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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100437/
82
/1682/
83
/1263/
4.5
/171593/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.7
/4412/
72
/70/
74
/104/
4.0
/9074/
86
/437/

The Only Son (1936)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
64
7.2
/5125/
67
/82/
69
/91/
3.5
/7202/
86
/7/
72
/73/

Scandal (1950)
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
63
7.5
/3435/
73
/59/
70
/78/
3.9
/6001/
100
/10/
82
/24/

There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
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Fandor
73
45
7.1
/886/
65
/27/
68
/26/
3.8
/1883/
85
/102/

The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
38
7.1
/719/
63
/16/
69
/20/
3.7
/1555/
100
/25/

Apart from You (1933)
An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
35
7.2
/902/
67
/24/
67
/21/
3.9
/2616/

Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
27
6.4
/654/
58
/9/
56
/22/
3.2
/1906/

I Graduated, But... (1929)
Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the fact that he has no job. Hardships come quickly, which forces Machiko to find a job in a bar.
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58
22
6.3
/664/
51
/8/
55
/20/
3.3
/1170/

Days of Youth (1929)
Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.
poster
74
20
7.3
/504/
65
/13/
68
/18/
3.8
/936/
89
/3/

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
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Criterion Channel
66
16
6.9
/446/
61
/7/
66
/10/
3.5
/872/

Street Without End (1934)
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.
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Criterion Channel
62
14
6.2
/329/
56
/8/
65
/13/
3.3
/585/

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931)
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
11
7.3
/443/
51
/6/
53
/14/
3.6
/353/

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
poster
Criterion Channel
54
9
6.2
/246/
30
/2/
51
/13/
3.4
/313/

Carmen's Innocent Love (1952)
Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.
poster
?
10
/1/

Hobo Village (1958)
Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Foster Mother
A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in Kyoto, who divorced her father, but her father in Tokyo, who has another family, takes her to himself out of guilt for breaking up with her. How does the daughter feel?
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?
10
/1/

Peko-chan and Densuke (1950)
N/A
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?
10
/1/

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido (1954)
Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named Onatsu... A road trip comedy featuring Kokichi Takada and Hibari Misora singing and dancing.
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?
10
/1/

のんき侍大暴れ (1956)
In the mid-Tokugawa period, a conflict arose over the "Seiryū Himon," a secret document left by the former shogun Iesai, bequeathing the eighth shogunate to young Lord Manguro of Owari domain. This document became the center of a struggle between the current shogun, Yoshimune, and Manguro. Iida Daisuke, a member of the shogunate's secret intelligence group, the Kurokuwa Group, stole the document from Owari but was killed by Manguro's men. The document then fell into the hands of Yozakura Ogin, who had pledged her life to Daisuke.
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?
10
/1/

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū (1957)
1957 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Sunny house (1954)
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who is already nineteen years old, works in a clothing store, the second daughter Natsuko works in a restaurant, a schoolboy Akio is studying carpentry, and even the youngest Fuyuko helps her mother by working as a nanny in a neighboring house. Nearby lives a widowed electrician Tokuji Yamada with two boys - Norio and Tatsuo. He has a widowed daughter, Sakiko, who, along with a small child, ran away from home, as she is going through hard times. At Haruko's suggestion, Mitsu and Tokuji get married, and it would seem that happiness smiles on their new family, but it turned out to be short-lived…
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?
7.7
/36/
10
/1/
60
/1/

When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fact her mother is a mistress, her despair drives her to become a cabaret hostess.
poster
?
10
/1/

Dancing Mistress (1957)
Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One's face...
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?
8.0
/26/

Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather (1948)
Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass. When the jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks down, a bittersweet sadness overcomes the passengers as unexpected reunions take place, but nothing can be what it was before the war.
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?
10
/1/

One Step to Happiness (1958)
N/A
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?
6.9
/12/
10
/1/

New Tokyo March (1953)
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose romantic lives intersect. (MoMA)
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?
10
/1/

Birth of Romance (1957)
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks singer Hibari Misora to perform. Musical youth comedy with young actors, passion, funny songs and laughter. Hibari Misora appears as herself.
poster
?
7.0
/88/
67
/3/

Okoto and Sasuke (1935)
A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro.
poster
?
7.2
/32/

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
N/A
poster
?
6.8
/47/
40
/3/

Warm Current (1939)
Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's daughter, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse.
poster
?
5.0
/5/

Dance of the Capital (1942)
Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film
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?
7.2
/10/
10
/1/

Homecoming (1950)
A former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former mistress who ratted him out, and reconnects with his daughter.
poster
?
6.4
/35/
70
/1/

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant (1947)
The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...
poster
?
6.8
/24/
10
/1/

Dancing Girls of Izu (1954)
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.
poster
?
6.6
/21/
10
/2/

Family Meeting (1936)
A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
poster
?
6.5
/95/
60
/1/

A Star Athlete (1937)
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman who may be a prostitute.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
?
7.1
/272/
68
/10/
69
/8/
3.6
/433/

Farewell to Dream (1956)
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
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64
?
7.0
/251/
58
/6/
60
/5/
3.5
/298/

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
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Fandor
63
?
6.1
/215/
61
/6/
63
/6/
3.3
/334/

Jubilation Street (1944)
The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.
poster
?
6.7
/56/
60
/4/

The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to protect her virtue in a land of vice. Meanwhile, an ageing actor wants to be a hero off stage as well as on, and the troupe matriarch Marie has to keep them all together.
poster
76
?
7.2
/167/
76
/3/
83
/7/
3.7
/300/

Four Seasons of Children (1939)
The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their grandfather, which means making new friends and struggling with a different environment.
poster
?
6.3
/7/
10
/1/

Under the Blossoming Peach (1951)
N/A
poster
?
6.5
/30/
40
/2/
65
/4/

Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
poster
?
7.5
/16/
10
/1/

Mole Alley (1953)
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
poster
?
6.5
/43/
60
/1/
70
/1/

The Boss's Son at College (1933)
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufacturer, Fuji basks in the glory of his athletic celebrity. Attracting the attention of admiring young women, Fuji resists family pressure to settle down and marry after college. Instead, he spends much of his time drinking and womanizing, behavior which eventually leads the college officials to expel him from the team.
poster
71
?
7.2
/104/
80
/1/
62
/5/
3.6
/208/

Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.
poster
?
7.0
/12/

The Man Who Has Returned (1944)
N/A
poster
56
?
7.4
/108/
30
/1/
68
/4/

Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941)
Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now she is a dancer and part of a family of actors who travel from town to town, setting up street performances. A way of escape from this marginal existence arises when she gets the chance to move to tea merchant Hiramatsu’s place, where she is asked to teach his daughter to dance.


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