1944

The Cruel Sea

0/0

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts...

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The Cruel Sea

1939

Earth

7.4/5

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

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Earth

1948

A Hen in the Wind

6.974/38

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatm...

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A Hen in the Wind

1979

Devil's Flute

6/3

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the bac...

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Devil's Flute

1958

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

7/1

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. S...

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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

1960

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

4/1

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she...

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Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

1961

The Old Temple Well

0/0

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

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The Old Temple Well

1952

Lightning

7.1/20

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marria...

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Lightning

1962

The Whale God

7.3/3

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

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The Whale God

1959

The Makioka Sisters

8/1

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

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The Makioka Sisters

1954

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

7.1/7

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

1964

Song of Happiness

0/0

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

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Song of Happiness

1963

High School Third Graders

0/0

In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorr...

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High School Third Graders

1962

Diary of a Mad Old Man

6.5/2

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still r...

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Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962

Eriko

0/0

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.

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Eriko

1957

Warm Current

7.7/3

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich g...

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Warm Current

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

6.706/17

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the f...

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The Ball at the Anjo House

1958

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes

0/0

Suzunosuke faces perhaps his wildest foes. This evil gang is lead by a one-eyed birdman and other demonic creatures.

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Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes

1965

Black Snow

5.4/6

Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual arou...

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Black Snow

1962

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

7.4/11

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle aft...

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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1965

My Wife

0/0

Japanese comedy film.

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My Wife

1964

High School Juniors (Part II)

0/0

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity a...

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High School Juniors (Part II)

1948

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

0/0

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

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The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

1961

A Geisha's Diary

7.2/10

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as...

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A Geisha's Diary

1951

Clothes of Deception

6.5/4

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

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Clothes of Deception

1954

The Messenger from the Moon

0/0

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

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The Messenger from the Moon

1951

Haha machi gusa

0/0

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the o...

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Haha machi gusa

1963

Girls Born in August

0/0

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Girls Born in August

1938

Chushingura

6/2

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge thei...

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Chushingura

1961

The Big Wave

0/0

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on...

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The Big Wave

1960

A Woman's Testament

5.833/6

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the s...

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A Woman's Testament

1947

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

7/1

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's c...

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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

1961

A Design for Dying

0/0

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shre...

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A Design for Dying

1958

The Snowy Heron

4/3

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catc...

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The Snowy Heron

1937

The Naked Town

0/0

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.

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The Naked Town

1957

Down Town

0/0

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h...

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Down Town

1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

0/0

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

1959

Yotsuya Ghost Story

5.8/5

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

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Yotsuya Ghost Story

1959

Image of a Mother

0/0

The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn to form a re...

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Image of a Mother

1955

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

6.792/53

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they...

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Princess Yang Kwei Fei

1954

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

0/0

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Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

1950

Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

0/0

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Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

1956

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

0/0

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Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1941

Family of Love

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Family of Love

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Family of Love

1941

Tale of Jiro

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Tale of Jiro

1961

The Burdened Sisters

0/0

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

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The Burdened Sisters

1953

Aijô ni tsuite

0/0

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her paren...

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Aijô ni tsuite

1954

A Geisha on Horseback

0/0

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early...

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A Geisha on Horseback

1956

Tokyo Crime Map

0/0

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

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Tokyo Crime Map

1957

The Betrothed

0/0

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

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The Betrothed

1960

風来物語 あばれ飛車

0/0

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風来物語 あばれ飛車

1959

風来物語任侠篇

0/0

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風来物語任侠篇

1936

Theater of Life: Youth Version

0/0

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Theater of Life: Youth Version

1962

Yume de aritai

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Yume de aritai

1938

Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen

0/0

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

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Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen

1953

Kurohyō

0/0

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Kurohyō

1962

Red Love, Green Love

0/0

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Red Love, Green Love

1966

The Sun of Love and Tears

0/0

The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of...

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The Sun of Love and Tears

1934

Happy Daughter

0/0

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Happy Daughter

1961

Triangle Moods

0/0

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, bus...

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Triangle Moods

1960

Black Sea of Trees

0/0

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her sister...

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Black Sea of Trees

1945

Sugata naki teki

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Sugata naki teki

1963

The Red Water

0/0

Comedy drama film

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The Red Water

1954

A Samurai's Love

0/0

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

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A Samurai's Love

1962

Fūshinraishin

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Fūshinraishin

1945

Saigo no kikyō

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Saigo no kikyō

1945

Wakare mo tanoshi

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Wakare mo tanoshi

1948

A Flower Blooms

0/0

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

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A Flower Blooms

1959

Beauty the Enemy

0/0

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

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Beauty the Enemy

薔薇の木にバラの花咲く

8/1

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