Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tale of Zatoichi Continues, The (1962)- Dir. Kazuo Mori
Feat. Shintaro Katsu - The first of many sequels to the iconic TALE OF ZATOICHI, in which a blind, affable masseur (Katsu) who happens to be a lethally skillful swordsman…
Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu - The inaugural movie in the iconic 'Zatoichi' series – which followed the intriguing adventures in mythical Japan of a blind masseur, who has…
Trial of Joan of Arc, The (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc) (1962)- Dir. Robert Bresson
- One of dir. Bressons' more difficult works, depicting the final days of 15th century French religious patriot Joan of Arc and utilising the actual…
Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) (1962)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina - While filtered through dir. Godard's preoccupations with genre, this series of twelve vignettes about a Parisian woman's marriage breakup and gradual…
Winter Light (1962)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Gunnel Lindblom… - The second in Bergman's faith trilogy, in which a village priest finds himself drawn towards atheism after the death of his wife. Crisp, reflective…
A Man Called La Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) (1961)- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufmann, Nico - French thriller with Jean Paul Belmondo playing an ex–gangster tracking down the man responsible for putting his friend in prison. Based on the…
Accattone (1961)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Franco Citti - The debut feature of Italian filmmaker–novelist–poet–provocateur Pasolini, which depicts the underbelly of Roman street life in a…
Antigone (1961)- Dir. Yorgos Javellas
Feat. Irene Papas - An impressive Irene Papas heads this black and white epic adapted from Sophocles' Greek tragedy, about the twisted family legacy left behind by…
Daredevil in the Castle (Osaka jo monogatari) (1961)- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Yuriko Hoshi… - Another solid genre excursion from seasoned dir. Hiroshi Inagaki (THE SAMURAI TRILOGY), with Toshiro Mifune again taking the lead as a despondent,…
End of Summer, The (Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara - Another intimate portrayal of Japanese family life from the dir. of TOKYO STORY that explores the breakdown of traditional family values in the face…
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