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裸の町 (1937)
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A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.
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新人生劇場 (1961)
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1961 Theater of Life adaptation.
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スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ (1962)
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1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.
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若い樹々 (1963)
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A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite the hardships she encounters with people from all walks of life. Ririko Tachibana moved to Tokyo in reliance on her aunt Motoko, who lives in Tokyo. When Ririko leaves her classmate Chizuko Misawa, who says she is going to rely on jazz singer Michi Nozoe, and arrives at her aunt's house, she is disappointed to find that a job has been arranged for her as a nanny. Her dream of attending night high school was dashed, but Ririko made up her mind to do her best to do as much as she could. The Honbashi family, where she was employed, lived alone with the widow Shinae, and Mrs Shinae was asked to go to her daughters' house to help out...
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君かと思ひて (1946)
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The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.
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検事と女看守 (1949)
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Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime. In the bribery case involving his old college friend Ayao, he had sought a two-year prison sentence in accordance with the law. Ayao took his own life, and his family was torn apart by the world’s persecution.
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妻も恋す (1950)
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A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
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白蘭紅蘭 (1952)
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Eiji Izutsu, a young architectural engineer, suddenly came into a massive inheritance on the condition that he marry a woman named Chigusa Takemura, who owned a jade ring. If he failed to fulfill this condition, the inheritance would go to Chigusa instead.
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女中さん日記 (1956)
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A painter seduces a young lady he met in Ginza on his first day off, while an innocent maid from the countryside falls in love and makes a big splash with her heroic exploits.
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健太と黒帯先生 (1957)
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A heartwarming story about Kenta, an unfortunate boy searching for his father, and Sensei, the town’s hero and black belt.
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親不孝通り (1958)
Character: Ema Residence Maid
A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the man’s sister to make him suffer the same fate.
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一粒の麦 (1958)
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The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
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オリオン星座 (1948)
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A unique tale of romance and action in which an escaped convict fights villains to save his comrade’s sister from danger, only to fall in battle.
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眞珠夫人 処女の巻 (1950)
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A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very embodiment of greed and materialism.
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眞珠夫人 人妻の巻 (1950)
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A prostitute? A poisonous woman? A virgin widow writhing in agony night after night, tormented by her first misstep.
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自由学校 (1951)
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Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.
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誘拐魔 (1955)
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A series of kidnappings is occurring right under the authorities’ noses as they desperately pursue the culprits. Could the typewritten ransom note reveal the culprit?
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四十八歳の抵抗 (1956)
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A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.
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七つの星座 (1951)
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A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.
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慕情 (1954)
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A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.
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わたしを深く埋めて (1963)
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A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
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第三非常線 (1956)
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Even the beautiful international port of Yokohama has a seedy underbelly. An action thriller in which a newspaper reporter plunges into a den of vice to expose the smuggling and the prostitution.
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初恋物語 (1947)
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A pure love story between a former member of the imperial family who has been demoted to commoner status and a young girl.
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いついつまでも (1952)
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American Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.
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轉落の詩集 (1950)
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The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of self-destruction.
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哀愁列車 (1957)
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A woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.
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顔 (1960)
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A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
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爛 (1962)
Character: Yanagiko's mother
High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him into divorcing his wife, only for their new marriage to be destabilized by the arrival of her young niece.
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巨人と玩具 (1958)
Character: Old Woman
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
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鯨神 (1962)
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A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
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からっ風野郎 (1960)
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On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
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黒の報告書 (1963)
Character: Hana Mochizuki
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
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妻の日の愛のかたみに (1965)
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A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is tormented by the fact that she is ruining her husband's future, and decides to divorce him as the only thing she can do for him.
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ぐれん隊純情派 (1963)
Character: Oshin
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
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無茶な奴 (1964)
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A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up in a dirty carriage that his father owned. His dream was to have a horse with a good coat that costs 10 million yen and he set a goal for it. At the invitation of Otaki-gumi executive Iwasa, he joined Otaki-gumi while the leader Sozaburo was sick. Miyoshi's method is not to deal with the yakuza's morale and slashing, but to handle things mentally....
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稲妻 (1952)
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The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
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偽大学生 (1960)
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A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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狸になった和尚さん (1946)
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A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothers on the other. When the villains’ carefully crafted facade is exposed, a monk who sides with the widow puts on the performance of a lifetime. A heartwarming pastoral comedy rich in human warmth.
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ある婦人科医の告白 (1950)
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A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...
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薄桜記 (1959)
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Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
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女賭博師絶縁状 (1968)
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Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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