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Subgenre Sampler

 
Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe (1954)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Dan O'Herlihy
Daniel Defoe's classic novel of a shipwreck's sole survivor. Luis Bunuel directs with a few surrealist flourishes.
Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet (1954)
Dir. Renato Castellani
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Mervyn Jones
An Italian co–production, this version benefits from magical locations in Verona and Venice and the sumptuous Renaissance–influenced eye…
SabrinaSabrina (1954)
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden
Cinderella–ish comic yarn with a dream cast and director. Audrey Hepburn plays a humble chauffeur's daughter who wins the affections of noble…
Salt of the EarthSalt of the Earth (1954) Recommended
Dir. Herbert J. Biberman
Feat. Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer
An incendiary tale of racial prejudice, big business greed and feminist uprising that pushed plenty of buttons in the fifties, making it first of its…
Samurai Trilogy, TheSamurai Trilogy, The (Musashi Miyamoto, Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Duel at Ganryu Island) (1954-1956) Recommended
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
Sweeping saga of a legendary 17th century samurai Musashi Miyamoto, that made an icon of actor Toshiro Mifune. Played out against the turmoil of a…
Sansho DayuSansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff) (1954) Recommended
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa
One of Mizoguchi's great classics, based on an 11th century Japanese folktale elaborated into a sprawling vision of a cruel, mysterious cosmos, where…
Seven Brides for Seven BrothersSeven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
Rollicking musical set in backwoods Oregon, with brothers all looking for brides–to–be.
Seven Samurai, TheSeven Samurai, The (1954) Aro Favourite
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
Kurosawa's classic 'Eastern Western' about a village who hire an elite band of warriors to fend off marauders. Compassionate storytelling with combat…
Sleeping TigerSleeping Tiger (1954)
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
Suave street–crim Dirk Bogarde is sheltered by one of his victims, a psychiatrist who attempts to cure Bogarde's 'illness'. Shot with a baroque…
Sound of the MountainSound 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)…

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