Utage by Heinosuke Gosho - 1967

Heartless - 1968 - Directed by Mio Ezaki

"Sure I am a yakuza...but sometimes a yakuza has a heart..."

Please enjoy the tale of Goro the Assassin...

The Prowler - 1951 - Joseph Losey

Groucho Marx once quipped, "Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Van Heflin's two most memorable roles were as uber-sincere men in: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers and Shane.

In The Prowler, on the other hand, Heflin plays a guy who is great at playing the role of or effectively mimicking a sincere man - maybe a self-referential gibe initiated by director Joseph Losey at Van Heflin's screen reputation.

Like most film noir classics, there are flaws. There are bizarre coincidences which would never have happened in real life, for example. But that's film noir - bizarre coincidence is part of the genre.

An entertaining film, well worth seeing.

See the movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2H18tQyQgE

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - 1947 - Lewis Milestone

Watch the film here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHVGP8S984c

So it seems to me that Martha Ivers loves two things. She loves affluence, power and luxury....and she loves pretending that she doesn't.