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どんと行こうぜ (1959)
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Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
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三味線とオートバイ (1961)
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A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child.
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向田邦子の鮒 (1987)
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A unique suspense film depicting a woman's unresolved feelings and grudges through the eyes of a crucian carp. A bucket of crucian carp was left at the home of Shiomura (Jun Inoue), a trading company employee, by someone. Shiomura looks into the fish's giddy eyes and recalls an affair he had with Tsuyuko (Naomi Oki), a woman at a small restaurant who used to be his mistress. She had a pet crucian carp, and the crucian carp always stared intently at their love affair, and it was the same eyes.
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すずかけの散歩道 (1959)
Character: Yuriko Hamura
Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.
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明日の太陽 (1959)
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Shochiku's up-and-coming stars take the stage in a series of short skits parodying popular films of the time.
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乾いた湖 (1960)
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Young people are caught up in the political revolt that culminates in student riots against the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty. Nihilist Takuya, politically engaged but also confused––he decorates his walls with pictures of political figures ranging from FDR to Hitler to Castro––becomes involved with Yoko, whose politician father has recently committed suicide, brought on by threats to expose his corruption. Her family is left penniless by his death and, with the consent of their mother, her older sister has agreed to sleep with a conservative pundit for monetary favors.
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太陽の墓場 (1960)
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In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
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恋の片道切符 (1960)
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The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.
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わが恋の旅路 (1961)
Character: Sagiri Noda
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
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最後の切札 (1960)
Character: Yasuko
The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.
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愛と希望の街 (1959)
Character: Kyôko
The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently become more complicated.
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青春残酷物語 (1960)
Character: Toshiko Nishioka
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
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