1957

Downtown

8/2

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h...

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Downtown

1956

Early Spring

7.51/98

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.

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Early Spring

1955

House of Bamboo

6.176/71

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen...

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House of Bamboo

1993

Madadayo

7.3/138

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who ho...

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Madadayo

1951

The Idiot

7/134

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgrac...

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The Idiot

2008

Kabei: Our Mother

7.4/41

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

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Kabei: Our Mother

1979

Dead Angle

8/2

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

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Dead Angle

1962

Akitsu Hot Springs

6.481/27

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

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Akitsu Hot Springs

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

7.3/124

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1949

Stray Dog

7.59/368

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes underc...

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Stray Dog

1957

Sayonara

6.7/147

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is...

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Sayonara

1956

Street of Shame

7.715/156

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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Street of Shame

1953

A Geisha

7.555/64

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve the...

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A Geisha

1951

The Lady of Musashino

6.35/20

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become cl...

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The Lady of Musashino

1947

One Wonderful Sunday

7.186/94

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

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2025

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

7.874/207

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops...

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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

1956

Girl's Reform School

0/0

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

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Girl's Reform School

1955

I Live in Fear

7.324/125

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared i...

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I Live in Fear

1959

Good Morning

7.718/323

Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exact...

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Good Morning

1951

Early Summer

7.85/210

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about...

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Early Summer