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Kanopy
89
8.4
/69401/
84
/1454/
83
/1058/
4.6
/182482/
97
/70/
95
/555/
90
/17/

High and Low (1963)
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Criterion Channel
89
81
8.8
/8439/
86
/210/
84
/201/
4.6
/22211/
97
/861/

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
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59
20
6.4
/114/
53
/9/
60
/10/
6.0
/1362/

The Orphan Brother (1961)
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
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70
11
7.3
/211/
65
/5/
71
/14/
3.6
/209/

A Trap (1965)
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
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10
/1/

Kashima-nada no onna (1959)
Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima
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10
/1/

One Passed Through Hell (1960)
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)
Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway.
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10
/1/

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2 (1961)
1961 Toei comedy
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10
/1/

The Injured Boy (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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7.9
/13/
10
/1/

My Hobo (1962)
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family.
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10
/1/

Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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6.1
/17/
40
/2/
70
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye (1956)
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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6.2
/7/
35
/2/
60
/2/

The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
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10
/1/

Tengoku wa doko da (1956)
Japanese drama.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct Part 12 (1960)
N/A
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4.6
/18/
40
/2/
60
/1/

The Second Bullet is Marked (1960)
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
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10
/1/

Secret (1960)
No overview found.
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10
/1/

Shichinin no keiji (1963)
Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...
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10
/1/

At the End of the Clouds (1953)
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
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7.6
/103/
54
/5/
57
/7/

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
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7.3
/57/
10
/1/
70
/3/

Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
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10
/1/

Speed Crazy (1959)
N/A
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59
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7.1
/131/
40
/2/
68
/8/

Tower of Lilies (1953)
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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10
/1/
50
/2/

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel (1965)
N/A
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Criterion Channel
59
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6.5
/195/
50
/5/
58
/8/
3.3
/316/

Fountainhead (1956)
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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6.4
/6/
10
/1/
100
/1/

I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
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6.1
/20/
35
/2/
58
/4/

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1960)
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the benefit to poor farmers.
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10
/1/

Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes (1963)
A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed and vandalized, streets teeming with panicked citizens. Is Ijyuin Tanomo, highly-placed official of Owari clan, secretly using deadly ninja to foment riot and rebellion? Narumiya Shinbei, a lone samurai spy adept at ninjutsu must uncover the hidden hand orchestrating these shocking crimes. Shinbei enlists a small band of dedicated ninja to lay siege to the enemy’s stronghold, where his own sister works as an undercover agent. Now, ninja must fight ninja in a last desperate battle to save the shogunate.
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6.9
/20/
10
/1/
71
/4/

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun (1959)
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the succession of the Takamatsu clan. The usurpers try by every means to effect their takeover, even if it leads to blood being spilled. Along with Kaku and Suke, the elder must face the most dangerous time of his life, in a battle against those corrupt individuals who would use any means to further their dastardly conspiracy, regardless of how many lives might be destroyed. The great Misora Hibari gives a bravura performance, as does the rest of this all-star cast. This is another outstanding effort on the part of the Toei Films, blending fact and fiction to bright back Japan’s golden era of the Genroku period.
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Criterion Channel
63
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6.8
/191/
57
/8/
60
/8/
3.5
/340/

A Flame at the Pier (1962)
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
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6.6
/18/
10
/1/
73
/3/

Here Is a Spring (1955)
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.
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6.2
/25/
45
/2/

The Street Without Sun (1954)
N/A
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7.3
/79/
45
/4/
68
/5/

The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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46
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6.6
/120/
10
/1/
60
/3/

Points and Lines (1958)
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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The Human Condition (1961)
The Human Condition follows the journey of the well-intentioned, yet naïve Kaji who transitions from being a labor camp supervisor to an Imperial Army soldier and eventually Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and time again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage.
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Daybreak Chorus (1963)
In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful younger brother, who slowly reveals a more sincere side.
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The Brass General (1960)
Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their champion, a stingy but good-natured person. Based on the novel "Fuhatsudan" by Akae Yukio.
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag (1964)
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the Yomiuri Giants. Nagashima nickname was 'Mr. Giants.


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