

Directed by David Lai, the provocative 80s Hong Kong classic Lonely Fifteen follows a group of delinquent teenage girls and their downward spiral. Spurning home and school for various reasons, four troubled and alienated schoolgirls descend into crime, sex, drugs, prostitution and tragedy. Lonely Fifteen received seven nominations at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards and won Best Actress for teenaged lead Becky Lam in her first and only film appearance.

1982

Gang Master

Gang Master 1982

5.50

It has to do with a young clan member, Zhong Yuan, who is promoted to chief of the Dragon Gang after his adoptive father dies, only to be expelled when a letter arrives revealing him to be of Mongol birth, an awkward bit of news at a time when the Dragon Gang is actively fighting Mongol occupiers. In fact, Zhong soon learns that the Mongol general leading the anti-rebel campaign is actually his real father. Still, he persists in trying to get back into the good graces of the clan, eventually helping to ferret out a traitor in their midst.

1982

Renzoku boko: Hakuchu no inmu

Renzoku boko: Hakuchu no inmu 1982

2.00

A building manager spots a hooded jogger as he brazenly assaults a woman and drags her off. He follows and watches as the poor woman gets raped. After the rapist has left the manager hesitates and approaches the prone woman… and takes his turn. The next day the manager is on the lookout for the jogger, waiting for another chance.

1982

Karate Cop

Karate Cop 1982

1

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

1982

Hell Has No Boundary

Hell Has No Boundary 1982

5.20

While out enjoying a seaside picnic with her fellow officer boyfriend, policewoman May becomes possessed by a murdered little girl spirit who immediately unleashes violent rage within her.

1982

Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple 1982

7.00

The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor who killed his father.

1982

Hammett

Hammett 1982

6.20

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

1982

Jealousy Game

Jealousy Game 1982

4.90

Set in the wilderness of Hokkaido, the story of a couple in their 30s and a couple in their 20s is drawn, and the subtle emotions of the two men and women are depicted with intense Eros and delicate images under the theme of marriage exchange.

1982

The Shootout

The Shootout 1982

5.00

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea...

1982

Gate of Youth 2

Gate of Youth 2 1982

1

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

1982

Jack Holborn

Jack Holborn 1982

8.20

Jack Holborn was a 1982 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series. The story is based on the book by Leon Garfield. It was shown in the United Kingdom by ITV.

1982

Anyone for Denis?

Anyone for Denis? 1982

1

Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The original play, first performed at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, was written by satirist John Wells. It is based on Private Eye's 'Dear Bill' letters, purportedly written by Denis Thatcher, the husband of Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister at the time. Set in Chequers, the play parodies the couple's relationship. The title is a punning reference to the more familiar question "Anyone for tennis?" The television production, for Thames Television was directed by Dick Clement and stars John Wells, Angela Thorne, John Cater and Nicky Henson.

1982

Familien Krahne

Familien Krahne 1982

1

Following a old Circus artist now having a circus school and his family, a great entertaining series typical for Danish TV in the beginning to mid eighties.

1982

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1982

7.00

Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school to be cruel, and runs away with one of the students. Meanwhile, Kate is subjected to the unwanted attentions of Sir Mulberry Hawk, aided by her uncle. Nicholas and his new friend, Smike, begin their adventures and eventually set out to rescue Kate, with the usual Dickensian twists, turns and asides.

1982

Powerhouse

Powerhouse 1982

1

Powerhouse is a United States television series produced by the Educational Film Center at Northern Virginia ETV and aired on PBS for 16 episodes in 1982. It billed itself as "a 16-part series for young people and their families," with the target audience being primarily preteens and teenagers, and was widely praised by educational groups. The series was later rerun by Nickelodeon in the mid-1980s.

1982

Ankahi

Ankahi 1982

10.00

The story revolves around a young ambitious girl . Due to her father's early death, her family is not so well-off and she dreams of being rich and prosperous like her friend.

1982

Drifter's Christmas Presents

Drifter's Christmas Presents 1982

10.00

A variety and comedy sketch program featuring The Drifters that was broadcast as a special program on Fuji Television and its affiliate stations during the Christmas season every December for seven years from 1982 to 1988.

1982

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls 1982

5.00

A made-for-television adaptation of the J. B. Priestley play of the same title.

1982

Ninjaman Ippei

Ninjaman Ippei 1982

1

Way out in the sticks, the fourth-graders of the local school in Tokio village all have their own superpowers of doubtful merit, including flying eyeballs and missile-hair. Ippei and his friends study hard to be ninjas, but they are constantly under treat from the arrogant cheats from the neighbouring village of Techno. A strange mix of ninjas and school comedy, based on a children's manga by Kawai Kazuyoshi.

1982