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Subgenre Sampler
Sound of the Mountain (Yama No Oto) (1954)- Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Soh Yamamura - Dir. Naruse reprises the disintegrating marriage (and cast) of his earlier film, REPAST, in this profoundly affecting tale of a young woman (Hara)…
Twenty-Four Eyes (24 Eyes/Nijushi no hitomi) (1954)
- Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
Feat. Hideko Takamine, Chishu Ryu - An elegiac triumph of nostalgia for youth and wartime humanism, this cherished landmark of Japanese cinema gracefully chronicles the 20–years…
All I Desire (1953)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck - Template Sirk melodrama features Barbara Stanwyck as an ambitious stage actress who abandons her husband and family for Broadway, only to return when…
Bigamist, The (1953)- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino… - A San Francisco adoption agency, investigating salesman Edmond O'Brien and wife Joan Fontaine, discover he has a second life, and wife, in LA.…
Final Test, The (1953)- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph… - Gentle comedy of values has a famed cricketer making his way to the middle for one last innings. Meanwhile is son is torn between seeing dad bat one…
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata - Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
Give a Girl a Break (1953)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion… - Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
Heart of the Matter, The (1953)- Dir. George More O'Ferrall
Feat. Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell… - Solid adaptation of Graham Greene's bleak novel has Trevor Howard as a policeman in Sierra Leone tormented by his extra–marital affair.
Hobson's Choice (1953)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Charles Laughton - Hard to take one's eyes off the maniacal acting of Charles Laughton in this Dickensian comic–drama, as a vulgar cobbler whose rebellious eldest…
Houdini (1953)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher - Drama exploring the life of magician and illusionist Harry Houdini, with then husband–and–wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh playing…
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