Sadao Maruyama
Avalanche
as Fukiko's FatherThe study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love...
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Horse
as Master Yamashita, the teacherIne Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes...
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Learn from Experience, Part Two
as Shintaro's fatherPart 2 of a 2-part romance (fist part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi...
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Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Shunsaku YamamotoKimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing...
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Learn from Experience, Part One
as Shintaro's fatherPart 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character...
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Tipsy Life
as uncreditedThe film generally regarded as Japan’s first true musical was also the first film made entirely...
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Tamenobu TerasakiThis epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story...
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Five Men in a Circus
as Chief Travelling CircusThe main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring...
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The Giant
as uncreditedJapanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from...
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Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Yutaka Asou
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Brother and Sister
as uncreditedIno tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a...
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A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again
as uncreditedKayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's...
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Green Earth
as uncreditedSet in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and...
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Drifting
as Fusako's stepfatherAdaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.
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Shanghai Landing Party
as uncreditedThis film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an...
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A Gentle Breeze With Father
as uncredited9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.
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Story of Leadership
as Segi, old locomotive driverIn this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is...
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Blizzard Ronin
as uncreditedThe film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.
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Oath on the Burning Sands
as uncreditedA Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a...
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Karayuki-san
as uncredited"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former...
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