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銀河 (1931)
Character: N/A
Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is now a union leader in opposition of her husband.
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かけ出し時代 (1947)
Character: Tsutako
A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.
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銀座三四郎 (1950)
Character: Madam Akiko
An early film by Kon Ichikawa
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花ひらく (1948)
Character: N/A
Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.
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Karayuki-san (1937)
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"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)
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母情 (1950)
Character: N/A
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
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七つの海・後篇・貞操篇 (1932)
Character: Yoko Takasugi
Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous Sone family.
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桃の花の咲く下で (1951)
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A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmosphere of the hot spring resort shine through in this film about a mother by master filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu.
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をり鶴七変化 (1941)
Character: N/A
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
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雲月の鈴蘭の妻 (1940)
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This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was famous for her seven different voices for men and women of all ages.
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秀子の應援團長 (1940)
Character: Yoshie, Jiro's wife
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.
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エロ神の怨霊 (1930)
Character: Yumeko, a dancer
A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in a dance hall. Considered to be a lost film.
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伊那の勘太郎 (1943)
Character: N/A
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
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不壊の白珠 (1929)
Character: Tatsuko, Katayama's niece
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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七つの海・前篇・処女篇 (1931)
Character: Yoko Takasugi
The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the first part entitled "Virginity Chapter" coming out in December 1931, while the second part, "Chastity Chapter," followed in March 1932. Near the beginning of the narrative, at a garden party given by the wealthy Yagibashi family in Tokyo, Yumie meets Takehiko, the Yagibashis' playboy son and the brother of Yumie's fiancé, Yuzuru. Yumie, a young middle-class woman, lives with her ailing father, a retired ministry official, an older sister, and a younger sister still a child (played by a very young Hideko Takamine). Takehiko, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, is attracted to Yumie and contrives to have her stay overnight at his family's mansion where he takes advantage of her.
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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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雁來紅 (1934)
Character: Machiko
A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"
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希望の青空 (1942)
Character: Hayakawa
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
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マダムと女房 (1931)
Character: Madame, the neighbour
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
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朗かに歩め (1930)
Character: Chieko
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
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青春の夢いまいづこ (1932)
Character: Miss Yamamura
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.
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淑女と髭 (1931)
Character: Furyou
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.
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怪談 鍋島の猫 (1949)
Character: N/A
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.
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朝の並木路 (1936)
Character: Mitsuko
As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....
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また逢ふ日まで (1932)
Character: Girlfriend
A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be a lost film.
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エノケンの孫悟空 (1940)
Character: Lady in Waiting
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.
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