Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindo (新藤 兼人, Shindō Kaneto, April 22, 1912 – May 29, 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in several of his films. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. His scripts were filmed by such directors as Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Fumio Kamei and Tadashi Imai. He won the 1996 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. Like his early mentor Kenji Mizoguchi, many of his films feature strong female characters. He was a pioneer of independent film production in Japan, founding a company called Kindai Eiga Kyokai. He continued working as a scriptwriter, director and author until his death at the age of 100. Shindo made a series of autobiographical films, beginning with the first film he directed, 1951's Story of a Beloved Wife, about his struggle to become a screenwriter, through 1986's Tree Without Leaves, about his childhood, born into a wealthy family which became destitute, 2000's By Player, about his film company, seen through the eyes of his friend Taiji Tonoyama, and his last film, Postcard, directed at the age of 98, loosely based on his military service. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaneto Shindō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

  • Title: Kaneto Shindō
  • Popularity: 3.121
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1912-04-22
  • Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 신도 가네토, Канэто Синдо, Kaneto Shindō, 新藤 兼人
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Kaneto Shindō Movies

  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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  • 2011
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    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    1 2011 HD

    This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

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  • 1983
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    I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

    6.5 1983 HD

    An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

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  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1972
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    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.3 1972 HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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  • 2000
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    By Player

    By Player

    8 2000 HD

    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

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  • 1965
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    Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi

    Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi

    1 1965 HD

    Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been...

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  • 1964
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    Onibaba

    Onibaba

    7.7 1964 HD

    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

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  • 1964
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    Onibaba

    Onibaba

    7.7 1964 HD

    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

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  • 1960
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    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    8 1960 HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

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  • 1960
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    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    8 1960 HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

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  • 1972
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    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    5.6 1972 HD

    A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

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  • 1949
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    Flame of My Love

    Flame of My Love

    5.6 1949 HD

    A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...

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  • 1987
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    Hachiko

    Hachiko

    7.7 1987 HD

    The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

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  • 1987
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    Hachiko

    Hachiko

    7.7 1987 HD

    The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

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  • 1968
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    Kuroneko

    Kuroneko

    7.4 1968 HD

    In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...

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  • 1958
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    Forbidden Lips

    Forbidden Lips

    1 1958 HD

    A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

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  • 1973
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    Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer

    Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer

    4 1973 HD

    Rica wanting a fresh start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. Rica's...

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  • 1960
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    Master Fencer Sees the World

    Master Fencer Sees the World

    1 1960 HD

    A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

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  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1981
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    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    1 1981 HD

    Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimyo and wealthy townspeople. Under the name of...

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  • 2003
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    Owl

    Owl

    7 2003 HD

    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to...

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  • 1955
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    The Beauty and the Dragon

    The Beauty and the Dragon

    1 1955 HD

    Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

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  • 1983
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    Tsumiki kuzushi

    Tsumiki kuzushi

    1 1983 HD

    A conflict between parents and their delinquent daughter.

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  • 1999
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    The Perfect Education

    The Perfect Education

    5.7 1999 HD

    Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep...

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  • 1962
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    Destiny's Son

    Destiny's Son

    6.6 1962 HD

    In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive...

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  • 1946
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    Waiting Woman

    Waiting Woman

    1 1946 HD

    Waiting woman

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  • 1952
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    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.1 1952 HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

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  • 1952
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    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.1 1952 HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

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  • 1984
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    The Horizon

    The Horizon

    1 1984 HD

    Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

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  • 1984
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    The Horizon

    The Horizon

    1 1984 HD

    Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

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  • 1981
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    Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

    6.1 1981 HD

    The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend...

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  • 1981
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    Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

    6.1 1981 HD

    The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend...

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  • 1972
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    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.3 1972 HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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  • 1992
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    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    8 1992 HD

    A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...

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  • 1995
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    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    7 1995 HD

    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

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  • 1995
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    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    7 1995 HD

    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

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  • 1962
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    Human

    Human

    6.8 1962 HD

    The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

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  • 1962
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    Human

    Human

    6.8 1962 HD

    The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

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  • 1973
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    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    6 1973 HD

    Reform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from...

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  • 1959
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    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    7.333 1959 HD

    An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

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  • 1973
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    The Heart

    The Heart

    7.8 1973 HD

    The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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  • 1973
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    The Heart

    The Heart

    7.8 1973 HD

    The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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  • 1949
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    Here's to the Young Lady

    Here's to the Young Lady

    6.3 1949 HD

    A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

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  • 1947
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    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House

    6.7 1947 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.8 1986 HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

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  • 1963
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    Mother

    Mother

    6.8 1963 HD

    A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

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  • 1963
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    Mother

    Mother

    6.8 1963 HD

    A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

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  • 1980
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    Magnitude 7.9

    Magnitude 7.9

    4.7 1980 HD

    A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

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  • 1987
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    Actress

    Actress

    7 1987 HD

    Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.

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  • 2010
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    Postcard

    Postcard

    5 2010 HD

    Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

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  • 1950
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    The Bells of Nagasaki

    The Bells of Nagasaki

    1 1950 HD

    The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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  • 1969
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    Devil's Temple

    Devil's Temple

    6.4 1969 HD

    An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women,...

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  • 1970
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    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    6.7 1970 HD

    Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

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  • 1979
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    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    4.9 1979 HD

    The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

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  • 1967
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    A Fallen Woman

    A Fallen Woman

    1 1967 HD

    The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by...

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  • 1965
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    Conquest

    Conquest

    5 1965 HD

    Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

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  • 1972
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    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    5.6 1972 HD

    A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

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  • 1972
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    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    5.6 1972 HD

    A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

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  • 1998
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    Solitude Point

    Solitude Point

    1 1998 HD

    Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named...

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  • 1974
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    My Way

    My Way

    5.7 1974 HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

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  • 1974
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    My Way

    My Way

    5.7 1974 HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

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  • 1986
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    Black Board

    Black Board

    4 1986 HD

    Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

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  • 1986
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    Black Board

    Black Board

    4 1986 HD

    Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

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  • 1996
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    The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

    The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

    1 1996 HD

    A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.

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  • 1954
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    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7 1954 HD

    Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

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  • 1955
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    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.8 1955 HD

    A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

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  • 1958
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    The Lowest Man

    The Lowest Man

    1 1958 HD

    A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

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  • 2003
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    Owl

    Owl

    7 2003 HD

    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to...

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  • 2000
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    By Player

    By Player

    8 2000 HD

    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

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  • 2000
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    By Player

    By Player

    8 2000 HD

    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

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  • 1977
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    The Life of Chikuzan

    The Life of Chikuzan

    8.3 1977 HD

    A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.

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  • 1977
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    The Life of Chikuzan

    The Life of Chikuzan

    8.3 1977 HD

    A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.

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  • 1999
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    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    6.3 1999 HD

    It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

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  • 1999
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    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    6.3 1999 HD

    It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

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  • 2008
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    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    1 2008 HD

    The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

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  • 1951
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    Story of a Beloved Wife

    Story of a Beloved Wife

    7 1951 HD

    Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

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  • 1962
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    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard

    7.1 1962 HD

    The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.

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  • 1968
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    The House of the Sleeping Virgins

    The House of the Sleeping Virgins

    1 1968 HD

    About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old...

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  • 1992
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    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    8 1992 HD

    A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...

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  • 1956
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    Wedding Day

    Wedding Day

    1 1956 HD

    Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...

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  • 1955
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    Women of Ginza

    Women of Ginza

    1 1955 HD

    At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

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  • 1964
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    駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し

    駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1953
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    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    1 1953 HD

    Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

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  • 1971
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    Sweet Secret

    Sweet Secret

    1 1971 HD

    A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.

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  • 1950
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    Spring Snow

    Spring Snow

    1 1950 HD

    The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

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  • 1953
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    Miniature

    Miniature

    8 1953 HD

    Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

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  • 1988
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    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    5.7 1988 HD

    A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

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  • 1950
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    Pursuit At Dawn

    Pursuit At Dawn

    1 1950 HD

    This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

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  • 1951
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    Izayoi kaidō

    Izayoi kaidō

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1954
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    Turbid youth

    Turbid youth

    1 1954 HD

    Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

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  • 1960
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    The Wayside Pebble

    The Wayside Pebble

    1 1960 HD

    In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

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  • 1958
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    The Precipice

    The Precipice

    1 1958 HD

    Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

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  • 1972
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    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.3 1972 HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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  • 1983
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    Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha

    Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha

    1 1983 HD

    A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.

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  • 1962
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    The Lucky General

    The Lucky General

    1 1962 HD

    The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was...

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  • 1964
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    A Public Benefactor

    A Public Benefactor

    1 1964 HD

    The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

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  • 1956
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    Ryûri no kishi

    Ryûri no kishi

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1969
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    Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

    6 1969 HD

    Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

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  • 1969
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    Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

    6 1969 HD

    Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

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  • 1948
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    Temptation

    Temptation

    6 1948 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    Rennyo and His Mother

    Rennyo and His Mother

    1 1981 HD

    Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its...

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  • 1941
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    The 47 Ronin

    The 47 Ronin

    6.9 1941 HD

    In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...

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  • 1951
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    Judge of the Ashuras

    Judge of the Ashuras

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Clothes of Deception

    Clothes of Deception

    6.5 1951 HD

    The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

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  • 1950
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    A Man from Akagi

    A Man from Akagi

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    6.9 1967 HD

    The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

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  • 1947
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    Marriage

    Marriage

    7 1947 HD

    In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Murahachibu

    Murahachibu

    1 1953 HD

    A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Dynamite Doctor

    Dynamite Doctor

    1 1966 HD

    Film by director Kenji Misumi

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Dynamite Doctor Returns

    Dynamite Doctor Returns

    1 1966 HD

    Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Drunken Harbor

    Drunken Harbor

    1 1966 HD

    Third film of the yoidore hakase series

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

    6 2001 HD

    The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian...

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    Alps Story: The Wild

    Alps Story: The Wild

    1 1950 HD

    1950 Japanese film

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Hell's Assassin

    Hell's Assassin

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Devotion to Railway

    Devotion to Railway

    6.5 1960 HD

    A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

    1 1956 HD

    The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Cape Ashizuri

    Cape Ashizuri

    1 1954 HD

    1950s Japanese drama.

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Cape Ashizuri

    Cape Ashizuri

    1 1954 HD

    1950s Japanese drama.

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    Night Drum

    Night Drum

    6.1 1958 HD

    Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

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  • 1971
    imgMovies

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    5.5 1971 HD

    The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1950
    imgMovies

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    1 1950 HD

    Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    The Motherless

    The Motherless

    1 1955 HD

    Japanese drama film.

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Gambling Samurai

    The Gambling Samurai

    6.3 1960 HD

    Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying...

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  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Kōfuku no genkai

    Kōfuku no genkai

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Sisters

    Sisters

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1972
    imgMovies

    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.3 1972 HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.8 1955 HD

    A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    Story of a Beloved Wife

    Story of a Beloved Wife

    7 1951 HD

    Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7 1954 HD

    Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.8 1986 HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.8 1986 HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

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  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Conquest

    Conquest

    5 1965 HD

    Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    6.3 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
    imgMovies

    The Flesh Is Weak

    The Flesh Is Weak

    6 1957 HD

    A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

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  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Who's The Real Killer

    Who's The Real Killer

    1 1957 HD

    Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Break Down that Wall

    Break Down that Wall

    7 1959 HD

    A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

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  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Harbor Rats

    Harbor Rats

    1 1957 HD

    A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

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  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Harbor Rats

    Harbor Rats

    1 1957 HD

    A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Ryûri no kishi

    Ryûri no kishi

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Libido

    Libido

    1 1967 HD

    aka Libido.

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Libido

    Libido

    1 1967 HD

    aka Libido.

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Ai Sureba Koso

    Ai Sureba Koso

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Great X

    Great X

    1 1948 HD

    A 1948 Japanese film.

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    6.7 1970 HD

    Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

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  • 1946
    imgMovies

    The Woman Who Holds the Key

    The Woman Who Holds the Key

    1 1946 HD

    Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

    1 1956 HD

    In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

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  • 1969
    imgMovies

    Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

    9 1969 HD

    The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata...

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  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Hachiko

    Hachiko

    7.8 2023 HD

    This is the story of a puppy that touched hundreds of millions of people around the world. Hachiko is a cute Chinese pastoral dog. He met his...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Document 8.6

    Document 8.6

    1 1977 HD

    Documentary on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Shindo personally interviews survivors and attempts to interview the commander of the B-29 that...

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  • 1968
    imgMovies

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    1 1968 HD

    After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.

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  • 1968
    imgMovies

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    1 1968 HD

    After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.

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  • 1963
    imgMovies

    Mother

    Mother

    6.8 1963 HD

    A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Owl

    Owl

    7 2003 HD

    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to...

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    8 1960 HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    8 1960 HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Onibaba

    Onibaba

    7.7 1964 HD

    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Horror of the Giant Vortex

    Horror of the Giant Vortex

    1 1978 HD

    Japanese horror move from 1978.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Sabakareru Echizen no kami

    Sabakareru Echizen no kami

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    1 1960 HD

    Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    4.9 1979 HD

    The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

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  • 1961
    imgMovies

    As the Clouds Scatter

    As the Clouds Scatter

    5.2 1961 HD

    A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    A Grain of Wheat

    A Grain of Wheat

    1 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Two Wives

    Two Wives

    7.4 1967 HD

    After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The...

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Don't Mind

    Don't Mind

    1 1990 HD

    Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    1 1953 HD

    Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

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  • 1952
    imgMovies

    Sisters of Nishijin

    Sisters of Nishijin

    8 1952 HD

    A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

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  • 1972
    imgMovies

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    4.8 1972 HD

    First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl...

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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    1 1959 HD

    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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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    1 1959 HD

    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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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    The Perennial Weed

    The Perennial Weed

    6 1975 HD

    A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Incident

    The Incident

    6.3 1978 HD

    The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Women of Osaka Castle

    The Women of Osaka Castle

    1 1983 HD

    A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the...

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    Face in the Dark

    Face in the Dark

    1 1958 HD

    Japanese suspense film.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    あの空の果てに星はまたたく

    あの空の果てに星はまたたく

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1948
    imgMovies

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    1 1948 HD

    Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Naked Sun

    The Naked Sun

    1 1958 HD

    A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Human

    Human

    6.8 1962 HD

    The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

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  • 1965
    imgMovies

    Seisaku's Wife

    Seisaku's Wife

    7.3 1965 HD

    On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Irezumi

    Irezumi

    6.9 1966 HD

    Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    7 1966 HD

    Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

    7 1956 HD

    Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

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  • 1961
    imgMovies

    Challenge to Live

    Challenge to Live

    1 1961 HD

    An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during...

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    6.8 1962 HD

    Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Manji

    Manji

    6.446 1964 HD

    The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

    7 1956 HD

    Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

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  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Victory of Women

    Victory of Women

    6.5 1946 HD

    Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Postcard

    Postcard

    5 2010 HD

    Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    1 2008 HD

    The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    The Battleship on the Ground

    The Battleship on the Ground

    5.3 2007 HD

    Writer/Director Kaneto Shindô recounts his time spent in the Japanese Navy in WWII. He tells about the harsh training, grueling conditions, and...

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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    1 1959 HD

    Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

    6 1979 HD

    A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    1 1966 HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    1 1966 HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    1 1966 HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

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  • 1963
    imgMovies

    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

    1 1963 HD

    Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally getting her freedom. Her older sister, Kozue, looks...

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    The Heart

    The Heart

    7.8 1973 HD

    The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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  • 1968
    imgMovies

    Kuroneko

    Kuroneko

    7.4 1968 HD

    In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    A Young Female Instructor

    A Young Female Instructor

    1 1978 HD

    A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

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  • 1972
    imgMovies

    Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

    Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

    7.5 1972 HD

    A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been...

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Strange Affinity

    Strange Affinity

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Strange Affinity

    Strange Affinity

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1963
    imgMovies

    The Navy

    The Navy

    1 1963 HD

    A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Love and Duty

    Love and Duty

    1 1954 HD

    Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    The Whale God

    The Whale God

    7.3 1962 HD

    A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

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  • 1963
    imgMovies

    Maiko and the Assassin

    Maiko and the Assassin

    1 1963 HD

    19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.

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  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Saijo katagi

    Saijo katagi

    1 1959 HD

    Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Their Legacy

    Their Legacy

    1 1962 HD

    Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Lowest Man

    The Lowest Man

    1 1958 HD

    A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

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  • 1999
    imgMovies

    The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

    7.3 1999 HD

    Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the...

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    The Battleship on the Ground

    The Battleship on the Ground

    5.3 2007 HD

    Writer/Director Kaneto Shindô recounts his time spent in the Japanese Navy in WWII. He tells about the harsh training, grueling conditions, and...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons

    2 1978 HD

    Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is adapted to a contemporary setting. An abominable and burning...

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  • 1961
    imgMovies

    The Matsukawa Incident

    The Matsukawa Incident

    1 1961 HD

    Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    5.4 1951 HD

    Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Miniature

    Miniature

    8 1953 HD

    Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Fighting Elegy

    Fighting Elegy

    7 1966 HD

    Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually,...

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Faraway Sunset

    Faraway Sunset

    1 1992 HD

    Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless...

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  • 1961
    imgMovies

    A Design for Dying

    A Design for Dying

    6 1961 HD

    Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Actress

    Actress

    1 1956 HD

    Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Actress

    Actress

    1 1956 HD

    Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Elegant Beast

    Elegant Beast

    7.1 1962 HD

    A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

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  • 1949
    imgMovies

    Ishimatsu of the Forest

    Ishimatsu of the Forest

    1 1949 HD

    The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    This Madding Crowd

    This Madding Crowd

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Ladder of Success

    The Ladder of Success

    1 1958 HD

    A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

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  • 1957
    imgMovies

    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    1 1957 HD

    1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura

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  • 1963
    imgMovies

    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    1 1963 HD

    Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

    1 1951 HD

    A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    Who Will Judge Me?

    Who Will Judge Me?

    1 1951 HD

    Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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  • 1971
    imgMovies

    The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

    7.5 1971 HD

    The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    5.7 1988 HD

    A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    Sorrow Is Only for Women

    Sorrow Is Only for Women

    1 1958 HD

    The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave.

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Onna no issho

    Onna no issho

    1 1953 HD

    Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

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  • 2009
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    Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    8.006 2009 HD

    A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

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  • 1992
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    Faraway Sunset

    Faraway Sunset

    1 1992 HD

    Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless...

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  • 1979
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    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    4.9 1979 HD

    The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

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  • 1960
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    The Great Road

    The Great Road

    1 1960 HD

    The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

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  • 1982
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    Shadow Conspirator

    Shadow Conspirator

    1 1982 HD

    One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins. The dying man is an official secret agent...

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  • 1991
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    Crossroads in Tokyo

    Crossroads in Tokyo

    1 1991 HD

    A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.

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  • 1953
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    Onna no issho

    Onna no issho

    1 1953 HD

    Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

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  • 1980
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    Drive for the Future

    Drive for the Future

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1961
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    Haitoku no mesu

    Haitoku no mesu

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1956
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    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

    1 1956 HD

    Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

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  • 1953
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    Yokubo

    Yokubo

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Violence

    Violence

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1950
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    Shojohou

    Shojohou

    1 1950 HD

    A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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  • 1959
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    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    7.333 1959 HD

    An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends, and subordinates, his bonds with the women who loved...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A murder occurs at a party hosted by Dr. Aida's former students (mostly women), most of whom live in Kanagawa Prefecture. Dr. Aida is invited to the...

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