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清水次郎長伝 (1952)
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Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.
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母情 (1950)
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A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
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父子草 (1967)
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Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
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山麓 (1962)
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A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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女の闘ひ (1949)
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Yumiko, the president's daughter, meets a suspicious woman after her wedding ceremony with Tamio.
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人魚昇天 (1958)
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Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.
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大学の武勇伝 (1956)
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Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
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アマカラ珍騒動 (1950)
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Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his former colleague, Sakamoto, leading him to become a security guard at a film studio. Haruko, secretly a singer, rises to stardom within the same studio. Unbeknownst to each other, they both work there. As the studio faces turmoil, their hidden identities are unveiled...
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白線秘密地帯 (1958)
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First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
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銭形平次捕物控 平次八百八町 (1949)
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Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.
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戰艦大和 (1953)
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The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
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ハモニカ小僧 (1940)
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The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
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のんき裁判 (1955)
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A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.
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中山安兵衛 (1951)
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Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's famous epic Chushingura
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銀座カンカン娘 (1949)
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Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.
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平手造酒 (1951)
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After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.
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血とダイヤモンド (1964)
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A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.
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明治天皇と日露大戦争 (1957)
Character: Fleet staff officer
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
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影法師捕物帖 (1959)
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For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
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怪奇 江戸川乱山 (1937)
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A once-dead man is resurrected by a mysterious old man's spiritual magic to take revenge on those who killed him. An unusual and bizarre historical drama with a vaguely Western atmosphere. Starring the sword-fighting star Kozaburo Ramon, directed by Kenji Shimomura.
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カモとねぎ (1968)
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The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.
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銀座化粧 (1951)
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A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to others' needs, she'll end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.
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