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Subgenre Sampler
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) (1959)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura - An aging actor who returns with his troupe to his provincial town, and becomes caught between his long–lost family and his jealous…
Fugitive Kind, The (1959)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani… - A directionless, but quirky version of Tennesse Williams' play 'Orpheus Descending' with Brando playing a troublesome hobo who spreads romantic…
Good Morning (Ohayo) (1959)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Shimazu Masahiko, Koji Shidara, Chishu Ryu… - Ozu’s most accessible and scathing film amuses with its deceptively light–hearted tale of two boys’ vow of silence after being refused a…
Head Against the Wall (La tête contre les murs) (1959)- Dir. Georges Franju
Feat. Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Anouk Aimee… - Georges Franju’s first film is a high–intensity examination of post–war psychiatric care, centred on the survival of a delinquent youth…
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada - Romance between a French actress and a Japanese architect rekindles their traumatic wartime experiences. The twin threads of despair and sensual love…
Hole in the Head, A (1959)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker… - One of dir. Capra's (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE) final efforts stays true to the redemptive themes of his classic works. Sinatra runs a threadbare…
Human Condition, The (No Greater Love, Road to Eternity, A Soldier's Prayer) (1959-1961)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratana - An epic Japanese film trilogy following the life of a well–intentioned yet naïve pacifist and socialist as he tries to survive in the…
Imitation of Life (1959)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee… - Douglas Sirk's famed melodrama of American ambition and racism is justly renowned for the surprisingly bitter commentary buried within its involving…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones… - Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
Les Cousins (1959)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy, Gerard Blain - Claude Chabrol continues his city / country theme from LE BEAU SERGE with this estranging drama following a country boy who ends up in a despicable…
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