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Tag Archives: 1950s
Samurai Vendetta (1959) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Chitose Maki
Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »
Not As a Stranger (1955) Stanley Kramer, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. Read More »
Escape to Burma (1955) Allan Dwan, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. Read More »
Bim (1951) Albert Lamorisse, Jacques Prévert, Udo Langhoff
On an island in an Eastern country, a poor young boy only has a little donkey, Bim, who shares all his games. Read More »
The Furies (1950) Anthony Mann, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston
A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon Read More »
Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Read More »
The Stranger’s Hand / La mano dello straniero (1954) Mario Soldati, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Richard Basehart
A British lad tries to investigate his father’s disappearance in Venice when nobody believes him. Read More »
Hound-Dog Man (1959) Don Siegel, Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man Read More »
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955) Richard Murphy, Aldo Ray, Philip Carey, Dick York
Army Master Sergeant Hugh O’Reilly is stationed in Japan after World War II. Read More »