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7.3
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66
/68/
3.8
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95
/21/
82
/36/

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
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6.5
/13/
10
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Nobuko Rides on a Cloud (1955)
A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and shows her what the world was like before she was born and what the world would be like if she where never born. While in the clouds she meets her grandparents and a few other people she loved who have passed on.
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4.4
/6/

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru (1949)
Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara
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6.5
/36/

Bravo! Tebare Ishin (1945)
1945 Japanese movie
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10
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The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death” (1957)
At a time when the USSR and the USA fervently vied to develop nuclear arms, the mass media buzzed with terms inspired by nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll such as the “Daigo Fukuryu Maru Incident,” the “ash of death,” “radioactive tuna,” and “radioactive rain,” and nuclear testing continued, Japan, the only nation to have suffered an atom-bomb attack, felt massive anxiety. “What is the radioactive ash of death?” “What effect does it have on living creatures?” Against the background of the era, the film scientifically describes the terrors of radioactivity with the cooperation of many scientists, physicians and research institutions.
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6.0
/17/

Until Victory Day (1945)
An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched from the laboratory and landed amidst the Japanese troops the soldiers could enjoy the performers. The laboratory succeeds and the rocket is built. It bears the insignia, 'until the victory days.' The Japanese government began a program of shooting and disseminating propaganda and entertainment movies for its troops during World War II. It is a lost film.
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6.5
/21/
10
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
1958 Japanese movie
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7.7
/35/
10
/1/

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)
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 Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
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6.2
/24/

The Adventures of Tobisuke (1949)
Tobisuke, puppeteer in Kyôtô, saves O-fuku's life. Wounded in the head, it can now count to three. O-fuku invited him to meet her mother so she can heals him with a golden fruit. But O-fuku and Tobisuke had to cross the valley of death filled with fantastic creatures, will they survive?
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4.0
/9/
10
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70
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Saiyûki (1952)
N/A
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6.6
/8/

The Brick Factory Girl (1946)
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.
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10
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Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)
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10
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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star (1951)
film directed by Tai Katô
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10
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Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)
Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi
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10
/1/

Yakuza Princess of Edo (1961)
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called Kongomaru, which was planned to be presented to the shogun Iemitsu, but he died due to a yakuza attack. In addition, the sword was stolen, and Ochiyo 's sister was also kidnapped... A humorous historical drama directed by Eiichi Kudo, starring Hibari Misora and Kotaro Satomi. Hibari Misora plays a male princess and shows off her charming appearance with stylish songs and dances.
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6.1
/23/

Nanking (1938)
Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995.
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6.3
/25/
60
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I Am a Cat (1936)
1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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8.0
/8/
10
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Iseshima (1950)
An Ishiro Honda short film.
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10
/1/

The Third President (1958)
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
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6.2
/33/
10
/1/

A Mother's Love (1950)
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
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Criterion Channel
62
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5.9
/175/
60
/5/
65
/9/
3.3
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The Living Magoroku (1943)
A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
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10
/1/

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko (1958)
N/A
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6.4
/22/
60
/1/

Tipsy Life (1933)
In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.
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52
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6.4
/145/
50
/3/
56
/7/

The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
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6.8
/33/

The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.
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35
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Big Hit Pachinko Girl (1952)
Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a ruthless loan shark and a mounting family debt. As the parlor faces ruin, the narrative weaves through slapstick antics, musical numbers by Enka legends, and surreal interviews with real-life cultural figures. A chaotic "blueprint" for the Pachinko subgenre, this musical dramedy captures the obsession and desperation of the silver balls.
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62
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6.6
/191/
53
/3/
62
/6/
3.4
/202/

The Whole Family Works (1939)
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses.
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7.3
/17/
50
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53
/3/

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)
Feature film.
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5.9
/11/

Namiko (1932)
An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western sources that give sole directing credit to Eizo Tanaka, it was actually co-directed by six different directors, Tanaka, Kazue Kimura, Kazuo Takimura, Ryoji Mikami and Hidekuni Ouchi.
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10
/1/

Otogi's Voyage Around the World (1962)
Also Known As: Otogi's Voyage Around the World
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7.2
/29/

Children Hand in Hand (1948)
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.
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8.5
/22/

Flirtation in Spring (1949)
Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.
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64
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6.9
/119/
55
/5/
68
/8/

Composition Class (1938)
Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problems and their chronic money troubles threaten Masako's further education.
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12 Chapters About Women (1954)
Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result of his promotion, but just then, a big change occurs in Minako's body..
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The Sea Monster on Land (1950)
An octopus flees a box on the way to the fish market and embarks on a long and perilous journey back to the ocean.
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Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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The Dead Beauty Incident (1948)
A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investigation headquarters. Since the cause of death was poison gas, he asked Yusaku Tominaga (Tsukigata), a now retired drug crime specialist, to cooperate. Kubota and his friends soon find the house of the murdered beauty and upon entering, they are surprised to find another corpse, this time of a man…
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Ghosts Die at Dawn (1948)
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice, Kohei takes Michiko to stay at a dilapidated mountain villa in his hometown. What awaited him there...
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Diary of a Nurse (1947)
Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.
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Botchan (1935)
1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip (1938)
This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.
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敵は幾万ありとても (1944)
1944 war movie
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Hikoroku Laughs a lot (1936)
Hikoroku Laughs a lot
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Machi (1939)
N/A
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Akireta renchû (1936)
The first in a series of films featuring the comedy duo Entatsu-Achako, providing them with a background story to do their popular manzai-routines on film. Here, Entatsu and Achako start out as rivals for the affection of a young woman but ultimately pair up to face a bigger rival. Entatsu chooses to become a boxer to get his chance at punching the rival out of the way.
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Kobayashi Issa (1941)
The film uses the haiku of early 19th century poet Kobayashi Issa as its motif to portray the lives of farmers residing deep in the mountains of Nagano. Commissioned by the Nagano Prefectural Department of Tourism, the movie became instead, in the hands of Kamei, a depiction, sometimes ironic, of poverty and the harsh life of the inhabitants of the area. The short movie is often considered Japan’s first “poetic documentary”.
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Kodakara fūfu (1941)
N/A
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Ghost Tower (1948)
Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.


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