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Criterion Channel
86
77
8.0
/5289/
79
/117/
79
/122/
4.2
/9665/
100
/16/
93
/93/

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
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 around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
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Criterion Channel
75
67
7.3
/7421/
73
/179/
72
/133/
3.7
/9784/
85
/3486/

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
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Criterion Channel
79
61
7.7
/2336/
73
/40/
73
/62/
4.0
/4174/
94
/445/

Sound of the Mountain (1954)
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
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73
42
7.5
/2356/
76
/37/
72
/44/
3.6
/916/

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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54
38
6.0
/1825/
57
/50/
57
/38/
3.0
/2232/
38
/365/

The H-Man (1958)
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
poster
71
16
7.6
/497/
61
/7/
72
/11/
3.8
/606/

A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
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69
13
7.3
/263/
64
/5/
68
/11/
3.7
/495/

A Wife's Heart (1956)
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
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6.5
/9/
10
/1/

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends (1964)
Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.
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6.4
/9/
10
/1/

The Sandal Keeper (1964)
N/A
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6.2
/10/
10
/1/

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan (1964)
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."
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10
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Fūryū onsen bantō nikki (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

All is Well (1955)
Daichi Tateharu who was an employee of the Mori Seisakusho has been recruited from Siberia, but the company changed its name to Toyo Denki Seisakusho, and the president Shingo Mori was the general affairs manager.
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10
/1/

Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Ai no uzu shio (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

The Beauty Expert (1957)
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10
/1/

The Dangoro Party in the Sky (1962)
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
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5.5
/19/
10
/1/

Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
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10
/1/

続新入社員十番勝負 サラリーマン一刀流 (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Sazae-san's Newlywed Family (1959)
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.
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10
/1/

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu (1956)
N/A
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10
/1/

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama (1956)
The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.
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10
/1/

The Witness Killed (1961)
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda
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4.8
/6/
10
/1/

Omatsuri hanjiro (1953)
Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather toward the port town.
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10
/1/

Escape Zone (1953)
Shiro Yabe, a young gangster who boarded the second class on the Tokaido Line after finishing a dangerous smuggling transaction in Kobe, is next to a beautiful woman with a sad face.
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10
/1/
53
/3/

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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7.6
/5/
30
/2/

City of Love (1958)
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.
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10
/1/

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents (1959)
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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10
/1/

Oshidori kenkagasa (1957)
N/A
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8.1
/24/
10
/1/

Three Generations of Company Presidents (1956)
The third installment in the Shacho Series.
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7.5
/7/
10
/1/

Me and Me (1962)
Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
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10
/1/

The Black Fury (1954)
A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance for the overdose death of his brother and the subsequent decline and death of their mother. Tsuda acts viciously and with disdain for legal niceties in his exploration of the criminal facts behind the explosion of a freighter in the harbor. He goes undercover with a band of drug smugglers, but his methods threaten to destroy him as well as his case.
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10
/1/

Masura o hashutsu fukai (1956)
Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
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57
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6.7
/179/
40
/2/
63
/6/

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
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 his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
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10
/1/
60
/1/

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
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10
/1/

The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
Period romantic drama.
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7.4
/5/
10
/1/

A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye (1957)
An Ishiro Honda film.
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8.8
/7/
10
/1/

A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (1957)
An Ishiro Honda film.
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5.4
/12/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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7.6
/28/
10
/1/

Last of the Wild Ones (1954)
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
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The Wife is a University Student (1956)
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.
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Wharf with the Weeping Girl (1956)
After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s killer. With help from a mysterious woman, he exposes the real culprit and brings down the smuggling ring.
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Bride in a Bathing Suit (1954)
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the nephew of a powerful businessman. She refuses, believing she already loves a man she once briefly met on a train. Unbeknownst to her, that man is Keisuke himself. A mix-up with photos leads to misunderstandings, but on the eve of his departure for America, the truth comes to light, and the two reunite just in time.
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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen (1961)
A young salesman wins over a rival ink company while falling for the president’s daughter. Drawn into kendo rivalries and pressured to lose, he chooses integrity—earning both success and love.
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success (1960)
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.
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Fox and Raccoon (1959)
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and dream of a better future.
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The Young Boss is Third Generation (1958)
A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned grandfather.


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