1950s
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
人間の條件
★ 9.1 62 ratings
小林正树 actor: 仲代达矢 / 新珠三千代 …
other title: 인간의 조건 / 人間の條件 …
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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April in Paris
Douban
★ 8.4 5 ratings
Count Basie genre: Jazz
release date 1997-06-24 publisher: Polygram Records
William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording.
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Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
★ 7.9 151 ratings
雅克·塔蒂 actor: 雅克·塔蒂 / Nathalie Pascaud …
other title: 윌로 씨의 휴가 / ぼくの伯父さんの休暇 …
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
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Calypso
Douban
Harry Belafonte genre: World Music
release date 1992-04-28 publisher: RCA
Harry Belafonte原名哈罗德．乔治．小贝拉方特，1927年03月01日生于纽约市哈莱姆区。童年时代在牙买加他父亲的出生地过着贫困的生活。二战结束后，他勤工俭学在纽约戏剧进修所学习。1952年开始以唱民歌作为他的职业。1953年第一次上银幕，演出《光辉的道路》。同年，他还在百老汇演出《约翰．默里．安迪森的年历》，获戏剧托尼奖。
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The Lovers (1958)
Les amants WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.4 37 ratings
路易·马勒 actor: 让娜·莫罗 / 阿兰·居尼 …
other title: 情人们 / Les amants …
A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.
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The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Летят журавли WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.5 226 ratings
米哈依尔·卡拉托佐夫 actor: 塔吉娅娜·萨莫依洛娃 / 阿列克谢·巴塔洛夫 …
other title: 학이 난다 / Летят журавли …
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.