1939

Zoku aizen katsura

8/1

1939 Japanese movie

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Zoku aizen katsura

1932

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

10/1

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Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

6.941/34

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1932

Moth-eaten Spring

10/1

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

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Moth-eaten Spring

1939

Tsukiyo Karasu

0/0

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

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Tsukiyo Karasu

1928

King of the Land

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

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King of the Land

1926

Useless Button

0/0

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over somethi...

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Useless Button

1929

The Big City: Labor

9/1

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The Big City: Labor

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

1923

Father

0/0

An early Japanese film

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Father

1936

Housewife Camellia

7/1

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to loo...

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Housewife Camellia

1939

Five Siblings

8/1

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

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Five Siblings

1939

Mother is Strong

0/0

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Mother is Strong

1942

Otoko no iki

0/0

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a littl...

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Otoko no iki

1922

The Lapel Shop

0/0

Directed by Eizo Tanaka. Only 8 minutes of film is known to have survived.

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The Lapel Shop

1931

ABC Lifeline

6.7/5

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

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ABC Lifeline

1952

Kojiki Taishô

10/1

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and le...

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Kojiki Taishô

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

1934

Eclipse

0/0

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their home...

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Eclipse

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

1942

Sumida River

0/0

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big st...

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Sumida River

1938

The Tree of Love

7/3

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run a...

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The Tree of Love

1941

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

7.4/5

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now...

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Notes of an Itinerant Performer

1938

Family Diary

5.7/3

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ famili...

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Family Diary

1936

Family Meeting

0/0

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

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Family Meeting

1936

Men vs. Women

7/1

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

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Men vs. Women

1917

Taii no musume

8/1

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Taii no musume

1937

Vermilion and Green

5.3/3

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

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Vermilion and Green

1939

Warm Current

5.25/4

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter...

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Warm Current

1942

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

0/0

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The Spy Has Not Died Yet

1935

An Actor's Revenge

5.6/5

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

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An Actor's Revenge

1930

Reijin

7/1

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Reijin

1932

The Loyal 47 Ronin

0/0

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their f...

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The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932

Passion

10/1

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

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Passion

1931

Silver Stream

7/1

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is no...

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Silver Stream

1939

Spring Thunder

0/0

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her c...

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Spring Thunder

1918

The Living Corpse

0/0

A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.

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The Living Corpse

1918

Akatsuki

0/0

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Akatsuki

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

1937

The Siege of Osaka

7/1

The Siege of Osaka

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The Siege of Osaka

1940

Okinu and Banto

10/1

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

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Okinu and Banto

1943

Dancing with a Mask

0/0

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

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Dancing with a Mask

1932

Tengoku ni musubu koi

9/1

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

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Tengoku ni musubu koi

1943

Middle-Aged Man

10/1

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

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Middle-Aged Man

1926

Young Master

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

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Young Master

1926

The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge

0/0

A dramatized chapter in the life of Shimizu Jirocho, a famous yakuza boss, gambler, and folk hero of the 1800s.

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The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge

1926

Buried Youth

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1926.

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Buried Youth

1927

Madame Pearl

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.

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Madame Pearl

1927

The Oath of a Thousand Kills

0/0

Japanese silent jidaigeki from 1927.

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The Oath of a Thousand Kills

1928

The Eternal Heart

0/0

The logger Yamato has been raising his daughter alone since his wife died in childbirth. The baron who owns the forests where he works convinces him t...

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The Eternal Heart

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

1928

Symphony of Youth

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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Symphony of Youth

1929

Him and Life

8/1

Japanese silent film from 1929.

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Him and Life

1929

The Model of New Women

0/0

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as Shizue Ryūda, Ki...

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The Model of New Women

1929

Triumphant Song of the Mountain

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1929.

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Triumphant Song of the Mountain

1929

The Father and His Son

10/1

Japanese silent film from 1929.

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The Father and His Son

1930

The Big City: Explosion

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1930. The second chapter of "The Big City: Labor" (1929).

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The Big City: Explosion

1930

The Tale of Kinuyo

9/1

Japanese silent film from 1930. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho, the film marked a new stage in the artistry of Kinuyo Tanaka, earning acclaim strong enou...

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The Tale of Kinuyo

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

1931

ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

0/0

First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 and ABC Lifeline: Part 2.

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ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

1932

The Golden Demon

0/0

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken, Kan’ichi...

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The Golden Demon

1933

Clear and Cloudy

0/0

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."

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Clear and Cloudy

1933

Daphne

0/0

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

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Daphne

1934

Mother of the East

7/1

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

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Mother of the East