Reikichi Kawamura
Stray Dog
as uncreditedA bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,...
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Mr. Thank You
as Returning VillagerIn Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the...
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The Munekata Sisters
as Sangin's CustomerSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as TamekichiAn errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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Marching Song
as uncreditedA Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Eclipse
as Ôsaki's fatherThe story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and...
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The Tree of Love
as HarukiA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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Apart from You
as Shôkiku's fatherAn aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young...
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Kubota, an engineer"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu...
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Living Image
as uncreditedA film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.
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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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Okoto and Sasuke
as TeizoA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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as KudōThe movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and...
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Dance of the Capital
as uncreditedHiromasa Nomura World War II era film
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Victory Song
as Yuichi's fatherHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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South Wind 2
as uncreditedIn this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is...
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The Living Magoroku
as uncreditedA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their...
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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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Children in the Wind
as FatherOn vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is...
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Song of the Flower Basket
as KeizoThree men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the...
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Four Seasons of Children
as FatherThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
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Twenty-Year-Old Youth
as 桑原/KuwabaraThe film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged...
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So Goes My Love
as KageyamaShigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a...
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Otoko no iki
as uncreditedThis was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
as EdokkoThe tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
as uncreditedThe tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it...
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as uncreditedMariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live...
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Suzhou Nights
as uncreditedA hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and...
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Fujio GyōdaA man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 1
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
as FatherA family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on...
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Love
as uncreditedHeinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as Gunji ŌhiraPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
as YamamotoFollowing the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo...
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365 Nights
as Bando TokichiA young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in...
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Nightshade Flower
as uncreditedJapanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
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A Man's Recompense: Part 2
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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A Certain Woman
as uncreditedPretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at...
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Kinuyo's First Love
as uncreditedKinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's...
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Torrent of a Big City
as uncreditedA young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle.
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South Wind
as uncreditedAmusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the...
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The Trio's Engagements
as Isoyama - ChiefThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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Wood and Stone
as Dr.SawamuraMovie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki"...
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
as uncreditedIn a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was...
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Osayo koisugata
as SeijiroThe poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head....
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Vermilion and Green
as uncreditedA businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
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Sword of Penitence
as GenshichiTwo criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts....
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My Elder Brother
as ShigetaJyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the...
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Sailor
as uncreditedShinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy....
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The Genealogy of Women
as MenosôA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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First Steps Ashore
as NozawaEarly Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.
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Family Meeting
as Sadanosuke KajiwaraA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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情艶一代女
as 足袋銀Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as Neighbor's husbandThis pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife...
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Love's Cheerleader
as MantaroDirectorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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Woman in the Mist
as A neighborOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
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Lumberjack and Lady
as Yoshi-sanA Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a...
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Notes of an Itinerant Performer
as KajikawaUta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt...
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Okayo's Preparedness
as Keizô, Osumi's brotherA young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the...
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Okinu and Banto
as uncreditedA story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
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Merry Migratory Birds
as uncreditedMidori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town,...
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The Dawning Sky
as uncreditedA melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later...
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Middle-Aged Man
as uncreditedThe story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.
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