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1979
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1976
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In this Japanese love story, a young man, the son of deaf-mute parents, is given a job by a factory owner who thinks he...
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1969
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This Japanese costume drama is set within a ruined Buddhist temple. A thief is living there with a domineering partner. His...
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1969
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When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother (Hideko Takamine) seeks vengeance against the driver in...
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1966
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In this depressing Japanese drama, a grocer continues to operate her husband's business long after he has killed himself....
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Reiko Morita
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1964
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Nobuko (Hideko Takamine) is a gentle Japanese woman who endures several ordeals during her adult life in this somber,...
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Nobuko
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1963
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This Japanese comedy is about a hobo who has saved a great deal of money over the years, keeping it taped to his side. After...
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Komako
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1963
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In this Japanese melodrama, a deaf-mute widow returns to her mother after her husband is killed in the war. At her mother's...
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1962
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This Japanese drama presents the biography of popular Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi. The story begins as she is born to her...
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Fumiko Hayashi
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1962
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1962
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This Japanese drama chronicles the trials and joys of five young women struggling to live and love in a modern Tokyo suburb....
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1962
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An unusual topic for a romantic story of love that transcends ordinary barriers, this well-wrought tale by director and...
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Akiko Katayama
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1961
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Slow-paced but endowed with understanding, characters of some depth and complexity, and good direction, this slice-of-drama...
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Sadako
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1961
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1961
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Filmmaker Mikio Naruse takes a characteristic dour look at life in When A Woman Ascends the Stairs. The central character is...
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Keiko Yashiro
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1960
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1960
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Tough and ready Mitsu, the rickshaw man, goes in for anything rough and tumble. His life changes, however, when he crosses...
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Mrs. Yoshiko Yoshioka
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1958
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Also known as Times of Joy and Sorrow, The Lighthouse was directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, one of the Japanese cinema's...
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1957
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Originally titled Arakure, Untamed Woman was the sole 1957 entry for prolific Japanese director Mikio Naruse. Like many of...
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Oshima
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1957
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1957
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Floating Clouds is set in the dissolution of Japanese society after the war. Yukiko wanders figuratively and literally...
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Yukiko Koda
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1955
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This gentle, sensitive Japanese drama features Hideko Takamine as a schoolteacher who begins her long career in 1927. The...
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Hisako Oishi
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1954
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1954
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1954
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Based on a novel by Ogai Mori, The Mistress is the story of romance versus reality, and how personal freedom and tradition...
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Otama
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1952
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Lily Carmen
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1952
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As in most of his films, noted Japanese director Keisuke Kinoshita also wrote the screenplay for this humorous-serious story...
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Lily Carmen
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1951
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This melodrama is about a girl from Osaka and a girl from Tokyo who are in love with the same boy. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi...
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1948
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1948
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A young girl, Ine, from a poor village family wants nothing more than to own a horse. Her family soon takes in a pregnant...
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1941
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Tokyo Chorus is a dark comedy about unemployment and family in prewar Japan. The film opens with a group of young men at...
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1931
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