Monday, September 21, 2009

Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Directed by Michael Anderson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)

The Air Rescue Service responds to a distress signal from a sinking Japanese ship during a typhoon. This frames three flashbacks: a doomed rescue of avalanche surivivors, a doomed love affair with a reporter during an earthquake, and a doomed love affair between an Arab and an American soldier. Special effects are from the Japanese Daiei studio, and their miniatures look like most Godzilla movies from the 60s. It shouldn't work, but somehow does, anchored by the middle story with Richard Widmark.

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