TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 14: Imagining the Future/Keiko Kishi
All aboard for the dystopian future! That's what TCM has in store for us in daytime.
And in the evening Japanese actress-writer Keiko Kishi steps into the TCM spotlight. She is still with us today and will turn 93 in August.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
1:30 AM Wichita (1955)
Wyatt Earp fights to straighten out a crooked cattle town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:00 AM The Méliès Mystery (2021)
Documentary detailing the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center and the Library of Congress.
Dir: Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange Cast: Leonard Maltin, Serge Bromberg, Georges Méliès
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Imagining the Future
6:15 AM Metropolis (1926)
A city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: N
8:45 AM Things to Come (1936)
Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM World Without End (1955)
Astronauts returning from a voyage are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 PM The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
A pregnant woman searches for love amidst the ruins of a nuclear war.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Dudley Moore
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC:
2:00 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
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6:00 PM Logan's Run (1975)
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
TCM Prime Time: Keiko Kishi
8:00 PM Early Spring (1956)
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Dir: Yasujirô Ozu. Cast: Chikage Awashima, Ryô Ikebe, Teiji Takahashi
Runtime: 144 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:30 PM Her Brother (1960)
Set in 1926, when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Dir: Kon Ichikawa Cast: Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:15 AM Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious (2023)
Keiko Kishi was a pioneering actress who gained international recognition through her work in films from leading Japanese directors including Kon Ichikawa, Yasujirô Ozu and Masaki Kobayashi. This documentary explores the life and career of an artist whose rebellious spirit was an inspiration for many generations.
Dir: Pascal-Alex Vincent Cast: Keiko Kishi, Delphine Ciampi, Roscoe Ellis
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
1:15 AM Kwaidan (1965)
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi Cast: Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Keiko Kishi
Runtime: 183 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: N
4:45 AM The Garden of Women (1954)
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
Dir: Keisuke Kinoshita Cast: Mieko Takamine, Hideko Takamine, Keiko Kishi
Runtime: 141 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N