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Criterion Channel
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66
7.2
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63
/53/
66
/66/
3.8
/6718/
100
/5/
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/40/

Gate of Flesh (1964)
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
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78
50
7.6
/1573/
77
/27/
73
/38/
3.7
/634/
88
/16/
80
/37/

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
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73
47
6.8
/526/
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/25/
73
/31/
3.6
/3128/
89
/9/

Shadow of Fire (2023)
In the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII.
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Kanopy
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46
6.7
/1272/
61
/25/
63
/30/
3.4
/1161/
86
/14/
53
/24/
75
/7/

Caterpillar (2010)
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
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65
13
7.0
/440/
54
/9/
66
/11/
3.4
/215/
68
/12/

Villon's Wife (2009)
This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
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7.2
/79/

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)
First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
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7.2
/92/
70
/2/

Barefoot Gen (1976)
First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.
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6.4
/13/
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/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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長崎―閃光の影で― (2025)
Nagasaki, 1945. Three nursing students, Tanaka Sumi, Ohno Atsuko, and Iwanaga Misao, return home when school is closed due to air raids, and spend some peaceful time with family and friends. However, at 11:02 AM on August 9th, the atomic bomb is dropped, and their daily lives are instantly shattered. The city is reduced to ruins, and despite their inexperience, the nursing students rush to provide medical care to the injured. Faced with the cruel reality that more lives must be buried than can be saved, the women continue to question the value and meaning of life.
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Yokosuka1953 (2021)
The name of the director of this documentary is Kigawa Tsuyoshi. Just through having the same family name as Kigawa, he met YOKO. She was born in Yokosuka during the turmoil of post-war Japan and was adopted to the U.S. YOKO know how deep her mother's love for her; however, she had to be adopted and moved to the United States. She hadn't heard from her mother nor meet her more than 66 years. The director searched for her mother's whereabouts and invited YOKO to Japan. The journey to find her mother begins.


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