This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question “What is war?”, showing the human bonds between Japan and America Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Onna no sono / The Garden of Women (1954) Keisuke Kinoshita, Mieko Takamine, Hideko Takamine, Keiko Kishi, Drama
A student at a woman’s university takes a controversial action against the school’s old-fashioned doctrines. Read More »
Ikari no machi / The Angry Street (1950) Mikio Naruse, Jûkichi Uno, Yasumi Hara, Yuriko Hamada, Crime, Drama
The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Read More »
Ai to kibô no machi / A Street of Love and Hope (1959) Nagisa Ôshima, Fumio Watanabe, Yuki Tominaga, Kakuko Chino, Drama
A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. A rich girl takes an interest in him and tries to help him find a good job. Read More »
Angel Face (1953) Otto Preminger, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. Read More »
Ride the Man Down (1952) Joseph Kane, Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Western
During the 1892 blizzard, pioneer ranching magnate Phil Evarts dies. His Hatchet Ranch is inherited by brother John and daughter Celia. Read More »
Before I Wake / Shadow of Fear (1955) Albert S. Rogell, Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Mystery, Film-Noir
A woman travels to England to attend her parents’ funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn’t buy it. Read More »
You Never Can Tell (1951) Lou Breslow, Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Joyce Holden, Comedy, Fantasy
An ex-police/army dog (German Shepherd), named Rex inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. Read More »
Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956) Fred F. Sears, David Brian, Neville Brand, Richard Long, Western
Part of an outlaw gang rides into town to rob the bank and their accomplice is the local undertaker. Read More »
Istoria mias kalpikis liras / The Counterfeit Coin (1955) Yorgos Tzavellas, Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. Read More »