All Films

Skinny and Fatty

1958 • 51 min • Japan

Two young Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, become unlikely friends.

Shinshu Tenmakyo

1958 • 53 min • Japan

Lion Crest

1958 • 59 min • Japan

Lion Crest Part 2

1958 • 57 min • Japan

The Living Sea

1958 • 56 min • Japan

Marine biological documentary

Kampai! Miai Kekkon

1958 • 46 min • Japan

Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’s the only one still single. She finds herself drawn to her quiet classmate Sasada, who rarely expresses his feelings. Through a series of events that reveal the characters’ struggles with love and loneliness, Emiko travels to Osaka in search of him. In the end, she discovers his true feelings, and the two share a silent, comforting moment during a poetic wedding scene.

From All of Us to All of You

1958 • 60 min • United States of America

Hosted by Jiminy Cricket along with Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell, this special combines newly produced animation with clips from vintage animated Disney shorts and feature films, presented to the viewer as Christmas cards from the various characters starring in each one.

Pilgrimage

1958 • 30 min • Canada

St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year. They come from California by Greyhound bus, from Vancouver by plane, and on foot from many parishes surrounding Montréal. What is the fame of this shrine, that it attracts the devout and the curious alike? The story is told by Brother Placide Vermandère of the Order of the Holy Cross, who was personally acquainted with Brother André, after whom the shrine's famous temple is named. Cameras follow a procession of the League of the Sacred Heart through the streets of the city to the famous sanctuary and show many of the religious observances conducted in the church, including Mass attended by invalids who come in the hope of being healed of various afflictions.

The Mother Tree

1958 • 48 min • Japan

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.

Three for The Road

1958 • 53 min • Japan

Between the Tides

1958 • 21 min • United Kingdom

Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of Britain's shores. The film show the fascinating and colourful marine life of shoreline and rock pool, filmed in the inter-tidal zone of a typical and attractive rocky shore of southwest England. The amazing diversity of creatures must be seen to be believed; periwinkles, top-shells, starfish and lump suckers, the self-concealing flatfish, the gaper and razor fish and the commuting and breeding seabirds. Beautifully photographed in glorious Technicolor by resident cameraman Ron Craigen, the film was awarded fifteen international film honours, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Appalachian Spring

1958 • 32 min • United States of America

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

The Women Divers

1958 • 57 min • Japan

A youth movie depicting the love between college students.

The Night is Mine

1958 • 50 min • Japan

Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...

Harlem Wednesday

1958 • 10 min

The paintings of Gregorio Prestopino convey the sights and sounds of a day in Harlem.

Nocturno

1958 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

Short animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.

神州天馬侠　完結篇

1958 • 50 min • Japan

In a desperate crisis, Inamaru is plunged into the dark sea by a strike from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ryutaro desperately tries to rescue Inamaru. However, it's not just Ieyasu who aims for him and the precious treasure of the Unshaken Banner. Various individuals, good and evil alike, are aiming for the foothills of Mount Fuji where the hidden treasure lies.

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man

1958 • 56 min • Japan

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Tora-san's Home Run

1958 • 56 min • Japan

The second Tora-San feature.

The Stars Know Everything

1958 • 49 min • Japan

Saga Shiori, who had been held up as a genius writer, runs away to a nightclub to deceive her manager's eyes. She is no longer the genius writer she once was, but is now having a good time with Goro, the man who saved her from running away without money. He is surprised to find that it is his childhood friend Masahiko Hirato who is singing on stage at a jazz cafe.

Super Giant: The Space Mutant Appears

1958 • 45 min • Japan

The 7th Super Giant film. Super Giant battles a marauding alien brain-like creature created by a mad scientist and an alien army. (stand-alone episode)

Bakeneko goyō da

1958 • 59 min • Japan

Kid Magician Sasuke

1958 • 58 min • Japan

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and with great success using his ninjutsu skills becomes a servant of Yukimura Sanada.

Super Giant: The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite

1958 • 39 min • Japan

The 6th Super Giant film. Although he was believed to be destroyed by the Nazi-like army, Super Giant breaks into the satellite, and a long, riotous battle ensues. (Part 2 of 2)