Ugetsu (Monogatari) aka "This isn't Africa, get that off your head."

Theme: Japanese films of the 1950's (#3)

Released: 1954 (b&w)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors:

• Masayuki Mori (Genjurô)
• Machiko Kyô (Lady Wakasa) same as in Rashamon
  
• Kinuyo Tanaka (Miyagi)
• Eitarô Ozawa (To^bei) (as Sakae Ozawa)

Nominated for an Oscar for best b&w Costume Design in 1956.
Won 2 Mainichi Film Concours awards in 1954 (Art Direction and Sound Recording).
This film is listed as Drama/Fantasy so watch out for some awesome twists!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046478/

@ the Crow's Nest
Present: Chris, Devin, Big John, Lincoln, Matt

Gojira

Theme: Japanese films of the 1950's (#2)

Released: 1954 (b&w)
Director: Ishiro Honda
Tagline: The legend begins...
Actors:

• Akira Takarada (Hideto Ogata)
• Momoko Kôchi (Emiko Yamane)
• Akihiko Hirata (Daisuke Serizawa-hakase)
• Takashi Shimura (Kyohei Yamane-hakase)
• Fuyuki Murakami (Professor Tanabe)

Gojira is a combination of the Japanese words for gorilla (gorira) and whale (kujira).
There is a TON of interesting triva about this film on imdb.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047034/


@ the Crow's Nest
Society members present: Chelsea, Devin, Jenny, Big John, Lincoln, Matt, Zach

Rashomon

Theme: Japanese films of the 1950's (#1)

Released: 1950 (b&w)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Tagline: The husband, the wife...or the bandit?
Actors:

• Toshirô Mifune (Tajômaru)
• Machiko Kyô (Masako Kanazawa)
• Masayuki Mori (Takehiro Kanazawa)
• Takashi Shimura (Woodcutter)
• Minoru Chiaki (Priest)
• Kichijiro Ueda (Commoner)

Won Best Actress award in 1951 at the Mainichi Film Concours in Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/

@ the Crow's Nest
Society members present: Chelsea, Chris, Devin, Jason Adams, Jenny, Big John, Zach
Notes: Jen swooned over Humphrey Bogart. There was low to average making fun of this movie.

Go to town with your comments kids!
Coming up Thursday the 18th, GODZILLA!