1950

Scandal

6.901/81

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

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Scandal

1940

Nobuko

6.2/4

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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Nobuko

1937

Children in the Wind

7.6/10

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

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Children in the Wind

1937

The Trio's Engagements

7/1

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

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The Trio's Engagements

1959

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

0/0

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argum...

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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

1937

Forget Love for Now

7/2

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

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Forget Love for Now

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

1951

Dispersed Clouds

6.5/2

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Ose...

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Dispersed Clouds

1961

Run, Genta, Run!

7.5/2

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

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Run, Genta, Run!

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

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

0/0

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1958

Romance Freestyle

0/0

The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house busines...

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Romance Freestyle

1952

娘十八びっくり天国

0/0

Japanese comedy film.

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娘十八びっくり天国

1959

Four Hours of Terror

5.7/3

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

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Four Hours of Terror

1964

Here Because of You

5.5/6

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

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Here Because of You

1959

The Tokyo Dame

0/0

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

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The Tokyo Dame

1944

Jubilation Street

6.3/6

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

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Jubilation Street

1956

The Swamp

0/0

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

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The Swamp

1937

The Golden Demon

6/5

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and becom...

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The Golden Demon

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

1937

Vermilion and Green

5.3/3

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

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Vermilion and Green

1939

Four Seasons of Children

8.3/7

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

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Four Seasons of Children

1937

Song of the Flower Basket

0/0

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

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Song of the Flower Basket

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

1960

Unwieldy Brothers

0/0

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

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Unwieldy Brothers

1943

The Living Magoroku

7/8

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

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The Living Magoroku

1963

The Night We Danced

0/0

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.

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The Night We Danced

1961

Girls of the Night

6.846/13

In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is the s...

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Girls of the Night

1963

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

0/0

Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally getting her freedom. Her older sister, Kozue, looks...

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The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

1928

Wife Lost

0/0

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

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Wife Lost

1939

Lovers' Duet

5/1

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

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Lovers' Duet

1969

Samurai Geisha

6/1

Popular geisha Shinji (Fuji Junko) must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era...

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Samurai Geisha

1936

The New Road: Akemi

7/1

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 told...

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The New Road: Akemi

1938

The Tree of Love

6.5/2

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run a...

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The Tree of Love

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

1956

Warning from Space

5.032/31

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien ta...

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Warning from Space

1958

Song for a Bride

0/0

An Ishiro Honda film.

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Song for a Bride

1939

Warm Current

4/3

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 daughter...

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Warm Current

1939

Daini no shuppatsu

0/0

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Daini no shuppatsu

1973

Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage

5.2/6

We find Reiko Ike once again cast as a tough schoolgirl who has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high sc...

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Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage

1960

Hero of the Red Light District

8.6/10

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring b...

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Hero of the Red Light District

1930

Reijin

0/0

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Reijin

1936

Men vs. Women

0/0

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

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Men vs. Women

1951

The White Orchid

0/0

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

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The White Orchid

1929

Treasure Mountain

0/0

A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current girlf...

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Treasure Mountain

1930

A Primer on Marriage

0/0

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with h...

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A Primer on Marriage

1957

On This Earth

0/0

1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura

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On This Earth

1936

The New Road: Ryota

8/1

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 per...

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The New Road: Ryota

1950

Rumba of Passion

0/0

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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Rumba of Passion

1962

Hell's Kitchen

0/0

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Hell's Kitchen

1951

Farewell to the Highland Station

0/0

A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.

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Farewell to the Highland Station

1962

Pleasant Company

0/0

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Pleasant Company

1929

The Blacksmith of the Forest

0/0

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The Blacksmith of the Forest

1946

Yurusareta ichiya

0/0

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Yurusareta ichiya

1964

Could I But Live

0/0

Could I But Live

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Could I But Live

1950

Mado Kara Tobidase

0/0

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an ag...

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Mado Kara Tobidase

1955

The Phantom Horse

0/0

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.

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The Phantom Horse

1952

Tokyo Sweetheart

6.5/2

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys...

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Tokyo Sweetheart

1956

Nenneko Shain

0/0

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-mainte...

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Nenneko Shain

1957

Night Butterflies

6.3/3

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

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Night Butterflies

1951

新遊侠伝

0/0

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新遊侠伝

1951

新遊侠伝　遊侠往来

0/0

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新遊侠伝　遊侠往来

1952

恐妻時代

0/0

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恐妻時代

1929

The Life of Workers in the Big City

0/0

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The Life of Workers in the Big City

1939

Southern Wind

0/0

Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is restrained and indifferent. The story even has an...

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Southern Wind

1941

The Flower is not False

4.5/1

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously worked as an assistant director to Shimizu Hirosh...

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The Flower is not False

1942

Moon of the Plateau

0/0

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

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Moon of the Plateau

1942

Sumida River

0/0

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big st...

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Sumida River

1969

Youth Bell

0/0

A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates h...

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Youth Bell

1952

Shi no machi wo nogarete

0/0

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

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Shi no machi wo nogarete

1947

Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

0/0

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

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

1957

The Betrothed

0/0

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

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The Betrothed

1953

憧れの星座　

0/0

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憧れの星座　

1964

Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing

0/0

Two people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol togeth...

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Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing

1952

Third Class Executives

0/0

1950s Japanese comedy.

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Third Class Executives

1958

The Scarlet Cherry Lord

6/1

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fal...

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The Scarlet Cherry Lord

1948

Shachō to onna tenin

0/0

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Shachō to onna tenin

1962

Flower in a Storm

0/0

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

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Flower in a Storm

1962

Zoku aizen katsura

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Zoku aizen katsura

1954

Aizen katsura

0/0

1954 Japanese movie

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Aizen katsura

1948

Shin Aizen Katsura

0/0

1948 Japanese movie

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Shin Aizen Katsura

1939

Zoku aizen katsura

0/0

1939 Japanese movie

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Zoku aizen katsura

1939

Surging Waves

0/0

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Surging Waves

1953

Made in Japan

0/0

A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post...

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Made in Japan

1952

The Eyes of Two People

0/0

Futari no hitomi (二人の瞳, Futari no hitomi, The Eyes of Two People) a.k.a. Girls Hand in Hand (USA title) is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film di...

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The Eyes of Two People

1969

Record of an Apprentice Nurse: Red Uniform

0/0

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Record of an Apprentice Nurse: Red Uniform

1962

Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha

1962

Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai

1941

Introspection Tower

6.7/7

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...

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Introspection Tower

1949

A Woman's Face

0/0

1949 drama film

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A Woman's Face

1945

Tengoku no hanayome

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Tengoku no hanayome