1965

Kwaidan

7.7/362

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...

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Kwaidan

1953

A Japanese Tragedy

5.8/11

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with...

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A Japanese Tragedy

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

7.5/78

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1969

Red Lion

6.354/24

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sa...

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Red Lion

1951

Carmen Comes Home

6.25/22

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

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Carmen Comes Home

1956

The Thick-Walled Room

7.1/16

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a wh...

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The Thick-Walled Room

1956

Farewell to Dream

6.9/8

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmonger...

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Farewell to Dream

1959

Street of Love and Hope

6.563/16

A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched afte...

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Street of Love and Hope

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

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

7.448/77

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in...

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The Ballad of Narayama

1953

Always in My Heart

6.8/4

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945. Machiko and...

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Always in My Heart

1953

Always in My Heart Part 2

6.5/4

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

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Always in My Heart Part 2

1959

The Song of the Cart

6.6/9

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

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The Song of the Cart

1962

Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni

0/0

The last film produced by Shintoho.

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Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni

1955

The Tale of Jiro

5/1

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

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The Tale of Jiro

1957

Rice

6.4/9

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community cre...

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Rice

1961

Kaachan

0/0

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

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Kaachan

1954

Three Loves

6/1

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy...

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Three Loves

1961

The End of Summer

7.523/86

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mis...

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The End of Summer

1954

Always in My Heart Part 3

7/1

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

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Always in My Heart Part 3

1958

Farewell to Summer

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1967

The Will to Live

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The Will to Live

1957

A Case of Honor

0/0

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...

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A Case of Honor

1952

Carmen's Innocent Love

5.8/12

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

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Carmen's Innocent Love

1957

Love du Jour

0/0

The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a...

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Love du Jour

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

1952

Doctor's Day Off

6/3

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a ma...

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Doctor's Day Off

1952

Modern People

2.5/2

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assi...

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Modern People

1958

The Child Writers

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The Child Writers

1956

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

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Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1952

Beauty and the Thief

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The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic...

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Beauty and the Thief

1955

Ofukuro

0/0

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but happy life. Eiichiro is troubled by Shizu...

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Ofukuro

1953

Sisters

0/0

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji), an...

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Sisters

1952

This Way, That Way

7/1

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay...

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This Way, That Way

1953

New Tokyo March

0/0

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose roman...

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New Tokyo March

1955

Sisters

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Sisters

1948

The Fourth Lady

0/0

It was the first time in six years that I was able to step on the land of my homeland, the land of my nostalgia. It was Tokyo that had turned to burnt...

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The Fourth Lady

1961

Kusa wo karu musume

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1961 Japanese movie

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Kusa wo karu musume

1961

Different Sons

0/0

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden un...

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Different Sons

1954

The Garden of Women

6.6/8

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

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The Garden of Women

1955

Life's Simple Pleasures

0/0

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focu...

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Life's Simple Pleasures

1960

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

0/0

The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.

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Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4