Akio Isono
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as (uncredited)After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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The Masseurs and a Woman
as Hiking StudentA pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The...
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Zero Focus
as uncreditedOne week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business...
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Carmen Comes Home
as Ichiro AoyamaA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware...
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
as SeijiKeitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their...
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Love Letter
as uncreditedA sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love...
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The Rose on His Arm
as Neighbour on the left, MisterIgnoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world...
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I Will Buy You
as Saburô KuritaA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
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Street Without End
as Koichi, her younger brotherMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose...
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Apart from You
as YoshioAn aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as SenkichiPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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荒木又右衛門
as 仲間春蔵Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but...
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Carmen's Innocent Love
as uncreditedStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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Always in My Heart Part 3
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet...
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Hiroi Ten
as uncreditedA boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as uncreditedA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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The Layabout and Seabathing
as uncreditedThe seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono)....
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Always in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as IshidaKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
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Lumberjack and Lady
as uncreditedA Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a...
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Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
as uncreditedFirst sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Mole Alley
as uncredited33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie,...
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The Genealogy of Women
as uncreditedA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
as uncreditedMariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father...
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Mother's Love Letter
as uncreditedDomestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run...
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Men vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
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Five Siblings
as uncreditedA businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five...
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Okinu and Banto
as uncreditedA story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
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The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
as Uematsu, Privete 1st ClassFollowing a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to...
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The Tokyo Kid
as uncreditedA young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather...
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The Young Avenger
as uncreditedAkitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned...
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Ultra Q
as Taro's FatherAs supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be...
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