A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Hole in One / Ana (1957) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Eiji Funakoshi, Sô Yamamura
A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case. Read More »
Cross of Valor (1959) Kazimierz Kutz
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village Read More »
The Lie (1954) Harold Young, Lee Bowman, Ramsay Ames, Harald Maresch
A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend Read More »
Flying Leathernecks (1951) Nicholas Ray, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. Read More »
Tiger by the Tail / Cross-Up (1954) John Gilling, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely
On the first night of his London assignment, news agency reporter John Desmond Read More »
The Bitter Stems / Los tallos amargos (1956) Fernando Ayala, Carlos Cores, Aída Luz, Julia Sandoval
A deep-seated inferiority complex leads a Buenos Aires newspaper reporter (Carlos Cores) Read More »
Across the Wide Missouri (1951) William A. Wellman, Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak
From the 1830’s beaver trapper Flint Mitchell along with other white guys Read More »
Bis wir uns wiedersehn (1952) Gustav Ucicky, Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Karl Ludwig Diehl
This is the tear-jerking love story between young Pamela and casino owner Mayrhoefer. Read More »
The Charge at Feather River (1953) Gordon Douglas, Guy Madison, Vera Miles, Frank Lovejoy
The story involves an overland journey through hostile Cheyenne territory Read More »