In this Japanese romance, the trouble begins after a fellow is involved in a fatal car accident. Though he was deemed...
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1967
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In this dark Japanese drama, a young married man accidentally kills his lover during a passionate moment. Compounding...
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1967
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1966
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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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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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1963
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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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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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1961
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1960
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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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1960
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1960
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1960
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1959
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1958
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1958
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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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1957
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1956
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Long regarded as one of Japanese cinema's preeminent geisha films, Mikio Naruse's Flowing (AKA Nagareru, 1956) was produced...
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1956
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1956
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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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1955
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1955
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In this characteristically subtle, somber study by underrated Japanese director Mikio Naruse, an ingratiating bride develops...
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1954
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This carefully rendered adaptation of three short stories by Fumiko Hayashi was lovingly directed by Mikio Naruse. Four...
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1954
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Infidelity threatens to break up a marriage in this evocative feature from legendary Japanese director Mikio Naruse. Tsuma...
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1953
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1953
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1953
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Mother is a story of contemporary Japan. The film is predicated on an annual nationwide contest at Tokyo schools, wherein the...
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1952
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1952
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1952
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1951
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1951
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Based on popular Japanese writer Fumiko Hayahi's final novel, a condemning portrait of married life and women's position in...
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1951
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1950
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1947
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1946
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1945
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1944
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1943
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1937
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1937
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1937
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1936
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1935
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Kimiko is a characteristic blend of farce and melodrama from Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse. Abandoned by her selfish...
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1935
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1934
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This silent feature by the esteemed Japanese director Mikio Naruse takes the form of a domestic melodrama. Sumiko Kurishima...
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1933
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1933
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1933
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In one of his first great works, Mikio Naruse directs this bleak look into the world of the geisha. Forced into becoming a...
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1933
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Two women vie for the love of a little girl in this Japanese melodrama, dating from the latter days of the nation's silent...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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1931
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1931
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In this off-beat Japanese comedy-melodrama, an insurance salesman attempts to make enough to support his wife and son. The...
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1931
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1931
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1930
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