1960

The Lovelorn Geisha

6.857/7

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in hi...

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The Lovelorn Geisha

1994

47 Ronin

7.417/24

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal fo...

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47 Ronin

1994

Yokohama Bakkuretai

0/0

Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.

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Yokohama Bakkuretai

2002

To Dance with the White Dog

9/1

After the loss of his wife of 40 years, Eisuke Nakamoto finds solace in a mysterious white dog that no one else can see.

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To Dance with the White Dog

1984

The Funeral

7.16/53

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three d...

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The Funeral

1959

Sazae-san's Marriage

0/0

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e...

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Sazae-san's Marriage

1963

Fifty-Fifty

10/1

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

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Fifty-Fifty

1960

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

7/1

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 Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

1961

Romance Express

7/1

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...

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Romance Express

1966

Drunken Harbor

0/0

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

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Drunken Harbor

1961

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

8/1

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

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Sazae-san Plays Cupid

1959

The Bride from Japan

9/1

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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The Bride from Japan

1960

Beyond the Hills

0/0

Story of young love in the hills.

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Beyond the Hills

1959

Desperado Outpost

6.273/11

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

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Desperado Outpost

1960

Hito mo arukeba

9/1

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

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Hito mo arukeba

1962

Whirlpool of Love

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Whirlpool of Love

1961

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

0/0

1961 Japanese movie

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Sararīman yajikita dōchū

1968

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

0/0

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

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Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1962

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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The Daughters of the Saotome Family

1969

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

7/1

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 t...

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The Tempters: Smile After Tears

1988

Neko no youni

4.25/4

Two sisters living together have a complicated relationship due to a past incident. Trouble begins when one sister becomes interested in a newly divor...

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Neko no youni

1962

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten

1962

Anything For Success

7/1

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a for...

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Anything For Success

1992

Okoge

6/9

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

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Okoge

1999

In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense

0/0

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of th...

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In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense

1964

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

0/0

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gain...

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Dear Mr. Prime Minister

1974

Onna no Kyūka

0/0

It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.

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Onna no Kyūka

1988

Monster Woman '88

7/1

Satomi is young woman that works in computer communication. One day she receives a strange message. And the person that sent it to her has committed s...

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Monster Woman '88

1995

High-Heeled Punishers

3.25/4

A woman is being sexually assaulted by a pair of thugs, when out of the fog appear the High Heeled Cats – a trio of avenging angels, masked and dresse...

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High-Heeled Punishers

1966

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

10/1

The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji...

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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

1965

My Wife

0/0

Japanese comedy film.

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My Wife

1959

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

10/1

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow...

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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

1963

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

6.214/14

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

1961

Obon, The Moll Dipper

10/1

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.

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Obon, The Moll Dipper

1961

3 Dolls and Baby Gang

7/1

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.

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3 Dolls and Baby Gang

2008

Then Summer Came

4/1

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are...

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Then Summer Came

1959

The Big Boss

6.5/4

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping...

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The Big Boss

1961

Blueprint of Murder

6.4/5

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

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Blueprint of Murder

1965

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

7/3

Place your bets! Japan's greatest gambler, Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi), faces off against an international cabal of gamblers with only his wits and...

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The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

2000

Home Sweet Home

0/0

"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elder...

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Home Sweet Home

1960

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

7.962/131

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1959

The Cola Game

0/0

Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or st...

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The Cola Game

1959

Echo Mountain

9/1

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this light-hea...

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Echo Mountain

1988

Crane

6.833/3

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will be...

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Crane

1966

The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

7/1

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

1987

A Taxing Woman

6.744/43

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a t...

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A Taxing Woman

1991

Noh Mask Murders

6.333/6

The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater...

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Noh Mask Murders

1987

Actress

7.7/3

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

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Actress

1983

The Makioka Sisters

7.44/50

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid...

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The Makioka Sisters

1988

Stay Gold

0/0

Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.

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Stay Gold

1988

Tomorrow

8/5

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of peopl...

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Tomorrow

1960

Westward Desperado

6.1/7

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...

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Westward Desperado

1986

The Hall of the Crying Deer

9/1

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The Hall of the Crying Deer

1959

The Beast Shall Die

6.2/9

A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mot...

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The Beast Shall Die

1963

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

9/1

Ensemble comedy.

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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

1978

Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable

0/0

This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian who teams up with a strange man he meet...

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1992

Kwaidan

0/0

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Kwaidan

1959

Someday I'll Know

9/1

A modern love story involving different affairs.

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Someday I'll Know

1965

The Four Loves

0/0

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of...

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The Four Loves

1958

Who Is the Informer?

0/0

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

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Who Is the Informer?

1961

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

8/1

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko a...

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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

1963

Ano hito wa ima

0/0

1963 Japanese movie

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Ano hito wa ima

1970

Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man

10/1

The eighth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

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Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man

1959

New Third-Class Executive

8/1

At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a med...

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New Third-Class Executive

1960

University Bandits

9/1

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

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University Bandits

1969

Kekkon shimasu

0/0

Kotaro Kitagawa is an eligible bachelor and a successful editor at a weekly publication. Tired of attention from women, he decides to settle down thro...

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Kekkon shimasu

1964

Misandry

8/1

4 sisters inherited a sum of money and try to get married

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Misandry

1959

A Young Boss Tries Really Hard

0/0

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s honor—until a last-minute...

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A Young Boss Tries Really Hard

1990

Tales of a Golden Geisha

6.167/18

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it.

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Tales of a Golden Geisha

1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

0/0

A university graduate determined to become a fishmonger defies his mother's wishes, tangles with bar hostesses and a beer company heiress, and—after m...

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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

0/0

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d...

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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1987

Carefree Goddesses

7/2

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1990

Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You

8.3/3

Just when Hideki thinks he will lose his virginity, he gets hit by a car, and dies. God gives him a 2nd chance by placing his mind into the body of Sa...

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Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You

1958

He's the Killer

0/0

Thriller about a narcotics investigator uncovering a dope ring.

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He's the Killer

1994

That’s Why You’re Going to Fail This Class, Get On With It!

0/0

A non-fiction drama depicting the journey of Keisuke Yoshino, a renowned lecturer at Yoyogi Seminar, to becoming a teacher. At the age of 18, whilst s...

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That’s Why You’re Going to Fail This Class, Get On With It!

1969

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

0/0

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

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Monstrous! Who Am I?!

1967

Mahjong Madness

0/0

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

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Mahjong Madness

1960

The Curio Master

0/0

A contemporary comedy.

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The Curio Master

1958

The Naked General

7/1

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

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The Naked General

1964

I Am a Medical Examiner

0/0

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I Am a Medical Examiner

1961

Obon's Dipping Contest

0/0

Comedy based on a popular manga.

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Obon's Dipping Contest

1961

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

0/0

Contemporary comedy.

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The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

1959

The Bell of Love

0/0

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The Bell of Love

1959

Record of Loving Your Wife

0/0

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Record of Loving Your Wife

1959

Work Hard, Happy Girls!

0/0

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Work Hard, Happy Girls!

1959

Talkative Wife

0/0

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Talkative Wife

1964

Mumu Dance

0/0

The 9th "Ekimae" feature.

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Mumu Dance

1960

Salarygirl Book: Idle Talk, Back-Biting Chatter, Senseless Retorts

0/0

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Salarygirl Book: Idle Talk, Back-Biting Chatter, Senseless Retorts

1966

Comic Storyteller: Great Delay

0/0

The first of four "Comic Storyteller' features.

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Comic Storyteller: Great Delay

1958

Jirocho's Surprise: Haikagura, Kiso's Fire Festival

0/0

The fourth an final film in the "Jirocho igaiden" series.

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Jirocho's Surprise: Haikagura, Kiso's Fire Festival

1958

Scops-Owl Sermon

0/0

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Scops-Owl Sermon