1956

Wedding Day

7/1

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with S...

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Wedding Day

1956

Dotanba

6/1

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contempor...

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Dotanba

1955

Yukiko

0/0

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Yukiko

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

7.543/104

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1953

Sincere Heart

6.4/11

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.

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Sincere Heart

1955

Twilight Saloon

8/4

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustr...

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Twilight Saloon

1953

Hiroba no kōdoku

0/0

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

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Hiroba no kōdoku

1954

Hanran

0/0

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Hanran

1968

Wicked Priest

6.2/7

Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, sets sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. After fighting off a g...

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Wicked Priest

1971

Morning for Two

8/1

While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and...

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Morning for Two

1962

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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The Daughters of the Saotome Family

1954

A Samurai's Love

8/1

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

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A Samurai's Love

1953

Sisters

0/0

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), an...

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Sisters

1956

Avalanche

0/0

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Avalanche

1975

The Surf

6.667/3

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

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The Surf

1951

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

0/0

Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in cha...

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The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1956

Will-o'-the-Wisp

9/1

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Will-o'-the-Wisp

1989

The Demon Comes in Spring

10/1

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl'...

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The Demon Comes in Spring

1954

Kunisada Chūji

9/1

Kunisada Tadaharu, a peasant of Kunisada Village in Joshu Sai County, could not stand the bad government and poor harvest of Takebe Genhan, the govern...

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Kunisada Chūji

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

5.429/7

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

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Fireworks Over the Sea

1954

Cape Ashizuri

9/1

Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist dise...

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Cape Ashizuri

1955

Meigetsu sataro gasa

0/0

Japanese film.

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Meigetsu sataro gasa

1955

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

9/1

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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

1956

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

6/4

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

1957

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

8/2

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

1953

Tower of Lilies

6.778/9

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situat...

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Tower of Lilies

1954

The Valley Between Love and Death

8/1

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

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The Valley Between Love and Death

1949

The Bridal Night Again

0/0

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The Bridal Night Again

1948

Great X

0/0

A 1948 Japanese film.

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Great X

1954

The Black Current

10/1

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Aki...

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The Black Current

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

7/20

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the f...

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The Ball at the Anjo House

1968

Shogun's Joy of Torture

5.588/40

A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women, and the brutal punishments that ensued.

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Shogun's Joy of Torture

1972

Theater of Life

10/1

Centred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the surrounding people, including Kira Tsuneo and Tobigashik...

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Theater of Life

1952

The Waves

5.5/4

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

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The Waves

1984

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

8/3

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san t...

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Tora-san's Forbidden Love

1976

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

10/1

A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an old Japanese-Indian widow who has an es...

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Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

1956

Tengoku wa doko da

8/1

Japanese drama.

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Tengoku wa doko da

1982

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

2.5/1

Youth suspense movie.

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The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

1970

The Japan Derby Race

7/1

A story about a man who stakes his life on horse racing.

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The Japan Derby Race

1968

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

6.882/17

Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and...

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Ohyaku: The Female Demon

1998

The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya

0/0

An attorney from Yokohama is found murdered at Lake Toya in Hokkaido. Uematsu (Noi Yasuo), of the Hokkaido police goes to Yokohama in search of Konno...

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The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya

1952

Devil’s Statue

8/1

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.

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Devil’s Statue

1958

The Hotelman's Holiday

9/1

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanes...

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The Hotelman's Holiday

1973

Teardrops

0/0

A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Minoru and the blind girl's sister Kazue are a happy g...

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Teardrops

2001

Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.

0/0

A woman is discovered strangled inside a car, and Inspector Muta of the Yamashita police station hurries to the scene! The relationship between the mu...

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Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.

1957

Good Luck to These Two

8/2

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

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Good Luck to These Two

1956

I Saw the Killer

0/0

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I Saw the Killer

1979

Waga seishun no eleven

0/0

Soccer movie.

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Waga seishun no eleven

1954

Seven Samurai

8.45/4299

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

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Seven Samurai

2000

The Stupid Teacher

8/1

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a...

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The Stupid Teacher

1952

Our Chief, Our Doctor

8/1

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the...

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Our Chief, Our Doctor

1995

Goodbye for Tomorrow

10/1

People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to...

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Goodbye for Tomorrow

1950

Omoide no borero

0/0

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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Omoide no borero

1949

Sad Whistling

6/3

A young girl searches for her long-lost brother in postwar Tokyo, clinging to hope and music amid the rubble of a broken Japan. Along the way, she tou...

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Sad Whistling

1955

Floating Weeds Diary

4.3/3

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however,...

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Floating Weeds Diary

1958

The Child Writers

8/1

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to school toget...

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The Child Writers

1950

Homecoming

8/1

A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his da...

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Homecoming

1950

The Bells of Nagasaki

7/1

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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The Bells of Nagasaki

1973

Order of the Salaryman

0/0

A salaryman promoted against his will skips his first morning meeting and slips into a spiral of small rebellions—cafés, nightclubs, and a fleeting ro...

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Order of the Salaryman

2002

The Last Snow

10/1

After his wife leaves him, middle-aged Yusaku contemplates suicide, but receives a call from old friend Kenichiro, whose wife is in a coma.

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The Last Snow

1951

Pure White Nights

0/0

"Pure White Nights" - A romantic tale that depicts love between married people and the psychology of their marriage with elegant and a controversial...

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Pure White Nights

1954

12 Chapters About Women

7/1

Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result of...

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12 Chapters About Women

1957

Talkative Company President

9/1

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just...

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Talkative Company President

1974

Tomorrow Will Shine

0/0

This work depicts the life of a young woman, set in China and Japan, just before the end of the war.

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Tomorrow Will Shine

1999

Hometown

0/0

Tokiko Haebaru, a 76-year-old grandmother living in Nago, Okinawa, embarks on a marathon across Japan.

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Hometown

1957

A Town with a Mountain and River

7/1

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household. Misunderstandings spre...

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A Town with a Mountain and River

1956

The Good-Natured Couple

10/1

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The Good-Natured Couple

1959

The Path Under the Platanes

7/1

Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.

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The Path Under the Platanes

1951

Tekirei san'nin musume

0/0

The Matsukawa family lived modestly as a close-knit trio of mother and daughters, relying on the income from the younger daughter, Motoko, who worked...

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Tekirei san'nin musume

1959

The Lighthouse

0/0

After returning from the war, a man falls in love at first sight with the beautiful young woman who welcomes him home only to discover she is Isako, h...

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The Lighthouse

1951

An Angel Dreams Too

0/0

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An Angel Dreams Too

1950

Yume o meshimase

0/0

Nagisa Harumi had moved to Tokyo dreaming of becoming a revue star, but she couldn’t even land a job as a dancer and ended up working as a theater ush...

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Yume o meshimase

1950

The Actress and the Detective

0/0

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

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The Actress and the Detective