Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi, 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.974 |
| Birthday | 1899-09-21 |
| Place of Birth | Sakoshi, Hyogo, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1930
A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
9/1
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
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A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
1939
Mother is Strong
0/0
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Mother is Strong
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
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...
1957
Men Fighting Whales
0/0
A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will ha...
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Men Fighting Whales
1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
7.208/65
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mi...
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A Story of Floating Weeds
1938
Hotaru no hikari
0/0
Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who wil...
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Hotaru no hikari
1963
Yakuza of Seki
8.5/2
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, w...
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Yakuza of Seki
1956
Outlaw island
0/0
The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous f...
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Outlaw island
1963
Okashina yatsu
0/0
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Okashina yatsu
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
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
7.203/59
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1939
Zoku aizen katsura
8/1
1939 Japanese movie
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Zoku aizen katsura
1935
An Inn in Tokyo
7.078/32
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends...
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An Inn in Tokyo
1937
What Did the Lady Forget?
6.338/34
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
1928
Kare to Tokyo
0/0
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Kare to Tokyo
1945
Theater
0/0
Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
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Theater
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
6.769/13
A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.
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Here's to the Young Lady
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
1948
A Hen in the Wind
7.138/58
Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, s...
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A Hen in the Wind
1933
Every-Night Dreams
7.214/21
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walke...
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Every-Night Dreams
1931
Tokyo Chorus
6.772/46
During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.
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Tokyo Chorus
1951
Boyhood
6.923/13
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
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Boyhood
1941
Ornamental Hairpin
6.696/23
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the...
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Ornamental Hairpin
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
1929
The Big City: Labor
9/1
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The Big City: Labor
1933
Passing Fancy
6.586/29
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...
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Passing Fancy
1956
Manchurian Sunset
0/0
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Ri...
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Manchurian Sunset
1940
Utsukushiki Rinjin
0/0
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Utsukushiki Rinjin
1963
A Legend or Was It?
6.929/14
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.
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A Legend or Was It?
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
1937
Children in the Wind
7.417/12
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.
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Children in the Wind
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
1954
Sunny house
0/0
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the...
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Sunny house
1955
The Tattered Wings
6.2/10
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense chi...
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The Tattered Wings
1935
Mother's Love Letter
0/0
Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.
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Mother's Love Letter
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
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
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
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
1929
A Straightforward Boy
5.823/31
A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
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A Straightforward Boy
1962
Haruko no ōen danchō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Haruko no ōen danchō
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
8/1
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko a...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1956
Sound in the Mist
9/1
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Ka...
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Sound in the Mist
1929
I Graduated, But...
5.76/25
Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact...
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I Graduated, But...
1964
Daydream
5.412/17
While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the of...
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Daydream
1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
6/1
A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace...
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Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
7/1
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A Boy and Three Mothers
1930
Hard Times
8/1
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Hard Times
1962
Ballad of a Workman
6.143/7
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to...
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Ballad of a Workman
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
1943
Port of Flowers
7.038/12
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backf...
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Port of Flowers
1930
Walk Cheerfully
6.143/21
Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until h...
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Walk Cheerfully
1931
The Lady and the Beard
6/10
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.
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The Lady and the Beard
1932
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
6.5/22
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
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
1933
The Boss's Son at College
7.5/2
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufa...
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The Boss's Son at College
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
0/0
Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent...
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
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
1953
New Tokyo March
9/1
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose roman...
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New Tokyo March
1938
So Goes My Love
8.5/2
Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns...
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So Goes My Love
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
1942
A Certain Woman
7/1
Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who...
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A Certain Woman
1934
Street Without End
6.636/11
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrig...
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Street Without End
1930
Love and Power
9/1
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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Love and Power
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
6.607/14
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
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
1933
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
7/1
This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of earl...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
6.6/15
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...
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The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
6.667/3
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
1945
Tengoku no hanayome
0/0
1945 Japanese movie
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Tengoku no hanayome
1962
A Carpenter and Children
7.5/2
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning comb...
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A Carpenter and Children
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
7/6
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1961
Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
0/0
Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.
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Casebook of Detective Jiro Nango: Shadowless Murderer
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
0/0
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice, Kohe...
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Ghosts Die at Dawn
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
1934
The Genealogy of Women
10/1
A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romanc...
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The Genealogy of Women
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
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
0/0
A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
The Foster Mother
0/0
A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto,...
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The Foster Mother
1957
Times of Joy and Sorrow
9/2
The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
1958
Hobo Village
0/0
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
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Hobo Village
1945
Victory Song
6/5
An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.
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Victory Song
1934
My Elder Brother
6/1
Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. J...
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My Elder Brother
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
0/0
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
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
1937
Goodbye to the Front
0/0
A 1937 Japanese film.
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Goodbye to the Front
1929
Days of Youth
5.591/22
University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.
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Days of Youth
1939
Four Seasons of Children
8.375/8
The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...
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Four Seasons of Children
1940
Wood and Stone
6.667/3
Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden head) because of his supposed stubbornness. No.10...
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Wood and Stone
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
0/0
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Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
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
1935
Him, Her, and the Boys
0/0
A Japanese film
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Him, Her, and the Boys
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
1954
The Cock Crows Twice
7/1
Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.
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The Cock Crows Twice
1961
Hattari Seinen Shinshi
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Hattari Seinen Shinshi
1933
Happy Times
7/1
A young couple is harrased by an uncle.
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Happy Times
1943
The Living Magoroku
6.8/10
A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
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The Living Magoroku
1933
Japanese King Kong
4.667/3
A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the origi...
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Japanese King Kong
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
1955
Growing Up
7.167/6
A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
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Growing Up
1930
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
10/1
A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowin...
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
1935
An Innocent Maid
7/1
In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neig...
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An Innocent Maid
1932
Spring Comes from the Ladies
10/1
A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.
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Spring Comes from the Ladies
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
1928
Pumpkin
8/1
Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
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Pumpkin
1928
Wife Lost
10/1
A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.
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Wife Lost
1939
Lovers' Duet
7/2
Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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Lovers' Duet
1957
The Beauty Expert
0/0
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The Beauty Expert
1941
Introspection Tower
6.7/7
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...
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Introspection Tower
1958
Maria of the Ant Village
8/1
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been bapti...
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Maria of the Ant Village
1942
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
0/0
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The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
10/1
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The Man Who Has Returned
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
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
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
1958
The Capital of Love
0/0
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar...
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The Capital of Love
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
1957
Untamed Woman
7.455/11
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for...
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Untamed Woman
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
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
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
1928
Dreams of Youth
10/1
Lost silent film
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Dreams of Youth
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
1928
Physical Beauty
10/1
A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge b...
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Physical Beauty
1936
College Is a Nice Place
9/1
In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.
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College Is a Nice Place
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
10/1
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notic...
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Twice on a Certain Night
1946
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
7/1
The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...
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Twenty-Year-Old Youth
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
1929
Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen
9/1
A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.
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Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen
1955
The Magical Warrior
0/0
Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she...
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The Magical Warrior
1962
Hell's Kitchen
7.5/2
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Hell's Kitchen
1962
The Princess and the Bearded Lord
0/0
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The Princess and the Bearded Lord
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
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
1951
Beauty of Life
10/1
Inochi uruwashi
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Beauty of Life
1942
Flowers of Patriotism
0/0
A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...
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Flowers of Patriotism
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
1933
Love
8/1
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the li...
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Love
1930
At a Crossroads
0/0
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At a Crossroads
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
0/0
A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as a...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
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
1934
That Night's Woman
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That Night's Woman
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That Night's Woman
1963
Blackmail
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Blackmail
1951
Over That Hill
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Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to Japan....
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Over That Hill
1961
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
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1961 Japanese movie
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Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1956
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
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1956 Japanese movie
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Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
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1956 Japanese movie
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Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
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A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayals...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
1961
Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
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When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against corruption. Teaming up...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
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A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.
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Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
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Japanese war movie.
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Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1961
桃色の超特急
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1961 Japanese movie
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桃色の超特急
1925
Fallen Samurai
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A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.
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Fallen Samurai
1926
Flashing Blade
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Silent jidaigeki released on New Year's Eve, 1926.
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Flashing Blade
1927
Secret Struggle
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Japanese silent drama from 1927.
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Secret Struggle
1927
Magic
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Japanese jidaigeki from 1927.
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Magic
1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
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Japanese jidaigeki from 1927. The titular character's nickname may suggest agility, stealth, or other outstanding skills.
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Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
1928
What a Handsome Man!
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Japanese silent film from 1928.
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What a Handsome Man!
1928
A Wife Quits
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Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend Hanako...
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A Wife Quits
1929
Him and Life
8/1
Japanese silent film from 1929.
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Him and Life
1929
Triumphant Song of the Mountain
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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
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
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A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
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Youth, Why Do You Cry?
1932
Storm Zone
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Japanese silent film from 1932.
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Storm Zone
1933
Before the Wedding
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Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.
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Before the Wedding
1949
Farewell Tango
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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
Triumphant Song of Youth
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Swimmers Akio and Natsuko train hard for national competition while Natsuko struggles with family chaos — her father’s affair and her mother’s push fo...
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Triumphant Song of Youth
1933
Daphne
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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
1934
Honeymoon
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Japanese film from 1934.
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Honeymoon
1950
Spring Snow
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The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not e...
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Spring Snow
1956
Seishun no oto
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Seishun no oto
1946
Kigeki wa owarinu
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Kigeki wa owarinu
1958
Love in the Deep
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Bank robbers hide their loot in an underwater cave in a small fishing village, but the Ama (female divers) of the village suspect something and dive t...
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