1956 Movies

Three completely different stories are told through dance.

The film consists of fragments of the competitions of pentathlete athletes included in the game plot.

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.

Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket...

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo, this movie introduces...

Film by Buichi Saitô

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Ch...

In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even t...

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.

Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which,...

A professor of East China University and his family become supporters of the Communists after America supports the Nationalists.

This documentary, intended to inspire new home filmmakers, tells the stories of ordinary people who learned how to make their own films by renting ine...

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David...