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親 (1929)
Character: N/A
A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.
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金色夜叉 (1932)
Character: Oharu
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken, Kan’ichi becomes a moneylender, and years later their paths cross again under changed circumstances. Adapted from a popular serialized novel of the same name.
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森の鍛冶屋 (1929)
Character: N/A
A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
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純情 (1930)
Character: Atsuta
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
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青空 に なく (1932)
Character: N/A
After losing their parents, Eiichi and his sister Kikue are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Kikue is sent to Tokyo to work as a servant. Left alone, Eiichi wants a model airplane that a friend at school has, but finds found solace in reading the model-making instructions in a magazine that his sister sent him. One day, Eiichi gets into a fight and falls into a river, contracting pneumonia. Presumed to be a lost film.
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ဂျပန့်ရင်သွေး (1935)
Character: Aye Mi San
Two young Burmese brothers and pilots visit Japan, hoping to fulfill their long-held dream of completing a nonstop flight from Tokyo to Rangoon (present day Yangon). Upon their arrival, the elder of the two falls in love with a Japanese woman named Emiko, casting a shadow over not only their flight plans but also the brothers’ relationship.
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恥しい夢 (1927)
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Japanese silent film from 1927. A landmark in the careers of two up-and-coming stars: director Heinosuke Gosho and, newly promoted to a starring role, seventeen-year-old Kinuyo Tanaka.
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国境警備の唄 (1927)
Character: Momoka (Li's daughter)
Japanese contemporary drama from 1927.
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輝く昭和 (1928)
Character: Sayoko (Zenkichi's Daughter – Actually Watanabe's Child)
Japanese silent film from 1928.
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越後獅子 (1929)
Character: N/A
Japanese silent film from 1929.
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明け行く空 (1929)
Character: N/A
A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.
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旅路 (1955)
Character: Oriki
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at sento (public baths) too. The handwritten text on the bottom here announces the film will play at Hassen for 3 days.
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エノケンの近藤勇 (1935)
Character: Oryo
Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.
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エノケンのどんぐり頓兵衛 (1936)
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Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls in love with exactly the wrong girl. Another musical comedy period film quick on the heels of the earlier Kondo Isami.
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不壊の白珠 (1929)
Character: Yoshiko, Katayama's first daughter
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.
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君と行く路 (1936)
Character: N/A
Otherwise promising young man Asaji and his younger brother Yuji face blighted lives due of society's disapproval of their illegitmacy and déclassé family.
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