1962 Movies

Documentary covering the heavyweight boxing championship match between Ingemar Johansson and Joe Bygraves in Gothenburg on February 9, 1962.

The legend of a lost gold mine and a river in the Northwest Territories that lures men to their doom. Albert Faille, an aging prospector, has set out time and again to find hidden gold. His route takes him through a wild and awesome land particularly suited to...

"The original film was rescued from a Tokyo trash bin. It is an American sexual education film in which plant and animal sex are explained. I, together with an artist friend, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, punched big holes in almost all of the frames. It was a protest...

"An after-dinner farrago" featuring British writers and performers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

The boys wake Deputy Dawg up: the tool shed's on fire. It burns before they can put it out. Then the city hall burns, too. The Sheriff warns Deputy: Form a new fire department made up of volunteers, or you will be out of a job.

Benito, son of a fascist mayor, returned from the countryside of Russia, rebels against the family and joins a group of partisans.

Examines the work and contributions of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, considered to be the father of modern film journalism.

When Prabha dies in a hospital while delivering her child, Susheela, a compassionate nurse, looks after her daughter, Indra. However, Karunamurthi creates problems for Susheela.

A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think that the case is better handed over to Scotland Yard, the local detective inspector, Sparrow, decides to go so...

As Japan's economic growth policies intensify, small-scale farmers embark on a first-ever communal dairy farming initiative in their village. They are joined by Riki, a young man who thinks communal farming will give him some leisure time.

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New Natio...

A parable of man going through war & peace and finding unity in the end.

Documentary about preparation for Vostok 3 abd Vostok 4 space missions, with cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich on board.

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

1962 Japanese movie

A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological and cinematographic study of Songhay ri...