All Films

Log Drive

1957 • 20 min

In this National Film Board short, a ballad singer describes a yearly Quebec spectacle when spruce wood moves down a river, spurred by dynamite and cant hooks and twirled by the boots of leaping men.

Scarecrow

1957 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

The lone scarecrow has a great desire to befriend birds, but they ignore him. His courage at a certain point completely changed the bird's perspective.

Arrival

1957 • 30 min • Canada

This drama portrays an immigrant family and the mingled feelings of hope and despair that characterize their life in a strange land. An Italian wife joins her husband in a large Canadian city. After two years in Canada the husband feels his dream of a better life is close to realization, but his wife feels that differences of language and custom are insurmountable. How such feelings are dispelled by simple gestures of friendship from Canadian-born neighbours gives a heartening conclusion to the film.

The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces

1957 • 34 min • Japan

Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

Bernard Shaw

1957 • 18 min • United Kingdom

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

42nd Street Hood

1957 • 10 min • United States of America

In this film, a policeman stops a young man, and searches him. He then strips the young man, who gets his gun and forces the policeman to strip. Homoerotic wrestling ensues.

The Case of The Smiling Widow

1957 • 31 min • United Kingdom

From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, artist and possible forger.

Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight

1957 • 57 min • Japan

In the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he learned his fighting skills. Later, he must face his friend, who has joined a gang of criminals.

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang

1957 • 50 min • Japan

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.

Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood

1957 • 59 min • Japan

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings, a vault with no key, a suspect killed while in police custody. This fragmented trail of clues could well be one of the most baffling cases that Young Lord has ever had to solve as he attempts to unravel the mystery and bring the guilty party to justice.

Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight

1957 • 59 min • Japan

A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.

Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School

1957 • 50 min • Japan

Suzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret technique of producing tornadoes.

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo

1957 • 55 min • Japan

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer.

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle

1957 • 51 min • Japan

The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens.

Pinocchio

1957 • 60 min

Pinocchio is a 1957 TV musical broadcast shown live on NBC, directed and choreographed by Hanya Holm. This version features songs by Alec Wilder.

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction

1957 • 42 min • Japan

The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2)

Akadô Suzunosuke

1957 • 58 min • Japan

First of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins of how Akadô Suzunosuke learned his skills as a swordsman.

Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

1957 • 52 min • Japan

A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal atomic power.

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

1957 • 51 min • Japan

A luxury car was stolen near a certain nightclub in Akasaka, and the owner of the car was shot and killed. The investigation by detective Nagata, head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Headquarters, revealed that the perpetrator shot a silenced gun, and that a film camera was taken away from the car he abandoned. Furthermore, fluids left at the scene indicate that the perpetrator was a tuberculosis patient...

The Towers

1957 • 12 min

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Sendō shimai

1957 • 53 min • Japan

1957 Japanese movie

The Mischief Makers

1957 • 18 min • France

A group of young boys develops a crush on a girl, leading to jealousy toward her boyfriend. They scheme to disrupt their relationship, and when the boyfriend catches one of them spying, he punishes him harshly. In retaliation, the boys attempt to make the girl doubt her boyfriend's love.

Super Giant

1957 • 49 min • Japan

Foreign terrorists threaten Japan with a nuclear attack.

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957 • 28 min • Japan

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.