Shūji Sano
Early Summer
as Sotaro SatakeA 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
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There Was a Father
as Ryohei HorikawaShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
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Love Letter
as Atami BluesA sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love...
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A Hen in the Wind
as Shuichi AmamiyaTokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old...
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Carmen Comes Home
as Haruo TaguchiA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
as OkadaA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
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The Sands of Kurobe
as HirataKitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...
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Sudden Rain
as Ryotaro NamikiA husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
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The Maid's Kid
as uncreditedIn order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in...
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
as TakagiA rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her...
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Flower in a Storm
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
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The Horse Boy
as uncreditedA humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later,...
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Dolls floating down the river
as Otoya OtomaruA touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of...
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Tokyo Omnibus
as uncreditedThe story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow...
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All is Well 2
as uncreditedA year 's date has flowed since Toyoshi Daikichi was driven out of Toyo Electric. In the company...
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The Golden Demon
as NaomichiA penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy...
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Maria of the Ant Village
as uncreditedAlongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...
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Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
as uncredited1954 Theater of Life adaptation.
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Sky Scraper!
as uncreditedA film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Spring Dreams
as Doctor HanamuraWhen a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their...
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The Moon Has Risen
as TakasuMokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple...
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Army
as KanekoA widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.
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Pretty Devil Yoko
as Jiro's fatherEasily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in...
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All is Well
as uncreditedDaichi Tateharu who was an employee of the Mori Seisakusho has been recruited from Siberia, but...
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Statue in Fire
as uncreditedDrama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock...
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Love and the Shop Curtain
as uncreditedOtami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they...
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Twice on a Certain Night
as Shida BunzoPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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Aruhi watashi wa
as uncreditedThe four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of...
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Here's to the Young Lady
as Keizo IshizuA matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of...
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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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Thus Another Day
as Managing directorA father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in...
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The Conspirator
as uncreditedYoung lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime,...
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The Trio's Engagements
as Shûji KamuraThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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The Cock Crows Twice
as uncreditedThree young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.
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Here Because of You
as uncreditedAn uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted...
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Let's Go in Good Spirits
as uncreditedIn the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were...
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The Snowy Heron
as uncreditedThe story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a...
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The Beauty in the Bathroom
as uncreditedOriginal work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Fight for the Glory
as uncreditedComing of age/high school sports drama.
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Moon of the Plateau
as uncreditedAn older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their...
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Forget Love for Now
as KyôsukeYuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
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Typhoon
as uncreditedA group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has...
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Victory Song
as CaptainHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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Men Fighting Whales
as Captain GondoA film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the...
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Our Chief, Our Doctor
as Yusaku ArakiIt chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular...
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Wedding Day
as uncreditedShinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a...
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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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An Inn at Osaka
as MitoAn Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive...
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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 Star Athlete
as SekiDuring college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is...
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Flowers of Patriotism
as uncreditedA nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song...
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Spring Snow
as uncreditedThe Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's...
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Queen of the Wind
as uncreditedA man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store....
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So Goes My Love
as Shigeo TanikawaShigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a...
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Young Tree
as Mr. ShinoharaA young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying...
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Song of the Flower Basket
as OnoThree men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the...
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Kokumin no chikai
as uncreditedThis film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to...
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Taikouki
as Asano MatauemonBased on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period...
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