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お琴と佐助 (1961)
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One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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海猫の港 (1942)
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World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his love of the sea.
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青い山脈 (1949)
Character: Fortune teller
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
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舞姫 (1951)
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The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
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女学生記 (1941)
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A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.
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モンテンルパ 望郷の歌 (1953)
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A moving episode in which a war criminal in the Philippines, having faced death, pleads earnestly while trembling with fear.
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あゝ野麦峠 (1979)
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The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
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夜の終り (1953)
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Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her sudden change of fortune.
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非行少年 (1964)
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Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time.
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暁の追跡 (1950)
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This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô Ikebe as a young policeman it is part crime drama, part social study. Definitely not an undiscovered masterpiece, but still a must for Ichikawa buffs.
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白い野獣 (1950)
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Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.
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戦争と平和 (1947)
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A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.
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わるいやつら (1980)
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A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.
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鴎よ、きらめく海を見たか めぐり逢い (1975)
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Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.
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不毛地帯 (1976)
Character: Head of the Archives
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are competing for a government contract to produce fighter planes.
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石中先生行状記 (1950)
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Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
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野良犬 (1949)
Character: Sakura Hotel manager
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
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陸軍 (1944)
Character: Fujita
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
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かあさん長生きしてね (1962)
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After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a brother and sister are working, and Kazuo becomes friendly with the girl, Yoneko. Love blossoms between the two. However, Yoneko's brother objects to his sister marrying Kazuo.
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