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Schedule June 2008

 “All Times Eastern”

2 Monday

12:00 AM

Peach Girl, The (1931)

A peasant girl falls for the landlord's son, but they cannot marry even when she becomes pregnant. Cast: Lingyu Ruan, Yan Jin, Lili Zhou. Dir: Wancang Bu. BW-91 mins,

2:00 AM

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

A high school student and her older lover support themselves through blackmail. Cast: Yusuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga. Dir: Nagisa Oshima. C-97 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

3 Tuesday

10:30 AM

Mission Over Korea (1953)

C-85 mins,

8:00 PM

Cheat, The (1915)

In this silent film, a society woman makes a costly bargian to pay off her debts. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Fannie Ward, Jack Dean. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. C-59 mins, TV-PG

9:15 PM

Broken Blossoms (1919)

In this silent film, an Asian man in London falls in love with an abused child. Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. Dir: D.W. Griffith. BW-89 mins, TV-PG

11:00 PM

Dragon Painter, The (1919)

An artist obsesses over a beautiful woman he believes has been turned into a dragon. Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Toyo Fujita, Edward Peil, Sr. Dir: William Worthington. BW-53 mins,

12:00 AM

Mr. Wu (1927)

In this silent film, a Chinese patriarch goes mad when his daughter falls for an Englishman. Cast: Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Anna May Wong. Dir: William Nigh. BW-91 mins, TV-PG

1:45 AM

Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1932)

An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-87 mins,

3:30 AM

Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932)

A Chinese warlord threatens explorers in search of the key to global power. Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy. Dir: Charles Brabin. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:45 AM

Folterkammer des Doktor Fu Manchu, Die (1968)

The infamous Chinese warlord plots to freeze the Earth's oceans. Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Maria Perschy. Dir: Jesus Franco. C-98 mins,

5 Thursday

7:00 PM

Frosted Yellow Willows (2008)

Cast: Dir: C-0 mins,

8:00 PM

Toll of the Sea, The (1922)

An American sailor marries then deserts the Chinese beauty who had saved his life. Cast: Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley. Dir: Chester M. Franklin. C-54 mins,

9:00 PM

Old San Francisco (1927)

In this silent film, an Asian villain menaces a family of aristocratic Spanish settlers. Cast: Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Anna May Wong. Dir: Alan Crosland. BW-89 mins, TV-G

10:45 PM

Piccadilly (1929)

In this silent film, the dancers at a London nightclub get wrapped up in jealousy and murder. Cast: Gilda Gray, Jameson Thomas, Anna May Wong. Dir: E.A. Dupont. BW-109 mins, TV-G

12:45 AM

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

A Chinese princess gets caught between the ruthless warlord Fu Manchu and a handsome secret agent. Cast: Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: Lloyd Corrigan. BW-79 mins,

2:00 AM

Shanghai Express (1932)

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-82 mins, TV-14, CC

3:30 AM

Frosted Yellow Willows (2008)

Cast: Dir: C-0 mins,

4:30 AM

Study in Scarlet, A (1933)

BW-72 mins,

9 Monday

12:00 AM

Goddess, The (1934)

A woman turns to prostitution to support her son. Cast: Lingyu Ruan, Tian Jian, Li Keng. Dir: Yonggang Wu. BW-77 mins,

2:00 AM

Kwaidan (1964)

Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings. Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe. Dir: Masaki Kobayashi. C-161 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

10 Tuesday

8:00 PM

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

The Asian detective investigates threatening letters sent to a circus' owner. Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Frances Ford. Dir: Harry Lachman. BW-72 mins,

9:30 PM

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

The Asian detective discovers a murder on a ship bound for Hawaii. Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung. Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone. BW-67 mins,

10:45 PM

Scarlet Clue, The (1945)

Charlie Chan tracks down a spy ring that has stolen plans for a new radar system. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong. Dir: Phil Rosen. BW-65 mins, TV-G

12:00 AM

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

An Asian detective competes with treasure-hunters for the key to a priceless golden hoard. Cast: Peter Lorre, Pauline Frederick, Sidney Blackmer. Dir: Norman Foster. BW-69 mins,

1:15 AM

Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

C-63 mins,

2:30 AM

Mr. Wong In Chinatown (1939)

The Asian sleuth sets out to solve the murder of a Chinese princess. Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds. Dir: William Nigh. BW-71 mins, TV-PG

3:45 AM

Phantom of Chinatown (1940)

Asian sleuth Mr. Wong fights to keep a killer from winning control of a rich oil deposit. Cast: Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers. Dir: Phil Rosen. BW-62 mins, TV-PG

5:00 AM

Jade Mask, The (1945)

Before Charlie Chan can catch a pair of murderers he has to prove their victims are really dead. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Hardie Albright. Dir: Phil Rosen. BW-66 mins, TV-PG

11 Wednesday

11:15 AM

World Of Henry Orient, The (1964)

Two poor little rich girls dog the steps of a womanizing pianist. Cast: Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss. Dir: George Roy Hill. C-107 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

12 Thursday

8:00 PM

Good Earth, The (1937)

Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

10:30 PM

Dragon Seed (1944)

Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-148 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

1:00 AM

First Yank Into Tokyo (1945)

An army pilot infiltrates the Japanese during World War II. Cast: Tom Neal, Richard Loo, Barbara Hale. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-83 mins, TV-PG

2:30 AM

TBA ( )

Cast: Dir: C-0 mins,

16 Monday

2:00 AM

Chichi ariki (1942)

A poor schoolteacher fights to raise his son on his own. Cast: Chichu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Shin Saburi. Dir: Yasujiro Ozu. BW-94 mins,

17 Tuesday

8:00 PM

Go For Broke! (1951)

The true story of World War II's all Japanese-American unit. Cast: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki. Dir: Robert Pirosh. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:45 PM

Teahouse Of The August Moon, The (1956)

An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life. Cast: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert. Dir: Daniel Mann. C-123 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

12:00 AM

Walk Like A Dragon (1960)

A cowboy's love for a Chinese slave girl triggers controversy in a Western town. Cast: Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta. Dir: James Clavell. BW-95 mins, TV-PG

1:45 AM

Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)

A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis. Dir: John Sturges. C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

19 Thursday

8:00 PM

Bridge To The Sun (1961)

An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II. Cast: Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi. Dir: Etienne Perier. BW-112 mins, TV-PG

10:00 PM

China Doll (1958)

A World War II veteran searches for the daughter he left behind in China. Cast: Victor Mature, Li Li Hua, Ward Bond. Dir: Frank Borzage. C-99 mins, TV-PG

12:00 AM

Sayonara (1957)

American soldiers in post-war Japan defy convention when they fall in love with local women. Cast: Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-147 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM

World Of Suzie Wong, The (1960)

A Hong Kong streetwalker tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Sims. Dir: Richard Quine. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

21 Saturday

8:00 PM

Seven Samurai (1954)

Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-206 mins, TV-PG

24 Tuesday

1:00 AM

Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932)

A Chinese warlord threatens explorers in search of the key to global power. Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy. Dir: Charles Brabin. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:00 PM

Crimson Kimono, The (1959)

Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper's killer in Los Angeles' Japanese district. Cast: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta. Dir: Samuel Fuller. BW-82 mins,

9:30 PM

Mountain Road, The (1960)

An American officer helps villiagers against the Japanese during WWII. Cast: James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Henry Morgan. Dir: Daniel Mann. BW-102 mins, TV-PG

11:30 PM

Flower Drum Song (1961)

A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride. Cast: Benson Fong, Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta. Dir: Henry Koster. C-131 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM

Enter the Dragon (1973)

A U.S. agent enters a martial arts tournament to spy on an international super-villain. Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly. Dir: Robert Clouse. C-103 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM

Kill a Dragon (1967)

Chinese villagers hire a team of karate fighters to rid their home of a gangster. Cast: Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas, Aldo Ray. Dir: Michael D. Moore. C-91 mins, TV-PG

26 Thursday

8:00 PM

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

A Hong Kong trip turns into a working vacation when two detectives stumble on a counterfeiting ring. Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone. Dir: Brett Ratner. C-90 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM

Joy Luck Club, The (1993)

Four Asian-American women work through complicated relationships with their mothers. Cast: Kieu Chinh, Ming-Na, Rosalind Chao. Dir: Wayne Wang. C-139 mins, , Letterbox Format

12:30 AM

Killing Fields, The (1984)

An American journalist and his Cambodian adviser fight to survive the country's communist takeover. Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich. Dir: Roland Joffe. C-141 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM

Mr. Baseball (1992)

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Cast: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura Dir: Fred Schepisi BW-0 mins,