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Kanopy
77
54
7.2
/1383/
69
/29/
69
/36/
3.7
/3713/
100
/6/
81
/25/

Giants and Toys (1958)
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
poster
65
45
6.8
/1278/
59
/16/
63
/40/
3.6
/2947/
64
/492/

Manji (1964)
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
45
5.3
/4168/
57
/156/
59
/137/
3.0
/9885/
40
/5/
33
/107/

Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
poster
72
39
7.4
/605/
60
/7/
66
/21/
3.8
/1312/
86
/131/

Kisses (1957)
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.
poster
69
36
7.4
/953/
60
/16/
65
/32/
3.9
/1826/
67
/16/

A Wife Confesses (1961)
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
poster
65
14
6.9
/313/
66
/10/
58
/10/
3.4
/711/

Black Report (1963)
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
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69
12
7.3
/238/
57
/4/
74
/11/
3.7
/396/

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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72
11
7.4
/235/
67
/7/
76
/11/
3.6
/262/

Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.
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10
/1/

Love River (1958)
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10
/1/

The Cat Knew (1958)
Japanese horror movie from 1973.
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?
7.3
/10/
10
/1/

While Yet a Wife (1965)
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10
/1/

Eriko (1962)
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.
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10
/1/

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time (1968)
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10
/1/

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2 (1969)
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10
/1/

High School Geisha (1968)
N/A
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10
/1/

与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても (1970)
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10
/1/

Love for Eternity (1971)
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10
/1/

Innocent Sinner (1970)
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10
/1/

Red Love, Green Love (1962)
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6.4
/7/
10
/1/

The Betrothed (1957)
Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
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6.7
/51/
45
/2/
60
/1/

A Night to Remember (1962)
Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
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?
6.2
/7/
10
/1/

Love and Life (1961)
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
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?
7.0
/57/
10
/1/

A Woman's Life (1962)
Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.
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10
/1/

The Women Divers (1958)
A youth movie depicting the love between college students.
poster
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10
/1/

Black Dead Ball (1963)
A talent scout who had his eyes set on a star left-handed pitcher in the high school baseball world falls to his death at his hotel. Was it a homicide or suicide? His junior colleague pursues the mystery of his death.
poster
?
7.6
/99/
51
/6/
65
/6/

The False Student (1960)
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
poster
57
?
6.5
/171/
50
/5/
48
/4/
3.4
/300/

Play It Cool (1970)
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
poster
69
?
7.5
/276/
69
/10/
67
/14/

The Great White Tower (1966)
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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52
?
6.9
/122/
10
/1/
77
/3/

Warm Current (1957)
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.
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7.1
/105/
45
/2/
74
/5/

Two Wives (1967)
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 sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...
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7.3
/46/
10
/1/

Beauty the Enemy (1959)
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
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7.1
/40/
10
/1/
60

The Cast-Off (1959)
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
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7.5
/23/
10
/1/
50
/1/

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 qualms. Totally enraptured with Otama, this usurer establishes her and her father in separate houses and generously gives them gifts including silk taken as interest from Oshige, a poor cloth dealer who does business with the sewing teacher, Otama's neighbor. Otama's satisfaction with her situation gradually crumbles as she discovers the truth about her benefactor.
poster
51
?
7.0
/116/
10
/1/
80
/3/

Superexpress (1964)
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an automobile factory. But by accident the realtor learns that the Tokaido Railway Line is going to be built directly across the land just acquired. Also known as Black Super Express
poster
45
?
6.7
/176/
45
/2/
58
/6/

A Woman's Testament (1960)
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
poster
52
?
7.3
/217/
10
/1/
73
/3/

Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
poster
?
6.9
/66/
3
/3/

The Sex Check (1968)
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a gigolo until a chance meeting with a fiery young athlete named Hiroko (Michiyo Yasuda). Realizing that she has talent as a sprinter, Miyagi sees a second chance at Olympic glory in becoming her coach. Following Miyagi’s unconventional, military-style training, Hiroko sets a record for the 100-meter dash, but her greatest hurdle proves to be a “sex check” which all professional athletes must pass.
poster
?
6.2
/32/
40
/2/

On This Earth (1957)
Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
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6.8
/19/
10
/1/
70
/1/

When Women Lie (1963)
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
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Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei (1958)
1958 Japanese movie


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