1960

Late Autumn

7.746/175

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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Late Autumn

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

1958

Equinox Flower

7.436/165

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way...

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Equinox Flower

1937

Marching Song

0/0

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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Marching Song

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

7.53/101

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

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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1939

Zoku aizen katsura

8/1

1939 Japanese movie

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Zoku aizen katsura

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

1976

Frozen River

3/1

A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.

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Frozen River

1959

Flower Shop Curtain

10/1

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

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Flower Shop Curtain

1952

Divorce

0/0

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1974

The Castle of Sand

7.368/53

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

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The Castle of Sand

1953

Hiroba no kōdoku

0/0

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

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Hiroba no kōdoku

1936

Woman in the Mist

8/1

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel...

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Woman in the Mist

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

1937

A Man's Recompense: Part 1

0/0

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to...

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A Man's Recompense: Part 1

1937

A Man's Recompense: Part 2

0/0

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to...

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A Man's Recompense: Part 2

1939

Southern Wind

0/0

Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is restrained and indifferent. The story even has an...

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Southern Wind

1942

South Wind

0/0

Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper serial novel of Shishiko Shishi. Like in "Warm Curr...

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South Wind

1941

The Flower is not False

4.5/1

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu Hirosh...

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The Flower is not False

1937

The Trio's Engagements

7/1

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

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The Trio's Engagements

1941

Record of a Woman Doctor

6/1

A group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free medical care to villagers. There they must battle preju...

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Record of a Woman Doctor

1943

Wakaki sugata

7/1

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Wakaki sugata

1973

Rise, Fair Sun

10/1

Though a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the unspoiled region in which they live into a land developme...

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Rise, Fair Sun

1956

Settlement of Love

9/1

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an annive...

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Settlement of Love

1936

The New Road: Akemi

8.5/2

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is told...

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The New Road: Akemi

1982

Fossilized Wilderness

8/1

Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his...

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Fossilized Wilderness

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

6/7

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting t...

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A Brother and His Younger Sister

1951

Freedom School

7/1

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Co...

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Freedom School

1956

Fountainhead

6/9

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

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Fountainhead

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

1943

Our Planes Fly South

0/0

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Our Planes Fly South

1948

Temptation

8/2

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

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Temptation

1938

Half Virgin

0/0

Miyake has a boyfriend, Daijiro Natsukawa, who is a novelist, but considering her future marriage, Miyake is also looking for a job for her, but Sabur...

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Half Virgin

1974

The Family

9/1

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

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The Family

1978

Glowing Autumn

8/1

A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer. Leche...

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Glowing Autumn

1945

Sennichimae fukin

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Sennichimae fukin

1961

The Rokumeikan

0/0

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

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The Rokumeikan

1935

Burden of Life

6.625/8

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.

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Burden of Life

1942

South Wind 2

0/0

In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore where he meets an old friend who propose...

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South Wind 2

1961

Uzu

0/0

1961 Japanese movie

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Uzu

1978

August Without Emperor

7.25/4

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-wa...

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August Without Emperor

1987

Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

0/0

Genichiro Okugawa is appointed as the head of accounting in a feudal domain and travels with his servant Gonsuke to the country from Edo. Along the wa...

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Countryside Accountant's Government Reform

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

1961

Hunting Rifle

8/2

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...

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Hunting Rifle

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

1938

The Masseurs and a Woman

6.917/30

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniat...

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The Masseurs and a Woman

1944

Nichijô no tatakai

7/1

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Nichijô no tatakai

1944

Sinking the Unsinkable

0/0

Japanese Warmovie

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Sinking the Unsinkable

1942

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

0/0

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The Spy Has Not Died Yet

1945

Three Women of the North

10/1

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with...

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Three Women of the North

1957

On This Earth

7/1

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Un...

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On This Earth

1937

The Golden Demon

6/5

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and becom...

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The Golden Demon

1937

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

5.5/5

Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families always fight like cat and dog. This relationship is...

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Lady Doctor Kinuyo

1978

The Incident

7.25/4

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shi...

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The Incident

1940

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

0/0

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Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

1979

The Fixer

6/2

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

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The Fixer

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

1960

When a Woman Loves

8/1

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

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When a Woman Loves

1955

The Refugee

0/0

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite...

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The Refugee

1977

Island of Hell

6.2/5

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

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Island of Hell

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

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

1937

Moon Over the Ruins

6.667/3

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

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Moon Over the Ruins

1978

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

8/3

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1959

Tokyo Omnibus

0/0

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with...

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Tokyo Omnibus

1944

Army

6.75/16

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

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Army

1975

The Fossil

7/12

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him t...

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The Fossil

1979

The Three Undelivered Letters

6.571/7

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household...

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The Three Undelivered Letters

1958

Akutoku

0/0

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi S...

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Akutoku

1959

Goodbye, Hello

7.5/2

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage. Thei...

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Goodbye, Hello

1980

May Love Be Restored

0/0

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

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May Love Be Restored

1981

Island of the Evil Spirits

6.2/5

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.

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Island of the Evil Spirits

1980

The Wicked

6.667/6

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.

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The Wicked

1952

Dôkoku

0/0

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Dôkoku

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

1977

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

8.125/4

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.

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Japanese Godfather: Ambition

1945

The Young Women of Izu

8/1

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The Young Women of Izu

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

1959

The Cast-Off

8/2

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his w...

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The Cast-Off

1980

Magnitude 7.9

5.8/5

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

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Magnitude 7.9

1953

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

0/0

Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1952

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

0/0

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1977

Japan's Don

7.667/3

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

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Japan's Don

1936

The New Road: Ryota

7.5/2

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the per...

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The New Road: Ryota

1956

Rainy Night Duel

8/1

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

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Rainy Night Duel

1958

I Want to Be a Shellfish

10/2

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husba...

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

1941

Let's Go in Good Spirits

0/0

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means “waiter” literally....

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Let's Go in Good Spirits

1949

娘十八嘘つき時代

0/0

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娘十八嘘つき時代

1951

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

9/1

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

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The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

1950

Probation

7/1

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Probation

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

1938

Mother and Child

0/0

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mot...

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Mother and Child

1940

Kinuyo's First Love

7.5/2

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relations...

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Kinuyo's First Love

1951

Ah, Youth

0/0

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Ah, Youth

1939

Weeds with flowers

0/0

Weed with Flowers

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Weeds with flowers

1941

Dawn Chorus

0/0

A young girl gives up high school to help out family expenses and starts to work as a bus conductor.

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Dawn Chorus

1943

Dancing with a Mask

0/0

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

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Dancing with a Mask

1956

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

5/1

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1950

First Love Questions and Answers

10/1

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First Love Questions and Answers

1958

Thirst

7/1

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Thirst

1947

Rira no hana wasureji

0/0

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. Howe...

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Rira no hana wasureji

1959

Otome no inori

0/0

1959 Japanese movie

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Otome no inori

1961

白い南風

0/0

1961 Japanese movie

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白い南風

1960

Shiroi Kiba

9/1

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Shiroi Kiba

1944

Yasen gungakutai

7/1

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Yasen gungakutai

1949

Farewell Tango

8/1

A heartrending love story between an aspiring singer and a unnamed composer. Sobbing love songs sung by a heroine Mieko Takemine.

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Farewell Tango

1956

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

0/0

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

1946

Kanojo no hatsugen

0/0

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Kanojo no hatsugen

1949

Jealousy

0/0

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Jealousy