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FILMS OF THE 1950s

Japanese poster for the American version of Gojira (Godzilla) (1954/1956)
Japanese footage directed by Ishiro Honda (1954)
American footage directed by Terry Morse (1956)
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Momoko Kôchi and Raymond Burr (American version)

1950

Tenya wanya
Confusion (English title)
Crazy Uproar (alternate title)

Simei hannin

Senka no hate
Beyond the War (English title)

Otome no seiten
Erotic Ceremony of Women (English title)

Kumo no mati

Kike wadatumi no koe
Listen to the Voice of the Sea (English title)

Gunkan sudeni kemuri nasi
Warship Already Without Smoke (English title)

Gozen reiji no shutugoku
Midnight Parole (English title)

Ore wa yojinbo
I Am a Bodyguard (English title)

Ma no ogon
God of Evil (English title)

Senritsu
Shudder (English title)

Harukanari haha no kuni
The Motherland Far Far Away (English title)

Shiroi yajû
White Beast (English title)

Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma
Les Misérables I: Gods and Demons (English title)

Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata
Les Misérables II: God and the Flag of Freedom (English title)

1951

Shinsetsu ishikawa goemon
Goemon Ishikawa: The True Story (English title)

Nusumareta koi
Stolen Love (English title)

Kaze ni soyogu asi
Reeds That Rustle in the Wind (English title)

Kagiri naki jonetsu
Passion Without Bounds (English title)

Ashura hangan
Devilish Judge (English title)

Ai to nikushimi no kanata e
Beyond Love and Hate (English title)

Itsuwareru seiso
Masquerade (English title)

Jiyu gakkô
Free School (English title)

Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka
Who Judges Me? (English title)

Kono hata ni chikau
Swearing by the Flag (English title)

Genji monogatari
The Tale of Genji (English title)

Mukokusekisha
Man Without a Country (English title)

1952

Zoku bashoku itidai

Watashi wa Shiberia no horyo datta
I Was a Prisoner in Siberia (English title)

Tenryu gawa

Shi no matiwo nogareta
Escape from the Street of Death (English title)

Kôya no chikai
Oath on the Plain (English title)

Hosokawa garasha fujin den: ranse no siroyuri

Saigo no kaoyaku
The Last Boss (English title)
Final Boss (alternate title)

Nadare
Avalanche (English title)

Nishijin no shimai
Sisters of Nishijin (English title)

Furisode kyôjo
The Mad Woman with a Long Sleeved Kimono (English title)

Gembaku no ko
Children of Hiroshima (English title)
Children of the Atomic Bomb (alternate title)

Boryoku
Violence (English title)

Zoku baku rô ichidai
Life of a Horse-Trader (English title)

Gekiryu
Swift Current (English title)
The Rapids (alternate title)

1953

Umarekawaru kyakusha

Miseraretaru tamasii
A Fascinated Soul (English title)

Konketuji

Kanikosen
The Crab-Canning Ship (English title)
The Floating Crab Cannery (alternate title)

Genkai no wani
Alligation in Genkai (English title)

Senba zuru
The 100 Origami Cranes (English title)

Murahachibu
Ostracism (English title)

Shukuzu
Miniature Drawing (English title)

Aijô ni tsuite
About Love (English title)

Yokubo
Desire (English title)

Anatahan
Ana-ta-han (alternate title)
The Saga of Anatahan (alternate title)

Sero hiki no gôshu
Gorshe, the Cellist (English title)

Yoake mae
Before Dawn (English title)

Shirauo

Onna no issho
The Life of a Woman (English title)

Muhomono
The Outlaw (English title)

Konketsuji
Half Breed (English title)

Hakugyo
White Fish (English title)

Hiroshima

1954

Okiku to Harima
Okiku and Harima (English title)

Ashizuri Misaki
Cape Ashizuri (English title)

Syunkin monogatari (1954)
Story of Koto in Springtime (English title)

Dobu
The Gutter

Midori no nakama
Fellow of Green (English title)

Tubame wo ugokasu hitotachi

Tanima no rekisi

Sakuma damu daiichibu

Jinsei gekijo yokubo hen: sanshukira ko
Life Theater Nostalgia: Sanshukira Harbor (English title)

Haru no uzumaki

Bancho sara yashiki: okiku to harima
A Samurai's Love (English title)

Dorodarake no seishun
Muddy Youth (English title)

Gojira
Godzilla (English title)
G (working title during production)

Wakai hitotachi
Young Men (English title)

1955

Yukaima
Kidnapper (English title)

Tokyo boryokudan
Tokyo Mafia (English title)

Taifu no me
Eye of the Typhoon (English title)

Sakuma damu dainibu

Kokuyu rin

Hokkaido

Hi no bakuso
Rush of Fire (English title)

Bijo to kairyu
Beauty and the Beast (English title)
Beauty and the Dragon (alternate English title)

Asaru hitobito

Ningen gyôrai kaiten

Hotaru no hikari
Glow of a Firefly (English title)

Meiji ichidai onna
The Life of a Woman during the Meiji Period (English title)

Izumi e no michi
The Way to the Fountain (English title)

Ginza no onna
Woman of Ginza (English title)

Jyochukko
The Maidservent (English title)
Maid and a Boy (alternate title)
The Maid's Kid (alternate title)

Okami
Wolf (English title)

Mittsu no kao
Three Faces (English title)

Osho ichidai
Generation of the King (English title)

Buruuba
Bluba (alternate title)

Zoku keisatsu nikki
Police Diary, Part II (English title)

Dankongai
A Bullet-Ridden Street (English title)

Seishun no oto
Sound of Youth (English title)

Oni daiko

Matu kemusi

Kousaka siro no hanzai

Horeruna yanpachi

Furo daki taisho

Bara no kôdôkan
Mansion Covered with Roses (English title)

Biruma no tategoto
Harp of Burma (English title)
The Burmese Harp (alternate title)

Kuro-obi sangokushi
Black Belt Sangokushi ( English title)
Rainy Night Duel (alternate title)

Gin shinju
Shirogane sinju (alternate Japanese title)
Silver Suicide (English title)

Kamisaka Shirô no hanzai
The Crime of Shiro Kamisaka (English title)

Mahiru no ankoku
Darkness at Midnight (English title)
Darkness of Daylight (alternate title)

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Kaijû no Gojira (Japanese title)

Ryûri no kishi
Wandering Shore (English title)

Onibi
A Will o' the Wisp (English title)
Demon Fire (alternate title)

Kojinbutsu no fufu (1956)
Likeable Wife and Husband (English title)

Kiri no oto
Sound of Youth (English title)

Joyu
An Actress (English title)

Sora no daikaijû Radon
Radon (alternate Japanese title)
Rodan (English title)
Rodan! The Flying Monster (alternate title)

Shirogane shinju
Silver Suicide (English title)

1957

Itohan monogatari
Story of a Girl (English title)

Yujo monogatari

Susumiyuku bitamin B1

Sonan: tanigawadake no kiroku

Sakuma damu daisanbu
Sakuma Dam, Part III (English title)

Koroshita noha dareda
Who Commited Murder? (English title)

Hakucho monogatari

Daji

Chikyu boeigun
The Mysterians (English title)
Earth Defense Force (alternate title)

Osaka monogatari
An Osaka Story (English title)

Yagyu bugeicho
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (English title)

Nikui mono
Hateful Things (English title)

Kawa wa miteiru

Saigo no dasso
The Last Pursuit ( English title)

Umi no yarodomo
Fellows of the Sea (English title)

Bakuon to daichi
Whirring and the Earth (English title)

Shitamachi
Downtown (English title)

Chijo
The Ground (English title)

Joyu
Actress (English title)

Yagyu bugeicho
Yagyu Manual of Martial Arts (English title)

Jigoku ka
Flower in Hell (English title)

1958

Fukuzawa Yukichi no shonenjidai
Yukichi Fukuzawa's Boyhood (English title)

Nagai fuyu

Midori no tanima

Kokutetsu no diseruka

Kensetsufu

Yagyu bugeicho - Ninjitsu
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II (English title)

Kanashimi wa onna dakeni
Only Women Have Sorrow (English title)

Futari dake no hashi
A Bridge for Us Alone (English title)

Hyoheki
The Precipice (English title)

Kisetsufu no kanatani
Over the Monsoon (English title)

Daikaijû Baran
Varan the Unbelievable (English title)

Sonan
Disaster (English title)

1959

Uchu daisenso
Battle in Outer Space (English title)

Ankokugai no kaoyaku
Boss of the Underworld (English title)

Kotan no kuchibue
Whistle in My Heart (English title)

Onna to kaizoku
The Woman and the Pirate (English title)

Aru kengo no shogai
Samurai Story (English title)

Sono kabe o kudake
Bring Down That Wall (English title)

Korosareta suchuwadesu: shiro ka kuro ka
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black (English title)

Nippon tanjo
The Birth of Japan (English title)
The Three Treasures (alternate title)

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