1935

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

7/10

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs h...

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Wife! Be Like a Rose!

1963

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

5.9/11

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

1952

Children of Hiroshima

7/35

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing...

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Children of Hiroshima

1921

Souls on the Road

6.2/12

A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.

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Souls on the Road

1952

Divorce

0/0

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Divorce

1937

Learn from Experience, Part One

6/5

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of Mizoguc...

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Learn from Experience, Part One

1937

Avalanche

6.5/8

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wif...

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Avalanche

1937

The Daughter of the Samurai

5.3/3

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there st...

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The Daughter of the Samurai

1955

Murder on The Last Train

0/0

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

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Murder on The Last Train

1943

Miss Hanako

0/0

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national policy...

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Miss Hanako

1943

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

5/3

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pre...

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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

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

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

7.019/236

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.

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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1947

Spring Awakens

6.8/5

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

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Spring Awakens

1950

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

7/1

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The fi...

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Listen to the Voices of the Sea

1956

Omoide tsukiyo

0/0

Japanese romance film.

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Omoide tsukiyo

1958

Sister with Sister

0/0

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

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Sister with Sister

1935

Botchan

0/0

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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Botchan

1936

I Am a Cat

6/1

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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I Am a Cat

1958

Botchan

0/0

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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Botchan

1939

Ichiyo Higuchi

0/0

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

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Ichiyo Higuchi

1951

Story of a Beloved Wife

7/3

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa...

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Story of a Beloved Wife

1958

Detective Duel

6/1

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating th...

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Detective Duel

1955

Spring Voyage

0/0

Japanese youth film.

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Spring Voyage

1951

The Tale of Genji

5.4/5

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his hea...

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The Tale of Genji

1950

Street of Violence

6.5/2

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

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Street of Violence

1942

Wings of Victory

6.3/3

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Wings of Victory

1961

Blood-Red Water in the Channel

0/0

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real coas...

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Blood-Red Water in the Channel

1937

Young People

5/4

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki (...

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Young People

1945

Tokkan ekichô

0/0

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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Tokkan ekichô

1938

The Giant

6/1

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

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The Giant

1941

Schoolgirl Records

0/0

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

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Schoolgirl Records

1953

Adolescence Part II

0/0

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

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Adolescence Part II

1941

Kodakara fūfu

0/0

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Kodakara fūfu

1950

Senka o koete

0/0

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Senka o koete

1940

Wedding Day

0/0

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of...

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Wedding Day

1936

Brother and Sister

6/2

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good g...

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Brother and Sister

1943

音楽大進軍

0/0

A 1943 film.

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音楽大進軍

1935

Drifting

0/0

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

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Drifting

1939

Shanghai Landing Party

5/1

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a document...

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Shanghai Landing Party

1953

Jirocho, the Hunted

0/0

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

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Jirocho, the Hunted

1957

Good Luck to These Two

6/1

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

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Good Luck to These Two

1953

Miniature

8/3

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope i...

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Miniature

1929

Metropolitan Symphony

0/0

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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Metropolitan Symphony

1929

Ashes

0/0

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Ashes

1941

Life Begins at 61

0/0

Japanese war-era film

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Life Begins at 61

1957

On Wings of Love

0/0

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film...

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On Wings of Love

1952

Adolescence

0/0

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

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Adolescence

1953

Red-Light Bases

0/0

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

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Red-Light Bases

1937

Mother's Melody

0/0

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Mother's Melody

1946

Yurusareta ichiya

0/0

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Yurusareta ichiya

1949

Jakoman and Tetsu

0/0

In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one o...

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Jakoman and Tetsu

1940

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

0/0

Part two of two.

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Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

1965

Five Gents' Trick Book

0/0

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

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Five Gents' Trick Book

1935

Radio Queen

0/0

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Radio Queen

1959

社長太平記

0/0

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

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社長太平記

1940

Okumura Ioka

0/0

Okumura Ioko story directed by Shiro Toyoda

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Okumura Ioka

1942

Sky of Hope

0/0

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

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Sky of Hope

1936

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

0/0

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

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Hikoroku Laughs a lot

1959

Love in the Mountains

0/0

A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attract...

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Love in the Mountains

1961

Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi

0/0

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alib...

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Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi

1962

Salaryman Shimizu Minato

0/0

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Salaryman Shimizu Minato

1956

The President Talks Bank

0/0

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

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The President Talks Bank

1929

Matenro sôtohen

0/0

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Matenro sôtohen

1942

Green Earth

0/0

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japa...

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Green Earth

1946

人生とんぼ返り

0/0

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

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人生とんぼ返り

1958

Assistant President

0/0

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Assistant President

1958

The Third President

0/0

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

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The Third President

1955

Miai Ryokou

0/0

A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this coming-of...

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Miai Ryokou

1938

Enoken's Hokaibo

0/0

An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.

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Enoken's Hokaibo

1951

Pirates

0/0

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Pirates

1964

Zoku shachō shinshiroku

0/0

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

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Zoku shachō shinshiroku

1961

Hikkoshi yatsure

0/0

Manao Horiuchi movie

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Hikkoshi yatsure

1934

Romantic and Crazy

0/0

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Romantic and Crazy

1953

Reminiscence

0/0

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cr...

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Reminiscence

1962

続サラリーマン清水港

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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続サラリーマン清水港

1940

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

0/0

Part one of two.

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Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

1962

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

0/0

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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

1962

Boku chin hōrō-ki

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Boku chin hōrō-ki

1942

Currents of Youth

0/0

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latt...

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Currents of Youth

1951

The Blue Pearl

0/0

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coasta...

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The Blue Pearl

1953

Murahachibu

0/0

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

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Murahachibu

1950

Spring Snow

0/0

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not e...

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Spring Snow

1945

Saigo no kikyō

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Saigo no kikyō

1947

The Devil's toast

0/0

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in t...

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The Devil's toast

1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

0/0

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.

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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

1948

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

0/0

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy.

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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

1949

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume

0/0

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Third installment of a wartime film trilogy.

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Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Third Volume