The Twilight Years

The Twilight Years

A woman looks after her father in law.

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Night Butterflies

Night Butterflies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

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Cross-Currents

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

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No Life King

No Life King

Via the New York Times: "The solemn, intent faces of the Japanese schoolboys playing video games in Jun Ichikawa's "No Life King" bespeak a new...

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Itsuko to sono haha

Itsuko to sono haha

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

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Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto and Sasuke

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

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Internal Sleuth

Internal Sleuth

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

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The Days of Evil Women

The Days of Evil Women

The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

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The Naked Executive

The Naked Executive

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest...

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The Twilight Story

The Twilight Story

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

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Freedom School

Freedom School

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

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The Creature Called Man

The Creature Called Man

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.

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Tomoshibi

Tomoshibi

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

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Female

Female

That Complicated Guy

That Complicated Guy

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

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幻の殺意

幻の殺意

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

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The Rokumeikan

The Rokumeikan

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

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Mount Hakone

Mount Hakone

Japanese drama.

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The Blue Revolution

The Blue Revolution