1942

Moon of the Plateau

0/0

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

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Moon of the Plateau

1927

Karakuri musume

9/1

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Karakuri musume

1929

The Dawning Sky

6/3

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

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The Dawning Sky

1928

The Village Bride

8/1

Japanese silent film from 1928. Kinema Junpo ranked it among the ten best Japanese movies of the year.

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The Village Bride

1929

Eternal Heart

6/5

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

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Eternal Heart

1944

Sailor

0/0

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the fami...

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Sailor

1941

Flower

0/0

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe meets and grows close to a doctor who proposes mar...

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Flower

1950

The Tokyo Kid

8/1

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoidin...

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The Tokyo Kid

1942

There Was a Father

6.97/83

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

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There Was a Father

1930

Marching On

10/1

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local...

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Marching On

1931

Shining Love

0/0

Created by Shochiku’s cultural film department on behalf of the Ministry of Education, this film tells an ironic anecdote juxtaposing the fate of a co...

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Shining Love

1935

Okoto and Sasuke

6.75/4

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Jun...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1930

Pure Love

7/1

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

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Pure Love

1933

Apart from You

7.043/23

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a...

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Apart from You

1929

Mother

9/1

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

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Mother

1932

I Was Born, But...

7.564/149

Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local g...

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I Was Born, But...

1953

Young Miss Executive

9/1

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Ma...

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Young Miss Executive

1932

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

8/2

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous S...

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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

1952

Carmen's Innocent Love

5.25/14

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

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Carmen's Innocent Love

1951

The Idiot

6.98/127

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

1930

Reijin

7/1

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Reijin

1929

The Life of an Office Worker

7/1

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

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The Life of an Office Worker

1956

The Thick-Walled Room

7.167/21

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

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The Thick-Walled Room

1951

Carmen Comes Home

6.25/26

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

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Carmen Comes Home

1949

Odoru ryûgûjô

0/0

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Odoru ryûgûjô

1927

Kaihin no joô

0/0

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.

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Kaihin no joô

1949

The King of Sports

7/1

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The King of Sports

1925

Nature Is the Judge

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1925.

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Nature Is the Judge

1928

The Face of Humanity

7/1

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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The Face of Humanity

1928

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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The Glory of the Shōwa Era

1929

The Blacksmith of the Forest

8/1

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's...

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The Blacksmith of the Forest

1929

Echigo Lion

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1929.

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Echigo Lion

1930

A Smiling Life

10/1

Japanese silent film from 1930.

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A Smiling Life

1930

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

0/0

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

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Youth, Why Do You Cry?

1931

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

7/1

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lum...

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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

1931

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

8/1

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lum...

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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

1932

Shine, Japanese Women

10/1

Shigeko and Midori, star swimmers at the renowned Kirishima Girls’ School, are training relentlessly with their sights set on the Los Angeles Olympics...

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Shine, Japanese Women