Takeshi Sakamoto
There Was a Father
as Makoto HirataShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
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I Was Born, But...
as JuuyakuTwo young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming...
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as KawayoshiAn errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor...
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Tokyo Chorus
as Rou-Shain YamadaIn Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from...
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Carmen Comes Home
as Shoichi AoyamaA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware...
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A Story of Floating Weeds
as KihachiAn aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and...
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The Masseurs and a Woman
as uncreditedA pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The...
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A Hen in the Wind
as Hikozo SakaiTokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old...
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Passing Fancy
as KihachiIn Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a...
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Ornamental Hairpin
as uncreditedA Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind...
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An Inn in Tokyo
as KihachiAn unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era...
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The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as uncreditedA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he...
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as College janitorWhen a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three...
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Day-Dream
as Department store guardWhile under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked...
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Manchurian Sunset
as MatsugenA film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve...
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The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Hattori"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu...
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Untamed Woman
as Kisuke, the foster fatherA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a...
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Outlaw island
as uncreditedThe southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the...
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The Tattered Wings
as Fuyuko's fatherA young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor...
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Street Without End
as Guest for portrait painterMikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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The Lady and the Beard
as KareiGraduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the ...
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Here's to the Young Lady
as Mr. SatoA matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of...
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A Legend, or Was It?
as uncreditedA Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry...
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Tokuji KawamuraWhere Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a...
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Times of Joy and Sorrow
as uncreditedThe story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.
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Sound in the Mist
as uncreditedIn the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko...
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The Waves
as uncreditedNami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
as SugiyamaA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
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I Graduated, But...
as SecretaryTetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he...
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
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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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Carmen's Innocent Love
as Landlord's cousinStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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Yakuza of Seki
as uncreditedA young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister,...
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Men Fighting Whales
as uncreditedA film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the...
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Family Meeting
as HanajuA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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Children in the Wind
as UncleOn vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is...
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Housewife Camellia
as uncreditedThe narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime...
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Ghosts Die at Dawn
as PolicemanAt the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of...
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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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Our Chief, Our Doctor
as TaheiIt chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular...
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The Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as SeikichiA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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Walk Cheerfully
as OnoKenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet...
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The Magical Warrior
as uncreditedRikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day...
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Japanese King Kong
as YokoshimaA silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It...
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Silver Stream
as uncreditedMichiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid...
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A Straightforward Boy
as Boss GontoraA kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
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Sunny house
as uncreditedOn the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as uncreditedA geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.
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The Boss's Son at College
as Fujii's uncle MurakiThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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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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Fireworks Over the Sea
as Jinkichi AikawaA fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains...
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Burden of Life
as uncreditedA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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Days of Youth
as ProfessorStudents Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
as uncreditedPart two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the...
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Physical Beauty
as uncreditedA hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts...
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Every-Night Dreams
as uncreditedIn Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the...
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Ballad of a Workman
as uncreditedA demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to...
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
as uncreditedPopular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is...
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Port of Flowers
as uncreditedThe sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at...
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Boyhood
as FurukawaWhen a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
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Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Tessai YamaokaKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
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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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Warm Current
as uncreditedAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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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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Moon of the Plateau
as uncreditedAn older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their...
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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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Introspection Tower
as Tamiko's FatherA reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The...
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
as uncreditedBorn to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to...
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Four Seasons of Children
as GrandfatherThe brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when...
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Shinzō AritaA man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger...
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Wood and Stone
as director of the arishima's hospitalMovie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki"...
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Growing Up
as uncreditedA boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.
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Victory Song
as Nobue's fatherHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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My Elder Brother
as Нагамацу, водительJyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the...
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The Life of an Office Worker
as FriendWhen Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he...
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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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Family Diary
as PolicemanTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
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City of Love
as Eitaro YoshiiAiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and...
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Woman in the Mist
as FumikichiOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
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The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as MatabeiA story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely...
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A Carpenter and Children
as uncreditedA carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an...
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Twenty-Year-Old Youth
as MoritaThe film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged...
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Hotaru no hikari
as uncreditedApproaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight...
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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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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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College Is a Nice Place
as TeacherIn a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their...
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
as uncreditedThird film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...
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So Goes My Love
as Shigeo's uncleShigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a...
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The Luck Which Touched the Leg
as Section chiefA salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful...
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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as ThiefThis pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife...
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Young Miss Executive
as uncreditedA President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old...
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The Genealogy of Women
as Night shop masterA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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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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New Tokyo March
as uncreditedFollows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter,...
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Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy....
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Spring Comes from the Ladies
as Sakaguchi, tailorA student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him....
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as uncreditedTelevision production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan,...
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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 Innocent Maid
as KihachiIn a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of...
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Lovers' Duet
as Rakugo-kaMelodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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Twice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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Theater
as uncreditedKotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
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Sumida River
as uncreditedInoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to...
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Wife Lost
as UncleA married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him....
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Pumpkin
as PrincipalComedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.
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Marching On
as uncreditedA farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real...
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Middle-Aged Man
as uncreditedThe story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.
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