Red Beard

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes...

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Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

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Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her...

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The Scarred Angel

The Scarred Angel

A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki...

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Bitterness of Youth

Bitterness of Youth

A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.

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The Last Kamikaze

The Last Kamikaze

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend...

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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice...

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The Class of the Sewage Canal

The Class of the Sewage Canal

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

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If You Were Young: Rage

If You Were Young: Rage

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the...

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Love for Eternity

Love for Eternity

Till Tomorow Comes

Till Tomorow Comes

1962 Japanese movie

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Happiness of Us Alone

Happiness of Us Alone

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials...

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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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The River Fuefuki

The River Fuefuki

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...

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Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

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The Second Love

The Second Love

Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult...

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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...

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The Soundless Cry

The Soundless Cry

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is his friendship with a girl who...

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Yume-Chiyo

Yume-Chiyo

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left...

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Raised in a Palace

Raised in a Palace

Set in the pleasure district of Kyoto, Tamiko (Yoshiko Mita, in her first lead role) is a young girl attending high school by day and training as a...

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