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Criterion Channel
79
63
7.5
/3442/
73
/59/
70
/78/
3.9
/6001/
100
/10/
82
/24/

There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
49
7.0
/1137/
70
/15/
67
/33/
3.5
/2289/
93

Woman of Tokyo (1933)
Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
20
6.8
/513/
61
/8/
71
/15/
3.5
/890/

No Blood Relation (1932)
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
poster
74
20
7.3
/504/
65
/13/
68
/18/
3.8
/936/
89
/3/

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
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 family holds one last ball before leaving.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
15
6.5
/577/
73
/3/
57
/15/
3.3
/945/
75
/1/

A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
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 always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.
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10
/1/

Minami kaze (1951)
1951 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

The Woman’s Reflective Pool (1951)
Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in charge, but fails. His daughter Naeko (Takamine) finds out and takes on the role herself. This is a love romance adapted from an original story by Seiichi Funabashi that appeared in the magazine "Romance.”
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6.2
/16/

Men vs. Women (1936)
A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.
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10
/1/

母恋草 (1951)
N/A
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10
/1/

The Dawn of Judo (1955)
N/A
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10
/1/

悪魔の顔 (1957)
N/A
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7.5
/10/

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 (1931)
The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.
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10
/1/

続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻 (1956)
Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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10
/1/

Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964)
N/A
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5.7
/40/
15
/2/
32
/4/

Crimson Dream (1964)
Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a writer, his wife and his sister, after having spent a night out drinking and visiting sex shows. It underwent extensive censorship before the government would allow it to be released. About 20% of the film's original content was cut and this footage is now considered lost.
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6.8
/47/
40
/3/

Warm Current (1939)
Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
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5.8
/18/
53
/3/

Vermilion and Green (1937)
A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
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6.6
/9/

Dancing with a Mask (1943)
Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
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5.7
/7/
70
/1/
60
/1/

New Woman Question and Answer (1939)
Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko (Kuniko Miyake), one of the seven best friends from the same women's college, is getting married. The man she's marrying is her sister's lover.
poster
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10
/1/

Haru no Wakakusa (1954)
N/A
poster
67
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6.6
/191/
70
/1/
65
/3/
3.4
/311/

Victory of Women (1946)
Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system.
poster
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10
/1/

Aiyoku no sabaki (1953)
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and devotes herself to the rehabilitation of a delinquent girl, gradually finding her job at the institution more worthwhile than the marriage recommended by her parents. Meanwhile, inside Inokichi's heart a flame of unknowing love for the single-minded Motoko begins to burn...
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6.4
/6/
10
/1/

A Full Life (1962)
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
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7.0
/93/
55
/2/
56
/5/

A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939)
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.
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10
/1/

Haha machi gusa (1951)
Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister. When the younger sister suddenly flees on account of a misunderstanding, Asako makes up her mind to find the mother who deserted them both.
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7.2
/25/
57
/4/
20
/3/

Modern People (1952)
A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship.
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5.1
/14/

Mother (1929)
The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.
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6.8
/14/
60
/1/

My Elder Brother (1934)
Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. Jyuta tries to correct him…
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6.9
/33/
70
/1/

Eclipse (1934)
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rick Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.
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7.1
/38/
10
/1/
65
/2/

Street of Violence (1950)
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
poster
Criterion Channel
52
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6.6
/141/
36
/3/
54
/7/

The Rose on His Arm (1956)
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
poster
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6.1
/49/

A Primer on Marriage (1930)
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 his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.
poster
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6.3
/31/
70
/1/

First Steps Ashore (1932)
The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.
poster
70
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6.9
/141/
75
/2/
67
/7/
3.6
/231/

Introspection Tower (1941)
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.
poster
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5.9
/50/
75
/2/

Until the Day We Meet Again (1932)
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 a lost film.
poster
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4.9
/54/

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman (1931)
Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.
poster
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10
/1/

The Big Ambition (1955)
N/A
poster
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6.6
/10/
10
/1/

Young Miss Executive (1953)
A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage director. Akiyama introduce her to his neighbors. In among poor but open minded people, Madoka has changed. Her new ambition is her company provide nice sweets for children. She decide to focus on the office job. But she doesn't know that company executives has conspiracy against her...
poster
67
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7.0
/146/
62
/4/
3.5
/226/

Nobuko (1940)
A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.
poster
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The Big City: Explosion (1930)
Japanese silent film from 1930. The second chapter of "The Big City: Labor" (1929).
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Mother of the East (1934)
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
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Daphne (1933)
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.
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Clear and Cloudy (1933)
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."
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Storm Zone (1932)
Japanese silent film from 1932.
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Woman of Suffering (1931)
Lost Japanese silent film from 1931.
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The Great Ship (1930)
Japanese silent film from 1930.
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The Village Where the Skylark Sings (1929)
Japanese silent film from 1929.
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Madame Pearl (1927)
Japanese silent film from 1927, based on a popular serialized novel by Kan Kikuchi.


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