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Tag Archives: 1950s
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni

With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
The Beast of Budapest (1958) Harmon Jones, Gerald Milton, Michael Mills, Violet Rensing

Re-creation of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. A Hungarian militarist (Mylong) has a daughter (Rensing) who is an ardent communist. Read More »
Enchanted Princess / Hatsuharu tanuki goten (1959) Keigo Kimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Shintarô Katsu

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »
Checkpoint (1956) Ralph Thomas, Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker’s character is sent to steal the plans from another company of their racing car designs Read More »
Satellite in the Sky (1956) Paul Dickson, Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit

The British launch the world’s first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along Read More »
Deburau (1951) Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Henri Belly

Jean-Gaspard Deburau is a very successful mime, the most famous in his category. Read More »
Nana (1955) Christian-Jaque, Charles Boyer, Martine Carol, Walter Chiari

Nana, the protagonist is a woman starting from absolute poverty managed to climb the social ladder to the highest echelons. Read More »
Fireflies / Hotarubi (1958) Heinosuke Gosho, Chikage Awashima, Junzaburô Ban, Ayako Wakao

Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants’ daughter to the owner of a famous inn. Read More »
Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956) Toshio Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Michiko Maeda, Ken Utsui

A story of sex and survival, Toshio Shimura’s REVENGE OF THE PEARL QUEEN stars voluptuous Michiko Maeda Read More »