1949

Late Spring

8/389

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukic...

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Late Spring

1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

6.991/53

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mi...

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A Story of Floating Weeds

1936

The Only Son

7.391/87

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

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The Only Son

1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

6.857/28

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1955

Forever a Woman

7.3/16

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her success...

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Forever a Woman

1956

Frankie the Milkman

9/1

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a di...

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Frankie the Milkman

1933

The Boss's Son at College

7/1

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufa...

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The Boss's Son at College

1934

Eclipse

0/0

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their home...

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Eclipse

1934

Osayo koisugata

0/0

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble payin...

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Osayo koisugata

1935

Okoto and Sasuke

6.7/3

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Jun...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1950

The Munekata Sisters

6.88/25

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them fa...

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The Munekata Sisters

1954

Late Chrysanthemums

7.3/32

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portra...

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Late Chrysanthemums

1953

Wife

6.9/8

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and th...

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Wife

1935

Burden of Life

6.4/7

Family drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unw...

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Burden of Life

1939

Okayo's Preparedness

7/1

A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.

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Okayo's Preparedness

1950

A Mother's Love

0/0

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

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A Mother's Love

1953

Love Letter

6.738/21

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

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Love Letter

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

1955

Policeman's Diary

6.5/4

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the office...

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Policeman's Diary

1956

Season of the Sun

6/4

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often th...

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Season of the Sun

1935

Lumberjack and Lady

0/0

A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a practical joke and romance are the set up for some gr...

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Lumberjack and Lady

1937

Renai muteki kantai

0/0

A 1937 Japanese film.

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Renai muteki kantai

1937

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

6/1

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace...

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Don't Tell Your Wife About It

1933

Island Girl

0/0

Japanese silent film.

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Island Girl

1968

The Final Winner?

0/0

In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.

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The Final Winner?

1963

Sing, Young People

5.8/4

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

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Sing, Young People

1954

浮かれ狐千本櫻

0/0

Japanese comedy film.

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浮かれ狐千本櫻

1956

Song of the Underworld

0/0

A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshi...

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Song of the Underworld

1967

Lover's Duet

0/0

A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.

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Lover's Duet

1937

The Lights of Asakusa

6/4

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pr...

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The Lights of Asakusa

1955

Burden of Love

6.75/6

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after th...

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Burden of Love

1961

Acchan no bebi gyangu

0/0

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

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Acchan no bebi gyangu

1956

Nikoyon monogatari

0/0

Japanese drama film.

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Nikoyon monogatari

1934

My Elder Brother

6/1

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. J...

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My Elder Brother

1953

Their Father's Wife

0/0

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Their Father's Wife

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

0/0

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

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Itsuko to sono haha

1937

Goodbye to the Front

0/0

A 1937 Japanese film.

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Goodbye to the Front

1956

Seishun wo warera ni

0/0

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Seishun wo warera ni

1951

Karate Sanshiro

0/0

Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging house girl who is in love with him and in the midst o...

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Karate Sanshiro

1937

A Star Athlete

6/1

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

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A Star Athlete

1939

New Woman Question and Answer

6/1

Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The aim....

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New Woman Question and Answer

1940

Kinuyo's First Love

6/1

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relations...

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Kinuyo's First Love

1950

Homecoming

0/0

A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his da...

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Homecoming

1940

Okinu and Banto

0/0

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

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Okinu and Banto

1956

Ryûri no kishi

0/0

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Ryûri no kishi

1935

Mother's Love Letter

0/0

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

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Mother's Love Letter

1950

Somersault on the Way

0/0

A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa temple as bell ringers. In their house is an Echig...

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Somersault on the Way

1952

Third Class Executives

0/0

1950s Japanese comedy.

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Third Class Executives

1955

Tsukiyo no kasa

0/0

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two p...

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Tsukiyo no kasa

1956

Confession

0/0

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Confession

1959

Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

0/0

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

1957

Shiroi natsu

0/0

Hey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received while trembling!! Set in a simple rural town's post offi...

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Shiroi natsu

1959

The Enchanting Devil

0/0

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama

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The Enchanting Devil

1969

Yabanjin no Nekutai

0/0

Motozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and spent his days playing around. One day, he walked into a...

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Yabanjin no Nekutai

1967

The Young Ace in the South Pacific

0/0

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the resc...

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The Young Ace in the South Pacific

1962

Tōkyō sanosa musume

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Tōkyō sanosa musume

1935

Okoto and Sasuke

6.7/3

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Jun...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1951

祇園物語　春怨

0/0

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the backdro...

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祇園物語　春怨

1951

Minami kaze

0/0

1951 Japanese movie

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Minami kaze

1934

The Genealogy of Women

0/0

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romanc...

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The Genealogy of Women