AFL: Year of Release 1969 ~ 1960
2020/3/11
| Year of Release: 1965 | |
Red Beard (赤ひげ)
 ©1965 Toho Co., Ltd. |
Young Dr. Yasumoto returns to Edo following three years of medical training in Nagasaki. Believing he will become a physician to the Shogunate, he is badly disillusioned to learn he must work in the poorly-financed Kioshikawa Clinic, which is headed by Dr. Niide, known to most as Red Beard. Everything in the clinic is repulsive to Yasumoto, and he becomes determined to get himself discharged. Duration: 185mins Genre: Drama Director: Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya and Terumi Niki |
| Year of Release: 1962 | |
Sanjuro (椿三十郎)
 ©1962 Toho Co., Ltd. |
One dark night, nine young samurai are huddled in a secret meeting. Having discovered corruption in their clan, they submitted a petition to the clan chamberlain through Izaka, one of their members and the chamberlain’s nephew, requesting the necessary reforms. Disillusioned by the chamberlain’s evasive answers, Izaka had enlisted the help of Superintendent Kikui who kindly promised to look into the matter. The group of young samurai are listening to Izaka’s report on the matter when suddenly, an unkempt masterless samurai with piercing eyes and wrinkled, worn-out clothes stands before them. To their utter amazement, he frankly tells them that the chamberlain is a fine man, and warns them not to trust the superintendent. Duration: 96mins Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller Director: Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama and Takashi Shimura |
| Year of Release: 1961 | |
Miyamoto Musashi (Part One) (宮本武蔵 （第一部）)
 © Toei Company |
Takezo, later Miyamoto Musashi, and Matahachi are the two survivors in the battle of Sekigahara. A woman named Tamami finds then and shelters them. This group goes different ways when Takezo feels the need to return home. Since Takezo is technically a deserter, he has to run and hide or kill in order to escape capture. Duration: 110mins Genre: Action, Drama Director: Tomu Uchida (内田 吐夢) Cast: Chieko Naniwa, Isao Kimura, Nakamura Kinnosuke, Kusuo Abe and Wakaba Irie |
| Year of Release: 1960 | |
The Island (裸の島)
 © Kindai Eiga Kyokai |
The Island follows the story of a family of four, the only inhabitants of a solitary island in Seto-nankai. This film depicts their struggles in this small island where there is a shortage of fresh water, no electricity, the soil is barren. Duration: 95mins Genre: Drama Director: Kaneto Shindo (新藤 兼人) Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka and Masanori Horimoto |