Yasujirō Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes in Ozu's work. His most lauded films include Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953), Floating Weeds (1959), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). His reputation has continued to grow since his death, and he is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential directors. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the greatest film of all time by world directors.

  • Title: Yasujirō Ozu
  • Popularity: 3.702
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1903-12-11
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Ozu Yasujiro, Yasujirô Ozu, Ozu Yasujirō, Shuutarou Komiya, James Maki, Ernst Schwartz, Yasujiro Ozu, 小津安二郎, 오즈 야스지로, Ясудзиро Одзу, ジェームス・槇, Shūtarō Komiya
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Yasujirō Ozu Movies

  • 2023
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    applechedikal

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    1 2023 HD

    Unemployed guests constantly pour into Jane's house, mistaking her for the previous tenant, a mystery man. Jane, though unemployed, lives her...

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  • 1994
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    The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida

    The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida

    1 1994 HD

    Yoshida grew close to Ozu Yasujiro during his time at Shochiku, where he was able to observe the legendary master at work. Although Yoshida and his...

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  • 1978
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    Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

    Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

    1 1978 HD

    A 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards, featuring critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec, that looks back on...

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  • 1993
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    Talking with Ozu

    Talking with Ozu

    6.5 1993 HD

    A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

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  • 1949
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    Late Spring

    Late Spring

    7.991 1949 HD

    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

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  • 1949
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    Late Spring

    Late Spring

    7.991 1949 HD

    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

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  • 1956
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    Early Spring

    Early Spring

    7.513 1956 HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

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  • 1960
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    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

    7.786 1960 HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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  • 1960
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    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

    7.786 1960 HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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  • 1942
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    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

    7 1942 HD

    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

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  • 1932
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    I Was Born, But...

    I Was Born, But...

    7.5 1932 HD

    Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of...

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  • 1932
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    I Was Born, But...

    I Was Born, But...

    7.5 1932 HD

    Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of...

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  • 1958
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    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

    7.455 1958 HD

    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

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  • 1961
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    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    7.5 1961 HD

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

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  • 1961
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    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    7.5 1961 HD

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

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  • 1959
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    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    7.7 1959 HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

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  • 1934
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    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    7 1934 HD

    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

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  • 1934
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    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    7 1934 HD

    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

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  • 1959
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    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    7.5 1959 HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

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  • 1959
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    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    7.5 1959 HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

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  • 1953
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    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

    8.2 1953 HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

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  • 1930
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    That Night's Wife

    That Night's Wife

    6.5 1930 HD

    In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes with the funds, but complications arise.

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  • 1929
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    Days of Youth

    Days of Youth

    5.9 1929 HD

    Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.

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  • 1936
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    The Only Son

    The Only Son

    7.4 1936 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    The Only Son

    The Only Son

    7.4 1936 HD

    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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  • 1951
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    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    7.8 1951 HD

    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

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  • 1962
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    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.856 1962 HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

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  • 1962
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    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.856 1962 HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

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  • 1947
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    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    7.2 1947 HD

    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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  • 1957
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    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

    7.7 1957 HD

    Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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  • 1952
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    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    7.548 1952 HD

    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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  • 1964
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    My Bellett

    My Bellett

    6 1964 HD

    A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

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  • 1941
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    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    6.9 1941 HD

    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

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  • 1935
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    An Inn in Tokyo

    An Inn in Tokyo

    6.9 1935 HD

    An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

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  • 1937
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    What Did the Lady Forget?

    What Did the Lady Forget?

    6.3 1937 HD

    A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

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  • 1937
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    What Did the Lady Forget?

    What Did the Lady Forget?

    6.3 1937 HD

    A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

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  • 1930
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    I Flunked, But...

    I Flunked, But...

    6.1 1930 HD

    This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

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  • 1931
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    The Lady and the Beard

    The Lady and the Beard

    5.9 1931 HD

    Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

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  • 1932
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    Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

    Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

    6.5 1932 HD

    When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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  • 1948
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    A Hen in the Wind

    A Hen in the Wind

    6.9 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    6.726 1931 HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

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  • 1933
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    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy

    6.6 1933 HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

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  • 1933
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    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl

    6.7 1933 HD

    A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

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  • 1933
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    Woman of Tokyo

    Woman of Tokyo

    6.8 1933 HD

    Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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  • 1934
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    A Mother Should Be Loved

    A Mother Should Be Loved

    6 1934 HD

    A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

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  • 1929
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    I Graduated, But...

    I Graduated, But...

    5.7 1929 HD

    Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the...

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  • 1929
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    A Straightforward Boy

    A Straightforward Boy

    5.7 1929 HD

    A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

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  • 1930
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    Walk Cheerfully

    Walk Cheerfully

    6.1 1930 HD

    Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

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  • 1936
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    The Lion Dance

    The Lion Dance

    6 1936 HD

    The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.

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  • 2003
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    Musume no kekkon

    Musume no kekkon

    4 2003 HD

    TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

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  • 1955
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    The Moon Has Risen

    The Moon Has Risen

    6.8 1955 HD

    Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...

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  • 1929
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    Fighting Friends

    Fighting Friends

    5.5 1929 HD

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

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  • 1932
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    Until the Day We Meet Again

    Until the Day We Meet Again

    7.5 1932 HD

    A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

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  • 1929
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    Days of Youth

    Days of Youth

    5.9 1929 HD

    Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.

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  • 1965
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    The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

    10 1965 HD

    One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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  • 1948
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    A Hen in the Wind

    A Hen in the Wind

    6.9 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 1933
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    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl

    6.7 1933 HD

    A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

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  • 1930
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    I Flunked, But...

    I Flunked, But...

    6.1 1930 HD

    This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

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  • 1933
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    Woman of Tokyo

    Woman of Tokyo

    6.8 1933 HD

    Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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  • 1934
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    A Mother Should Be Loved

    A Mother Should Be Loved

    6 1934 HD

    A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

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  • 1950
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    The Munekata Sisters

    The Munekata Sisters

    6.9 1950 HD

    Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...

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  • 1950
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    The Munekata Sisters

    The Munekata Sisters

    6.9 1950 HD

    Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...

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  • 1963
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    Youth After School

    Youth After School

    1 1963 HD

    "Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was...

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  • 1935
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    An Inn in Tokyo

    An Inn in Tokyo

    6.9 1935 HD

    An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

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  • 1931
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    The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

    The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

    1 1931 HD

    Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

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  • 1931
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    The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

    The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

    1 1931 HD

    Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

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  • 1941
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    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    6.9 1941 HD

    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

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  • 1942
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    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

    7 1942 HD

    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

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  • 1937
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    Unending Advance

    Unending Advance

    1 1937 HD

    One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

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  • 1964
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    My Bellett

    My Bellett

    6 1964 HD

    A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

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  • 1933
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    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy

    6.6 1933 HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

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  • 1936
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    College Is a Nice Place

    College Is a Nice Place

    1 1936 HD

    In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

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  • 1935
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    An Innocent Maid

    An Innocent Maid

    1 1935 HD

    In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the...

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  • 1932
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    Spring Comes from the Ladies

    Spring Comes from the Ladies

    1 1932 HD

    A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1930
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    Young Lady

    Young Lady

    1 1930 HD

    Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to...

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  • 1930
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    The Luck Which Touched the Leg

    The Luck Which Touched the Leg

    1 1930 HD

    A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start...

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  • 1930
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    The Revengeful Spirit of Eros

    The Revengeful Spirit of Eros

    1 1930 HD

    A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...

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  • 1930
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    A Primer on Marriage

    A Primer on Marriage

    1 1930 HD

    Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with...

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  • 1929
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    Treasure Mountain

    Treasure Mountain

    1 1929 HD

    A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current...

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  • 1929
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    The Life of an Office Worker

    The Life of an Office Worker

    1 1929 HD

    When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

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  • 1928
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    Physical Beauty

    Physical Beauty

    1 1928 HD

    A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

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  • 1928
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    Couple on the Move

    Couple on the Move

    1 1928 HD

    When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to...

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  • 1927
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    Sword of Penitence

    Sword of Penitence

    1 1927 HD

    Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1928
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    Pumpkin

    Pumpkin

    1 1928 HD

    Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1928
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    Wife Lost

    Wife Lost

    1 1928 HD

    A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1957
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    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

    7.7 1957 HD

    Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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  • 1959
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    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    7.7 1959 HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

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  • 1958
    imgMovies

    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

    7.455 1958 HD

    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

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  • 1928
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    Dreams of Youth

    Dreams of Youth

    1 1928 HD

    Lost silent film

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  • 1928
    imgMovies

    Dreams of Youth

    Dreams of Youth

    1 1928 HD

    Lost silent film

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  • 1928
    imgMovies

    Pumpkin

    Pumpkin

    1 1928 HD

    Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1928
    imgMovies

    Physical Beauty

    Physical Beauty

    1 1928 HD

    A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

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  • 1929
    imgMovies

    Treasure Mountain

    Treasure Mountain

    1 1929 HD

    A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current...

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  • 1929
    imgMovies

    The Life of an Office Worker

    The Life of an Office Worker

    1 1929 HD

    When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a...

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  • 1930
    imgMovies

    Young Lady

    Young Lady

    1 1930 HD

    Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journaist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her to...

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  • 1932
    imgMovies

    Spring Comes from the Ladies

    Spring Comes from the Ladies

    1 1932 HD

    A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

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  • 1936
    imgMovies

    College Is a Nice Place

    College Is a Nice Place

    1 1936 HD

    In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

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  • 1947
    imgMovies

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    7.2 1947 HD

    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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  • 1951
    imgMovies

    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    7.8 1951 HD

    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

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  • 1952
    imgMovies

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    7.548 1952 HD

    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

    8.2 1953 HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Early Spring

    Early Spring

    7.513 1956 HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

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  • 1987
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    Wings of Desire

    Wings of Desire

    7.756 1987 HD

    Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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