Yūko Mochizuki
Kwaidan
as Minokichi's Mother (segment "The Woman of the Snow")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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The End of Summer
as Farmer's WifeThe family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and...
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The Ballad of Narayama
as TamayanIn Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of...
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as ShigeThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic...
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Carmen Comes Home
as Yuki AoyamaA rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware...
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Late Chrysanthemums
as TomiWith delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his...
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Red Lion
as UmeJapan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows,...
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The Thick-Walled Room
as uncreditedA group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves...
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Always in My Heart Part 3
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet...
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Always in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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A Japanese Tragedy
as Haruko InoueAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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Street of Love and Hope
as KunikoA young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing...
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Life's Simple Pleasures
as uncreditedA masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that...
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This Way, That Way
as uncreditedAn intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who...
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The Fourth Lady
as uncreditedIt was the first time in six years that I was able to step on the land of my homeland, the land...
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Doctor's Day Off
as uncreditedHaving completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day...
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Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's mother, OshinA coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi...
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Always in My Heart
as uncreditedMachiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge...
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Modern People
as uncreditedA section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction...
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The White Orchid
as uncreditedA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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Carmen's Innocent Love
as uncreditedStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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Rice
as uncreditedA touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a...
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Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
as Fumi OzakiThe last film produced by Shintoho.
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Love du Jour
as uncreditedThe proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised...
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The Song of the Cart
as uncreditedA lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
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Beauty and the Thief
as KotoraThe picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and...
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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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Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
as uncreditedThe fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.
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Ofukuro
as uncreditedShizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading...
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Different Sons
as MotherIn the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray...
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A Case of Honor
as uncreditedThe obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a...
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Three Loves
as Mother FumiIn a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the...
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The Garden of Women
as uncreditedA student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's...
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