1956 Movies

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

A one-hour variety show performed live at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, featuring a who’s-who of vocal and big band jazz and comedy acts of the 1950s.

Japanese romance film.

This short exhortative feature film presents various forms of tourism, which was one of the post-war means of spending one’s time that was preferred b...

Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger broth...

Set in Athens, this Greek film concerns the trials and tribulations of two girls from the village of Korfu. Unschooled in big-city ways, our heroines...

Even dead kids can be a bad influence. Take what happens to Billy for example. Casper the "friendly" ghost takes the slightly awkward little boy under...

Film about Japanese ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki.

Utako Mitsuya's film debut.

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charmi...

Teenagers with neglectful parents run amok; some get killed, some get arrested, some get rehabilitated.

Hamburg awakens to a new morning in Peter Pewas short film.

Shortly after the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler at the beginning of 1933, preparations were underway to silence the members of the socialist and co...

Japanese film.