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家庭日記・前 (1938)
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Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya's story.
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家庭日記・後 (1938)
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Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s story.
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兄いもうと (1936)
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Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good girl.” The mother is very supportive of her daughters, but, the father, Akaza, who is the stonecutter foreman on the damn, lacks control of his family.
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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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夜の鳩 (1937)
Character: Okiyo
Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her.
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命の港 (1944)
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Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.
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坊っちゃん (1935)
Character: Kosuzu, the geisha
1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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伊那の勘太郎 (1943)
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War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
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愛と誓ひ (1945)
Character: Shiraishi's wife
After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.
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エノケンの森の石松 (1939)
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A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
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花嫁さんは世界一 (1959)
Character: Taro's mother
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
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浪人吹雪 (1939)
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The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.
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禍福 前篇 (1937)
Character: Yurie
Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro’s father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the marriage meeting with Yurie. Part one of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.
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明日を創る人々 (1946)
Character: Kin Okamoto, Mother
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.
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馬 (1941)
Character: Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.
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禍福 後篇 (1937)
Character: Yurie
Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl named Kiyoko. She is supported in adversity by close friend Michiko and her mother but also, surprisingly, Shintaro's mother and siblings. Even moreso, Toyomi and Yurie become friends. Part two of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.
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エノケンの孫悟空 (1940)
Character: Witch
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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