1956 Movies

A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.

Episodes about life and death.

A dough-ball runs away from the old man and old woman who made him and overcomes various forest animals until he meets the fox. Based on the Russian f...

A taxi robbery and murder occurred in Fukagawa late at night. Detectives Nagata and Miyagawa of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigati...

The stubborn and reclusive Kresten Flint lives alone on "Flintegården" with his daughter, Else, who is kind-hearted but not quite normal. One day, the...

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new o...

Adam and Eve are placed by God in Paradise, but because of the world-infamous sin they committed, God decides to teach them a lesson.

Akbar deputes Raja Mansingh to conquer Orissa, where Pathan King Katlu Khan reigns. Mansingh, despite enmity, asks for cooperation. He sends Jagat Sin...

Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his character changes as well. He becomes overly proud a...

On their anniversary, a lomg-married couple reminisce about the history of their marriage

In part 1, a married couple take care of their new baby. In part 2, Leif Juster on stage presents a series of cooking and housekeeping tips. The fourt...

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

Kizaki, an upstart at a trading company has one more assignment for the day before meeting his lovely girlfriend, Natsuki for a date. Little does he...

A series of anecdotes exposed from the point of view of a Samaritan woman who tries to fix the problems of the neighbors.

When a boy steals a cake for his beloved aunt on Christmas Eve, his young friend tries to set things straight.

The Go-Getter (1956)

Count Ubaldo desires to make an unfavorable alliance with the Spanish armies. When Riccardo refuses to go along with the plans, he is ambushed in the...

The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar. Franju combines sequences from theatrical perfor...