Shozaburo Abe
Burden of Life
as YosakuA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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Street Without End
as BartenderMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose...
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No Blood Relation
as Gen the PelicanAn actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of...
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
as uncreditedKeitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their...
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Woman in the Mist
as A studentOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
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The Genealogy of Women
as ChôkichiA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Customer at the spa"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu...
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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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The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
as Ida, Superior PrivateFollowing a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kozo IkarikoThis 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed...
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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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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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Okinu and Banto
as uncreditedA story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
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