1936

Mr. Thank You

7/37

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

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Mr. Thank You

1938

Hotaru no hikari

0/0

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who wil...

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Hotaru no hikari

1936

The Only Son

7.379/95

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

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The Only Son

1947

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

7.2/45

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

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Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1951

Carmen Comes Home

6.2/22

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

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Carmen Comes Home

1948

A Hen in the Wind

7.1/44

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatm...

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A Hen in the Wind

1953

Sincere Heart

6.3/9

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

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Sincere Heart

1928

The Village Bride

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The Village Bride

1928

Riku no ôja

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Riku no ôja

1946

Morning for the Osone Family

6.9/8

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

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Morning for the Osone Family

1956

The Thick-Walled Room

7.1/18

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a wh...

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The Thick-Walled Room

1940

Utsukushiki Rinjin

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Utsukushiki Rinjin

1935

Kid Commotion

8/1

Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito. Thi...

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Kid Commotion

1936

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

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Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1929

Fighting Friends

5.571/14

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.

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Fighting Friends

1950

Wedding Ring

6.6/10

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

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Wedding Ring

1955

The Dawn of Judo

0/0

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The Dawn of Judo

1941

Introspection Tower

6.7/7

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...

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Introspection Tower

1952

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

0/0

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ry...

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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

1935

Okoto and Sasuke

6.7/3

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Jun...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1938

So Goes My Love

7/1

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns...

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So Goes My Love

1952

Sono yoru no tsuma

0/0

Hiroo Ikeda movie

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Sono yoru no tsuma

1943

Our Planes Fly South

0/0

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Our Planes Fly South

1930

Pure Love

0/0

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

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Pure Love

1942

A Certain Woman

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Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who...

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A Certain Woman

1930

Love and Power

0/0

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

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Love and Power

1933

The Dancing Girl of Izu

6.5/2

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

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The Dancing Girl of Izu

1935

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

6/1

A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely unmotivated to handle household chores and goes b...

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The Groom Talks in His Sleep

1947

Phoenix

6/6

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.

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Phoenix

1938

Family Diary

5.7/3

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ famili...

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Family Diary

1929

Parent

0/0

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.

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Parent

1935

Him, Her, and the Boys

0/0

A Japanese film

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Him, Her, and the Boys

1933

Island Girl

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Japanese silent film.

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Island Girl

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

6.8/18

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the f...

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The Ball at the Anjo House

1956

Farewell to Dream

6.9/8

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmonger...

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Farewell to Dream

1932

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

6/1

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 S...

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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

1940

Nobuko

6.2/4

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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Nobuko

1952

Carmen's Innocent Love

5.8/12

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

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Carmen's Innocent Love

1951

Boyhood

6.7/9

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

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Boyhood

1935

An Actor's Revenge

5.2/4

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

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An Actor's Revenge

1928

Dreams of Youth

0/0

Lost silent film

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Dreams of Youth

1939

Spring Thunder

0/0

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her c...

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Spring Thunder

1948

Temptation

6/1

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

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Temptation

1939

Weeds with flowers

0/0

Weed with Flowers

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Weeds with flowers

1933

Love

0/0

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the li...

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Love

1956

Morishige, where are you going?

0/0

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow, i...

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Morishige, where are you going?