Movies, Mom & Me

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Early Spring
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Chikage Awashima	Masako Sugiyama	Ryō Ikebe	Shoji Sugiyama	Keiko Kishi	Chiyo Kaneko/Goldfish	Teiji Takahashi	Taizo Aoki
    Chishū Ryū	Kiichi Onodera	So Yamamura	Yutaka Kawai	Haruko Sugimura	Tamako	Takako Fujino	Terumi Aoki
    Terumi Aoki	Koichi Kitagawa	Kumeko Urabe	Kitagawa	Kuniko Miyake	Yukiko Kawai	Daisuke Katō	Sakamoto

    
      Release Date: 1956
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Tokyo Twilight
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Akiko Sugiyama	Setsuko Hara	Takako Numata	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Sugiyama	Isuzu Yamada	Kikuko Soma
    Haruko Sugimura	Shigeko Takeuchi	Nobuo Nakamura	Sakae Soma	Kamatari Fujiwara	Noodle Restaurant Owner	Kinzō Shin	Yasuo Numata
    Teiji Takahashi	Noburo Kawaguchi	So Yamamura	Shukichi's Friend	Seiji Miyaguchi	Policeman	Tsûsai Sugawara	Mahjong Parlor Owner

    
      Release Date: 1957
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Equinox Flower
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Setsuko Hirayama	Fujiko Yamamoto	Yukiko Sasaki	Yoshiko Kuga	Fumiko Mikami	Shin Saburi	Wataru Hirayama
    Wataru Hirayama	Kiyoko Hirayama	Miyuki Kuwano	Hisako Hirayama	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Mikami	Keiji Sada	Masahiko Taniguchi
    Teiji Takahashi	Shotaru Kondo	Chieko Naniwa	Hatsu Sasaki	Fumio Watanabe	RIchiro Nagamura	Nobuo Nakamura	Toshihiko Kawai

    
      Release Date: 1958
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Late Autumn
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Setsuko Hara	Akiko Miwa	Yoko Tsukasa	Ayako Miwa	Mariko Okada	Yuriko Sasaki	Keiji Sada	Shotaru Goto
    Miyuki Kuwano	Michiko	Shin'ichirō Mikami	Koichi	Shin Saburi	Soichi Mamiya	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Miwa
    Nobuo Nakamura	Shuzo Taguchi	Kuniko Miyake	Nobuko	Sadako Sawamura	Fumiko	Ryūji Kita	Seiichiro Hirayama

    
      Release Date: 1960
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    The End of Summer
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Nakamura Ganjirō II	Kohayagawa Manbei	Setsuko Hara	Akiko	Yoko Tsukasa	Noriko	Michiyo Aratama	Fumiko
    Keiju Kobayashi	Hisao	Chieko Naniwa	Sasaki Tsune	Reiko Dan	Yuriko	Haruko Sugimura	Kato Shige
    Hisaya Morishige	Isomura Eiichirou	Daisuke Katō	Kitagawa Yanosuke	Akira Takarada	Teramoto Tadashi	Kyū Sazanka	Yamaguch

    
      Release Date: 1961
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion8, yasujirō-ozu

# posted by gail @ 19:23    0 comments    email......this post

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    Directed by Various.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Major Barbara
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Wendy Hiller	Major Barbara Undershaft	Rex Harrison	Adolphus Cusins	Robert Morley	Andrew Undershaft	Robert Newton	Bill Walker
    Sybil Thorndike	The General	Emlyn Williams	Snobby Price	Miles Malleson	Morrison the Butler	Donald Calthrop	Peter Shirley
    Marie Lohr	Lady Britomart	Stanley Holloway	Policeman	Marie Ault	Rummy Mitchens	Penelope Dudley-Ward	Sarah Undershaft

    
      Release Date: 1941
      Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Caesar and Cleopatra
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Vivien Leigh	Cleopatra	Claude Rains	Caesar	Stewart Granger	Apollodorus	Flora Robson	Ftatateeta
    Francis L. Sullivan	Pothinus	Basil Sydney	Rufio	Cecil Parker	Britannus	Raymond Lovell	Lucius Septimus
    Anthony Eustrel	Achillas	Ernest Thesiger	Theodotus	Anthony Harvey	Ptolemy	Robert Adams	Nubian Slave

    
      Release Date: 1945
      Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Androcles and the Lion
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Jean Simmons	Lavinia	Victor Mature	The Captain	Alan Young	Androcles	Robert Newton	Ferrovius
    Maurice Evans	Caesar	Elsa Lanchester	Megaera	Reginald Gardiner	Lentulus	Gene Lockhart	Menagerie Keeper
    Alan Mowbray	Editor of Gladiators	Noel Willman	Spintho	John Hoyt	Cato	Jim Backus	The Centurion
    Lowell Gilmore	Metellus	Woody Strode	The Lion	Strother Martin	Soldier	Sylvia Lewis	Chief Vestal Virgin

    
      Release Date: 1952
      Directed by Chester Erskine.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
    I had to append the DVD Savant's review of this set [Glenn Erickson] as he always has interesting things to say beyond the scope of the mainstream critics/reviewers. So, you know, check out his take on this set of movies. Scurry on over there right now!
  

Labels: claude-rains, Criterion8, dramedy3, jean-simmons, wendy-hiller

# posted by gail @ 14:36    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    Directed by Larisa Shepitko.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Wings
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Maya Bulgakova	Nadezhda Petrukhina	Zhanna Bolotova	Tanya	Panteleimon Krymov	Pavel Gavrilovich	Leonid Dyachkov	Mitya Grachov
    Vladimir Gorelov	Igor	Yury Medvedev	Boris Grigoryevich	Nikolay Grabbe	Kostya Shuvalov	Zhanna Aleksandrova	Zinka

    
      Huge cast, by the way. Above are only the first eight principle actors.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1966
    
    
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    The Ascent
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Boris Plotnikov	Sotnikov	Vladimir Gostyukhin	Rybak	Sergei Yakovlev	Village Elder	Lyudmila Polyakova	Demchikha
    Viktoriya Goldentul	Basya Meyer	Anatoli Solonitsyn	Portnov the Interrogator	Maria Vinogradova	Vilage Elder's Wife	Nikolai Sektimenko	Stas'

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1977
    

Labels: Criterion8

# posted by gail @ 14:04    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Osaka Elegy
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Isuzu Yamada	Ayako Murai	Yoko Umemura	Sumiko Asai	Chiyoko Okura	Sachiko Murai	Shinpachiro Asaka	Hiroshi Murai
    Benkei Shiganoya	Sonosuke Asai	Eitarō Shindō	Yoshizo Fujino	Kunio Tamura	Dr. Yoko	Seiichii Takekawa	Junzo Murai

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1936
      Criterion, in their magazine Current, also includes an article about this movie that places this movie in the scope of Kenji Mizoguchi's body of work, citing it as the first movie in which he took a new direction.
    
    
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    Sisters of the Gion
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Isuzu Yamada	Omocha	Yōko Umemura	Umekichi	Benkei Shiganoya	Shimbei Furusawa	Fumio Okura	Jurakudo

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1936
    
    
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    Women of the Night
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Kinuyo Tanaka	Fusako Owada	Sanae Takasugi	Natsuko Kimishima	Kumeko Urabe	Brothel Madam	Tomie Tsunoda	Kumiko Owada
    Minpei Miyamoto	Kōji Owada	Mitsuo Nagata	Kenzō Kuriyama	Kenzō Tanaka	Shuichi Hirata	Fusako Maki	Reporter

    
      I have to mention, here, that one of the cast roles is designated as, simply, "Woman of Darkness", played by actor Kimie Hayashi. Intriguing Role Name! Can't wait to see what this characterization entails!   Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1948
    
    
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    Street of Shame
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Machiko Kyō	Mickey	Ayako Wakao	Yasumi	Aiko Mimasu	Yumeko	Michiyo Kogure	Hanae
    Kumeko Urabe	Otane	Yasuko Kawakami	Shizuko	Hiroko Machida	Yorie	Eitarō Shindō	Kurazō Taya
    Sadako Sawamura	Tatsuko Taya	Toranosuke Ogawa	Mickey's father	Bontarō Miyake	Night Watchman	Daisuke Katō	Pres. Brothel Owner's Assn.

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1956
    

Labels: Criterion8, women's-movie2

# posted by gail @ 10:25    0 comments    email......this post

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    Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Chains
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Amedeo Nazzari	Guglielmo	Yvonne Sanson	Rosa	Aldo Nicodemi	Emilio	Teresa Franchini	Anna Aniello/Guglielmo's mother
    Aldo Silvani	Prosecutor	Roberto Murolo	Emigrant	Nino Marchesini	Defense Attny	Gianfranco Magalotti	Tonino Aniello

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1949
    
    
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    Tormento
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Amedeo Nazzari	Carlo Guarnieri	Yvonne Sanson	Anna Ferrari	Annibale Betrone	Gaetano Ferrari	Mario Ferrari	L'avvocato Bianchi
    Teresa Franchini	Rosina	Tina Lattanzi	Matilde Ferrari	Aldo Nicodemi	Ruffini	Giuditta Rissone	Madre Celeste

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1950
    
    
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    Nobody's Children
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Amedeo Nazzari	Guido Canali	Yvonne Sanson	Luisa Fanti/Sister Addolorata	Françoise Rosay	Contessa Canali	Folco Lulli	Anselmo Vannini
    Enrica Dyrell	Elena	Teresa Franchini	Marta	Gualtiero Tumiati	Padre Demetrio	Alberto Farnese	Poldo
    Aristide Baghetti	Bernardo Fanti/Luisa's father	Enrico Glori	Rinadi	Olga Solbelli	Mother Superior	Nino Marchesini	il dottore

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1950
    
    
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    The White Angel
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Amedeo Nazzari	Guido Carani	Yvonne Sanson	Lina Marcolin/Luisa Fanti	Enrico Olivieri	Bruno Carani	Enrica Dyrell	Elena Carani
    Alberto Farnese	Alberto Farnese	Flora Lillo	Flora	Philippe Hersent	Mario La Torre	Nerio Bernardi	Avvocato Rossi
    Virgilio Riento	Dottor Marini	Olga Solbelli	Madre Superiora	Ignazio Balsamo	Poliziotto	Franca Parisi	Cameriera

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1955
    
    
    The site from which I linked the individual reviews of the movies, above, also features an overall review of the series, by David Blakeslee, who has assigned himself the task of reviewing all Criterion releases. The article he's written on this series includes acknowledgment of it's relative rarity in critical circles, until recently. In addition, he talks about the stars and the popularity of these over-the-top melodramas in Italy. Interesting read. I decided to purchase the set because of my attraction to and collection of Douglas Sirk's melodramas, which, to my surprise, were released within the same time frame as Matarazzo's melodramas. Blakeslee mentions this correlation in Sirk's and Matarazzo's output. Makes me wonder if there was a worldwide, or, even, Western-wide thirst for melodrama during this time period. I should check that out, and research what, in culture, might have caused this thirst. Could it have had anything to do with this period corresponding to the wake of World War II, I wonder? As well, are there any melodramatic movie correlations in Japanese culture?

Labels: Criterion8, melodramaD

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