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Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)

Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, A ...

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The Political Game (1989)

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and Kentaro Haneda was in charge of music direction. It depicts how an honest candidate aiming for a clean ele ...

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The Story of Jiro (1987)

Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children. ...

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Lost in the Wilderness (1986)

The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole ...

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Lullaby to Kill (1977)

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the mu ...

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Time Within Memory (1973)

Minoru visits his home on Okinoerabu island for the first time in thirty years. Seeing the old man who used to be in love with his mother, Minoru recalls the old days spent on the island with his young, beautiful mother. ...

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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy (1972)

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II. ...

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Just for You (1970)

Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical ...

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Take Care, Red Riding Hood (1970)

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself. ...

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Heat Wave Island (1969)

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 the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and ...

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The Tempters: Smile After Tears (1969)

Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily. ...

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Women and Miso Soup (1968)

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother. ...

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Night Guy (1968)

Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procure ...

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Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)

The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and t ...

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The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)

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 men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting ...

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Samurai Rebellion (1967)

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back. ...

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Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her. ...

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Wild Geese (1966)

Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store. The man is in fact married with children, and is a despised loan shark who takes money from the poor without ...

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Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966)

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture. ...

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Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu (1965)

1965 Nikkatsu youth film. ...

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The Scarlet Camellia (1964)

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her. ...

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Green Fruit (1964)

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. ...

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Jinsei Gekijo (1964)

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation. ...

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Elegant Beast (1962)

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

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Ningen Gari (1962)

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out. ...

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Aru kankei (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

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The Storm over Arabia (1961)

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time. ...

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Blood-Red Water in the Channel (1961)

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real coast guard action stories" was the perfect vehicle for Koji Wada. Whatever negative press he had received for ...

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A Geisha's Diary (1961)

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person. ...

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Dawn of a Canvas (1961)

A masterpiece depicting the lives of a father his daughter, he is an isolated artist and she's a model. ...

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Living by Karate (1961)

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. ...

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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night (1960)

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo. ...

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The River Fuefuki (1960)

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by h ...

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Sixteen years old (1960)

Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton club. Her father, Kinzo, remodeled her barn and lent it to her only Mikayo. Senko was somehow envious of her flashy life... In a tragedy with a girl living ...

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The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)

When a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires back at the Yakuza bosses, with destructive consequences. ...

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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon (1958)

This typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture at Hokkaido University, who takes on a conspiracy involving a mysterious accidental death at a construction site. ...

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Nishi Ginza Station (1958)

This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai. ...

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That Wonderful Guy (1958)

Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo. ...

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Forbidden Lips (1958)

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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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can't pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a "commission" for his ...

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Streetlights (1957)

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket. ...

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Inn of the Floating Weeds (1957)

Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison. ...

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Nikoyon monogatari (1956)

Japanese drama film. ...

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Phoenix (1956)

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience. ...

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Crossroad (1956)

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife's body, but along the way, he finds an ...

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Cell No. 8 (1956)

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city. ...

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The juvenile (1955)

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers ...

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At the End of the Clouds (1953)

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots. ...

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