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Criterion Channel
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44
7.3
/1738/
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/36/
73
/51/
3.8
/2352/
60
/15/

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
poster
68
42
7.3
/1438/
67
/27/
69
/36/
3.7
/1333/
62
/27/

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
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65
26
6.6
/674/
58
/11/
66
/18/
3.6
/1367/

The Man Without a Map (1968)
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
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73
25
7.6
/766/
66
/14/
73
/28/
3.8
/515/

A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
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24
6.9
/647/
71
/14/
81
/20/
3.5
/807/

It's Tough Being a Man (1969)
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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72
15
7.6
/324/
65
/6/
76
/15/
3.7
/369/

Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
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64
9
7.2
/166/
50
/3/
66
/5/
3.5
/518/

Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (1966)
Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Though he dislikes killing, the strength of his swordsmanship will be tested time and time again in the bloody tale.
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10
/1/

Big, Big Fellow (1969)
The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro Minamida (Atsumi) plays an uneducated and uncouth local troublemaker who becomes the talk of the town following an unexpected incident.
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10
/1/

Age of Japanese Guerrillas (1968)
Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.
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10
/1/

I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a writer living in the area while working at a police box. His dream is to become a bodyguard (BG) for the Prime Minister, just like his senior, Detective Inspector Takagi (Ryu Chishu). Kita Ippei is very successful in both work and love, getting attacked while guarding a female minister, getting some perks as a BG for a foreign princess, and becoming friends with a woman at his favorite bar.
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10
/1/

若社長と爆発娘 (1960)
Japanese comedy film.
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6.8
/6/
10
/1/

Dear Mr. Prime Minister (1964)
Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner, gained popularity through her comedy routine with his wife Rouge, and in contrast to Kakumaru, she became a popular talent. Meanwhile, Kakumaru, inspired by his master's death, decides to move to Tokyo and reunites with Mulan. However, Moulin is caught having an affair by Rouge and is in trouble. For now, he introduces Kakumaru to an entertainment company, but instead of performing manzai, Kakumaru is entrusted with the job of firing a boiler. Kakumaru is completely tired and spends his days drinking alcohol, but one day he meets his childhood friend Ayako again...
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6.4
/18/
10
/1/

Charming Men (1970)
One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Baisho) also returns from the juvenile classification center on the same day. However, at a welcome party held by Goro for Haruko, a drunk friend crashes into Haruko's house with a dump truck and is forced to leave. Goro plans to marry Haruko to a rich man and force her to pay dowry, but...
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10
/1/

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region (1961)
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Yoshimoto's lender, and Kanehira Akagi, the older brother of the former loan of Mishima, played a challenge. It is said to open the ladies' room to the settlement of Wada island. Although Jiro headed to Shigetsugu for arbitration, he was forced to surrender. In such a case, Jiro became chased by Kinpei and others.
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10
/1/

It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition) (1968)
This is the DVD version of the TV show, which consists of a single video that plays the first and last episodes of the tv show bridged by an edit recapping the major events of the lost middle episodes.
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10
/1/

Tōkyō sanosa musume (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)
1963 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Ottamage ningyo monogatari (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

The Ambitious Youth (1962)
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
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10
/1/

Okashina yatsu (1963)
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8.1
/24/
10
/1/
70
/1/

The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.
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6.6
/13/
10
/1/

Snow in the South Seas (1961)
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
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10
/1/

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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6.1
/24/
10
/1/

In Broad Daylight (1968)
After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends start getting caught. Katsuji decides to play a high stakes game of robbing the proceeds of a department store.
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10
/1/

Obon, The Moll Dipper (1961)
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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5.0
/22/
10
/1/

Scrap Collectors (1968)
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
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7.0
/11/
10
/1/

Green Light to Joy (1967)
Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.
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6.3
/11/
10
/1/

New Year Trip (1968)
A comedy about a good-natured train conductor Shinsaku helping his old friend Miwako find her missing brother.
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6.4
/13/
10
/1/

My Voiceless Friends (1972)
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
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6.1
/21/
10
/1/

The Song of the Bwana Toshi (1965)
Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction with the Africans he meets reveals to him that he has been living a lie, and that he is not the man he thought he was.
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7.9
/19/
10
/1/

Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
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10
/1/

Neon taiheiki (1968)
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7.4
/35/
10
/1/

Children on the Island (1987)
The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.
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68
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7.3
/349/
55
/4/
72
/8/
3.6
/273/

Home from the Sea (1972)
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece of land they call home, and the simple life they lead. But rapid industrial growth makes it all but impossible to continue their chosen living style, and they are forced to leave their beloved hometown in search of a brighter future. But their hometown lingers on their hearts, and they dream of a time when they may once again return.
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7.5
/28/
50
/2/

A Carpenter and Children (1962)
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
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10
/1/

風来忍法帖 八方破れ (1968)
The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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10
/1/

風来忍法帖 (1965)
The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
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6.8
/38/
10
/1/

To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
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6.1
/15/
10
/1/

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overseas to China as a part of the military dog unit. He's ridiculed by others due to his inability to advance.
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Criterion Channel
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6.2
/81/
40
/3/
58
/4/

Sing, Young People! (1963)
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.
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6.2
/5/
40
/2/

The Betrayers Out! (1966)
Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and gold-smugglers. But he also aids and abets young lovers yet, despite his help, their love ends in tragedy and he tracks down his prey in Kobe.
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7.0
/281/
63
/3/
68
/7/
3.5
/271/

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
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6.2
/43/
20
/1/
80
/1/

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.
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10
/1/

How to Make Money (1964)
Japanese comedy film.
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5.7
/9/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Traveling in Party (1967)
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
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6.2
/16/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Express Train (1967)
Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to his passengers. With his many years of experience, he never fails to find solutions for any troubles that occur along the way. A comedic drama revolving around the lives of those who ride the express train.
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6.8
/27/
25
/2/

Women Can't Be Beaten (1969)
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
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10
/1/

A Country Boss (1962)
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.


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