Okoto and Sasuke
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...
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Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...
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Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.
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Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....
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Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...
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The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...
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Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).
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Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who...
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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...
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Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.
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A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...
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Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
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The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the...
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Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.
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Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.
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