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fuboTV
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81
7.8
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76
/368/
75
/339/
4.0
/35861/
100
/21/
91
/405/

Stray Dog (1949)
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
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71
26
7.4
/271/
63
/8/
68
/8/
4.1
/2091/

The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
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73
17
7.3
/426/
67
/7/
65
/14/
3.8
/863/
86
/4/

Sudden Rain (1956)
A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
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Criterion Channel
70
16
7.1
/410/
66
/9/
69
/10/
3.7
/713/

Wife (1953)
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
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62
12
6.4
/423/
65
/12/
53
/13/
3.3
/444/

The Three Treasures (1959)
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
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60
9
5.9
/162/
50
/3/
64
/5/
3.4
/543/

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
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10
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Alps Story: The Wild (1950)
1950 Japanese film
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10
/1/

Trigger Happy (1954)
N/A
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10
/1/

Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death (1984)
Sashichi is a dapper and handsome man. He is called a doll Sashichi because he is "a nice man like a doll." On top of that, he is a considerable young boss. This is a story in that Kanda solves the murder spree in Edo where a famous boss of Otamaga pond, Sashichi lives in.
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6.6
/9/
10
/1/

This Is Noriko (1981)
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
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7.9
/19/
10
/1/

Escape from Prison (1950)
N/A
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10
/1/

Mako Osorubeshi (1954)
N/A
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10
/1/

Today is Payday (1952)
Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa
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10
/1/

Love's Cheerleader (1952)
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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10
/1/

Wedding March (1951)
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa
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10
/1/

Sekidô matsuri (1951)
A film by Kiyoshi Saeki. Very little information availabe. Listed at the JMDB
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5.1
/16/
40
/2/

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
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7.7
/9/
10
/1/

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
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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/

The Capital 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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7.1
/50/
36
/3/
63
/3/

The First Kiss (1955)
Portmanteau film about young lovers.
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6.5
/11/

War and Peace (1947)
A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.
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10
/1/

Red Peony of Night (1950)
A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.
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62
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6.4
/130/
55
/4/
68
/8/

The Blue Mountains: Part II (1949)
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
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62
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6.7
/215/
58
/5/
63
/7/

The Blue Mountains: Part I (1949)
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
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6.8
/51/
35
/2/
70
/1/

Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)
This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
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5.9
/67/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Turning Point (1994)
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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6.6
/39/
65
/4/
63
/3/

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider (1973)
A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.
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58
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6.4
/56/
43
/3/
3.4
/426/

Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.
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10
/1/

Wakôdo no uta (1951)
N/A
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6.4
/93/
40
/2/
70
/2/

Battle Anthem (1983)
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
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7.0
/14/
50
/2/

The Yoshida School (1983)
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
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70
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8.8
/28/
20
/5/
87
/7/
3.7
/323/

Kidou Keiji Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear (1989)
Jiban goes into action to save Yoko and several captured children from Doctor Giba's plot of creating the ultimate lifeform.
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62
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5.9
/115/
64
/10/
58
/4/
3.4
/428/

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972)
Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his laboratory, but come home empty-handed. Shocker's agents find out that the plans for the GX Device are with Daidōji's daughter, who is celebrating her birthday. Now the Kamen Riders, along with FBI agent Kazuya Taki, must protect Daidōji's daughter and prevent Shocker from obtaining the plans.
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10
/1/

Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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7.4
/21/
10
/1/

The Skin of the South (1952)
When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.
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7.4
/14/
10
/1/

Sunflower Girl (1953)
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
poster
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7.3
/15/
10
/1/

Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
N/A
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10
/1/

Swords and Brocade (1951)
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
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7.7
/65/
40
/2/
57
/3/

Escape at Dawn (1950)
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
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7.4
/36/
50
/1/

Actress (1947)
Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.
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Aku no tanoshisa (1954)
Film directed by Yasuki Chiba.
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Wife and the Female Reporter: A Crisis of Young Love (1950)
Even a peaceful married life has its dissatisfactions. Then a female reporter appears, and love takes a complicated turn!
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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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Summer in Eclipse (1956)
Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while finding little happiness when he begins a liaison with an older woman.
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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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Zoku botchan shain (1954)
1954 Japanese movie
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Love and Fascination (1961)
1961 Japanese movie


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