Jacqueline Audry usually approached her text with great reverence, but here she was revisionist to the point of destruction. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Gan / Wild Geese / The Mistress (1953) Shirô Toyoda, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Jûkichi Uno, Drama, Romance
A young woman is forced to become a mistress to a married, middle-aged man in order to support her father, in this meiji period drama directed by Shiro Toyoda. Read More »
The Dark Avenger / The Warriors (1955) Henry Levin, Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Adventure, Drama, History
During the 14th century, the Hundred-Year War between France and England ends in a truce. The English army occupies French Aquitaine Read More »
Kokoro / The Heart (1955) Kon Ichikawa, Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Drama
Kon Ichikawa’s rich adaptation of Natsume Soseki’s classic novel depicts a complex relationship between a student and an older man he calls “sensei.” Read More »
Hiroshima (1953) Hideo Sekigawa, Eiji Okada, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yoshi Katô, Drama
“Hiroshima” is a feature film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and was independently produced outside of major studio system in 1953. Read More »
They Came to Cordura (1959) Robert Rossen, Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Adventure, Drama, History
After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. “war against Pancho Villa,” unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. Read More »
Blood Alley (1955) William A. Wellman, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Action, Adventure
A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local villagers, is “shanghaied” into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer. Read More »
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) Paul Wendkos, Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala, Teru Shimada, Drama, War, Action
In 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea. Read More »
No abras nunca esa puerta / Never Open That Door (1952) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Ángel Magaña, Renée Dumas, Nicolás Fregues, Mystery, Thriller
Two separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. Read More »
Not As a Stranger (1955) Stanley Kramer, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. Read More »