Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura (沢村貞子, Sawamura Sadako; 11 November 1908 – 16 August 1996) was a Japanese stage and film actress and essayist who appeared in more than 350 films between 1935 and 1976.
Sawamura was born in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. After dropping out of Japan Women's University, she was active in left-wing theatre groups and was twice arrested for her political beliefs, spending over a year in prison with much of it in solitary confinement. She started acting in films in 1934, first at the Nikkatsu studio, later at Toho. She appeared in many supporting roles after the war, often working with director Mikio Naruse. Sawamura also acted in films by directors including Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō.
Her brothers were the actors Daisuke Katō and Kunitarō Sawamura. Her autobiography Watashi no Asakusa has been translated into English as My Asakusa. She was married three times: to actor Shigeo Imamura (1931-33), actor Kamatari Fujiwara (1936-46) and subsequently to film magazine editor and critic Yasuhiko Ohashi (1968-96, though domestic partners from 1946 onward).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0687 |
| Birthday | 1908-11-11 |
| Place of Birth | Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Садако Савамура, 大橋貞子, 泽村贞子, 澤村貞子, ساداکو ساوامورا, |
1961
Hikkoshi yatsure
0/0
Manao Horiuchi movie
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Hikkoshi yatsure
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
0/0
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Princess Finds Her Prince
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
9/1
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
7/1
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
1962
South Pacific Waves Are High
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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South Pacific Waves Are High
1959
Pineapple Butai
10/1
The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.
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Pineapple Butai
1960
Police Precinct Part 13
0/0
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined...
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Police Precinct Part 13
1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
8/1
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The Life of Rikisha-Man
1959
Good Morning
7.711/310
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of...
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Good Morning
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
8/3
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Pri...
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
1956
Street of Shame
7.701/149
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
1962
湖愁
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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湖愁
1951
Wedding March
10/1
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa
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Wedding March
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Zoku aizen katsura
1956
Bridge of Japan
7.75/3
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—a...
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Bridge of Japan
1962
Flower in a Storm
0/0
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
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Flower in a Storm
1961
Romance Express
7/1
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...
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Romance Express
1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
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The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1966
A Sky Full of Tears
6/1
Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara. On the way home from the Tohoku tour, he rescued...
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A Sky Full of Tears
1956
The President Talks Bank
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The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.
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The President Talks Bank
1950
A Man from Akagi
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A Man from Akagi
1962
Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
0/0
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Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
1967
Swift Current
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Swift Current
1942
Onna keizu
8/1
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
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Onna keizu
1966
Night Bitch
0/0
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...
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Night Bitch
1952
Third Class Executives
7/1
1950s Japanese comedy.
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Third Class Executives
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
8/1
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Ôban
9/1
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S...
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Ôban
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
9/1
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful.
Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shis...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1960
Beyond the Hills
0/0
Story of young love in the hills.
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Beyond the Hills
1960
Hito mo arukeba
9/1
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Hito mo arukeba
1939
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
8/1
Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.
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Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1965
A Fugitive from the Past
7.354/48
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, prov...
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A Fugitive from the Past
1955
Next Door to Happiness
0/0
The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...
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Next Door to Happiness
1961
Toilet Manager
0/0
The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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Toilet Manager
1962
Pig and Goldfish
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Pig and Goldfish
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
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1962 Japanese movie
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Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1959
Whistling in the morning
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Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bi...
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Whistling in the morning
1959
Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
0/0
A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on th...
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Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
1964
Night Scandal in Japan
10/1
The sexworker who works in Turkish baths plans to make her fortune on the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her boyfriend. However, her pla...
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Night Scandal in Japan
1962
Our Marriage
7.125/8
When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.
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Our Marriage
1955
Ofukuro
7/1
Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but happy life. Eiichiro is troubled by Shizu...
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Ofukuro
1965
Nami kage
8/1
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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Nami kage
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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At the Side of the Bridge
1961
Girls of the Night
6.476/20
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build...
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Girls of the Night
1960
The Wandering Princess
6.778/9
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love bet...
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The Wandering Princess
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
10/1
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Kyūjin ryokō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Kyūjin ryokō
1955
The Romance of Yushima
8/2
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Haya...
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The Romance of Yushima
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
0/0
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku...
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Ejima and Ikushima
1961
Women of Tokyo
0/0
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Women of Tokyo
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
8/1
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1957
The Betrothed
8/1
Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
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The Betrothed
1956
The President's Boss
8/1
A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
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The President's Boss
1965
That Cute Girl
0/0
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That Cute Girl
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
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
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1962 Japanese movie
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At the Side of the Bridge 2
1958
直八子供旅
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直八子供旅
1958
One Step to Happiness
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One Step to Happiness
1959
Koko ni otoko ari
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Koko ni otoko ari
1953
Sisters
0/0
Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), an...
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Sisters
1955
So Young, So Bright
7.4/5
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the thr...
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So Young, So Bright
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
6/1
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fac...
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When It Rains, It Pours
1950
Spring Snow
0/0
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
Avalanche
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Avalanche
1948
Twenty-One Fingerprints
0/0
Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
1961
The Estuary
0/0
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The Estuary
1956
Cascading White Threads
0/0
The middle of the Meiji period. Tororo Goro, a Nanjing expedition hit the first time to join the white thread at the water entertainer waterfall, thou...
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Cascading White Threads
1962
Curry Rice
9/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Curry Rice
1962
A Roaring Trade
0/0
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A Roaring Trade
1962
Youth Season
10/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Youth Season
1962
Star of Hong Kong
8/1
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The...
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Star of Hong Kong
1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
0/0
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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1962
Naite waratta hanayome
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Naite waratta hanayome
1941
Kodakara fūfu
7/1
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Kodakara fūfu
1942
Green Earth
0/0
Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japa...
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Green Earth
1948
Kōfuku no genkai
0/0
The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other hand,...
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Kōfuku no genkai
1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
0/0
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focu...
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Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1954
Late Chrysanthemums
7.297/37
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days c...
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Late Chrysanthemums
1952
Mother
6.95/20
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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Mother
1956
A Wife's Heart
6.917/12
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes jeal...
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A Wife's Heart
1958
Little Peach
6.067/15
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryok...
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Little Peach
1985
When Winter Comes
0/0
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his death...
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When Winter Comes
1955
Here Is a Spring
8.2/5
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortl...
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Here Is a Spring
1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
7.667/3
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schoo...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1955
Policeman's Diary
7/5
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the office...
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Policeman's Diary
1953
Love Letter
6.845/29
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
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Love Letter
1949
Broken Drum
6.714/7
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in ord...
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Broken Drum
1958
Firefly Light
9/1
Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small i...
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Firefly Light
1950
Beyond the Hills
0/0
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.
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Beyond the Hills
1955
Santōshain to onna hisho
0/0
Japanese film.
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Santōshain to onna hisho
1958
Romance Freestyle
0/0
The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house busines...
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Romance Freestyle
1952
The Life of Oharu
7.69/195
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
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The Life of Oharu
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
1960
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
0/0
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.
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Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1954
乾杯！女学生
0/0
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乾杯！女学生
1940
Bellflower
10/1
Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a poo...
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Bellflower
1953
Tokyo Profile
6.5/2
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the cr...
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Tokyo Profile
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
8/1
Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).
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Ichiyo Higuchi
1953
The End of the Night
10/1
Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will...
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The End of the Night
1961
Boss Takes to the Road
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Boss Takes to the Road
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
7.968/126
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1956
The Rose on His Arm
5.75/8
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
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The Rose on His Arm
1961
Zero Focus
6.35/20
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
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Zero Focus
1959
The Human Wall
6.25/4
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
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The Human Wall
1961
The Catch
6.5/13
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to p...
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The Catch
1958
Bright Young Maidens
10/1
In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a su...
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Bright Young Maidens
1953
The Lovers
9/1
Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.
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The Lovers
1966
Once a Rainy Day
7/1
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
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Once a Rainy Day
1956
Love on Rainbow Island
8/1
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
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Love on Rainbow Island
1942
Mother Never Dies
6.167/6
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
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Mother Never Dies
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
1965
Snow Country
6.667/3
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
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Snow Country
1951
Dancing Girl
6.364/11
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the famil...
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Dancing Girl
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
1964
A Story from Echigo
7.2/5
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home...
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A Story from Echigo
1958
No Advice Taken
0/0
A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.
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No Advice Taken
1953
Dreaming People
0/0
Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is marryin...
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Dreaming People
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
1960
Youth in Fury
7/11
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the...
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Youth in Fury
1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
6.935/23
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she...
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The Blue Sky Maiden
1967
Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
0/0
Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
9/1
Japanese drama film.
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Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1962
In Search of Mother
6.6/5
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in E...
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In Search of Mother
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
1968
Nunnery Confidential
5.5/4
Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.
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Nunnery Confidential
1960
Towering Waves
1/2
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Towering Waves
1962
Born in Sin
9/1
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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Born in Sin
1964
Eddy Currents of Life
0/0
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and...
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Eddy Currents of Life
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
6.6/5
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirs...
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Souls in the Moonlight II
1959
Souls in the Moonlight III
6.6/5
Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of...
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Souls in the Moonlight III
1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
10/1
During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...
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Whirlpool of Flesh
1963
Tale of Army Brutality
9.5/2
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World...
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Tale of Army Brutality
1966
The Kii River
7.5/2
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
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The Kii River
1965
Love on the Rainbow
0/0
A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.
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Love on the Rainbow
1957
The Adorable Trio
0/0
Japanese romantic comedy film.
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The Adorable Trio
1962
Glory on the Summit
9/1
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentle...
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Glory on the Summit
1940
Wedding Day
0/0
Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of...
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Wedding Day
1959
Someday I'll Know
9/1
A modern love story involving different affairs.
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Someday I'll Know
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
8/1
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going t...
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1941
Horse
6.333/6
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...
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Horse
1962
Four Sisters
6/1
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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Four Sisters
1953
The Blue Revolution
8/1
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The Blue Revolution
1954
The Surf
8/1
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.
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The Surf
1968
My Brother, My Love
10/1
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My Brother, My Love
1957
Young Lovers
0/0
The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding them,...
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Young Lovers
1961
Triangle Moods
0/0
Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, bus...
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Triangle Moods
1956
Young Tree
8/1
A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
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Young Tree
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
1957
The Beauty Expert
0/0
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The Beauty Expert
1958
The Naked General
7/1
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
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The Naked General
1964
Sweet Sweat
8.333/3
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to ke...
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Sweet Sweat
1959
Echo Mountain
9/1
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Echo Mountain
1962
Chûshingura
7.152/46
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1938
A Pebble by the Wayside
6.333/3
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a youn...
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A Pebble by the Wayside
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
1953
Miniature
7.75/4
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope i...
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Miniature
1941
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
7/2
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A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1960
Mahiru no wana
0/0
On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job afte...
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Mahiru no wana
1965
The Passionate Spinster
0/0
She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that wasn...
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The Passionate Spinster
1962
Nippon no obaachan
7/1
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...
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Nippon no obaachan
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
8.727/11
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring b...
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Hero of the Red Light District
1941
Dancers of Awa
7/1
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin. Hi...
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Dancers of Awa
1963
Double Wedding
0/0
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Double Wedding
1955
The Big Ambition
0/0
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The Big Ambition
1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
8/1
A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a dau...
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The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1951
The White Orchid
0/0
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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The White Orchid
1969
The Street Car Game
0/0
Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.
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The Street Car Game
1952
Shanghai Rose
8/1
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Shanghai Rose
1952
Adolescence
10/1
Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.
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Adolescence
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
8/1
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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Itsuko to sono haha
1952
Forbidden Path
8/1
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Forbidden Path
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
0/0
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Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
10/1
A wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with an old man. They are both arrested by a detective. A year later, the gambler is stay...
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Flower Cards Chivalry
1955
Iroha Elegy
0/0
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Iroha Elegy
1961
Awamori-kun uridasu
0/0
First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.
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Awamori-kun uridasu
1960
The Dangerous Kiss
10/1
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.
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The Dangerous Kiss
1968
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
7/1
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Rose Buds in the Rainbow
1951
Elegy
9/1
Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his discipl...
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Elegy
1940
Hideko the Cheerleader
9/1
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.
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Hideko the Cheerleader
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
8/6
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1949
Flame of My Love
5.364/11
In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...
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Flame of My Love
1966
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
0/1
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Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1940
Toyuki
8/1
Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter countr...
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Toyuki
1937
Sōbō
0/0
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Sōbō
1936
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
0/0
Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku
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Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1952
Mr. Lucky
10/1
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Mr. Lucky
1942
Sky of Hope
8/1
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...
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Sky of Hope
1949
Goblin Courier
6/1
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.
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Goblin Courier
1950
First Love Questions and Answers
10/1
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First Love Questions and Answers
1958
Fearless Opposition
0/0
This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.
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Fearless Opposition
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
10/1
1959 youth comedy.
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Ripe and Marriageable
1957
Morning Whistling
0/0
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Morning Whistling
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
8/1
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a w...
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I'm a Bodyguard
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
10/1
After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural vit...
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Crazy Operation: First Move
1954
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
0/0
In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister an...
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The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1965
Salaryman's Medal
0/0
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Salaryman's Medal
1954
Geisha Hidekoma
0/0
As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the politic...
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Geisha Hidekoma
1950
Guntō nanban-sen
8/1
1950 Japanese movie
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Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
10/1
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Jiruba no Tetsu
1960
Ponkotsu
10/1
In the shimotsuke town of Tokyo, Honmachi tenkawa Cho continues to take the remains of the car. One of them was inuzuka store where the man loved the...
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Ponkotsu
1956
Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
0/0
1956 Japanese movie
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Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956
Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
0/0
1956 Japanese movie
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Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1963
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
0/0
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Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1939
Osanaki mono no hata
0/0
Two brothers move to their grandfather's house after their father is drafted and play war games with their new classmates.
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Osanaki mono no hata
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
10/1
1960 Japanese movie
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Jiyūgaoka fujin
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
0/0
1958 Japanese movie
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Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1961
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
Door of Flowers
0/0
Goto Tamiko starred in TV commercials and her father, Keisuke, was a powerful financier who is now fallen on hard times. Tamiko wants to marry her boy...
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Door of Flowers
1954
All of Myself
0/0
The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.
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All of Myself
1959
The Terrible Game
7/1
Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter of a wealthy trading company president...
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The Terrible Game
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
8/1
Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an acad...
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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1952
Four Asakusa Sisters
0/0
Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.
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Four Asakusa Sisters
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
0/0
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At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4
0/0
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At the Side of the Bridge 4
1958
Hibi no haishin
0/0
Hiroyuki, a married executive, falls madly in love with Ikuko, the mistress of a ruthless jeweler. The two arrange to meet at a hot spring, but Hiroyu...
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Hibi no haishin
1963
Miren
0/0
The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't see...
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Miren
1966
Sayonara ressha
0/0
1966 Japanese movie
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Sayonara ressha
1960
Police Precinct Part 13
0/0
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined...
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Police Precinct Part 13
1963
Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
0/0
A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his conf...
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Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
0/0
A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after m...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
0/0
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1943
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
0/0
Miyamoto Musashi is challenged by a series of opponents in this follow up to Miyamoto Musashi's Kongoin Ketto (1942, also called Nitoryu Kaigen) also...
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Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
1950
Onna no ryūkō
9/1
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Onna no ryūkō
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
9/1
1952 Japanese movie
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One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1955
Mother's Ambition
0/0
The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu was requisitioned by the occupation forces. When th...
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Mother's Ambition
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
8/1
A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.
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The Valley Between Love and Death
1964
Taiyou wo Daku Onna
0/0
A countryside woman working as a maid gets scouted for a model job.
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Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1959
Young Lovers
0/0
Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class, p...
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Young Lovers
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
0/0
1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1959
People Waiting for Spring
0/0
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and self-i...
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People Waiting for Spring
1955
Frame of Snow
10/1
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After heart...
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Frame of Snow
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
8/1
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1954
お月様には悪いけど
8/1
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お月様には悪いけど
1964
Youth Season Continued
7/1
The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing, dancing...
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Youth Season Continued
1952
Oka wa hanazakari
9/1
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Oka wa hanazakari
1956
Gendai no yokubô
0/0
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Gendai no yokubô
1969
The Song from My Heart
7/1
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The Song from My Heart
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
0/0
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The Lady Was Pawn
1955
Beautiful Days
6.75/8
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a Tokyo florist shop.
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Beautiful Days
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
0/0
Salaryman comedy.
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Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1959
Vagabond Lovers
0/0
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Vagabond Lovers
1939
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
0/0
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The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1961
Sanctuary
0/0
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Sanctuary
1956
The Three Musketeers Reunite
0/0
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The Three Musketeers Reunite
1955
Youth
0/0
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Youth
1957
Haha to ko no mado
0/0
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Haha to ko no mado
1958
Hanayome no teikō
0/0
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