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Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/5137/
76
/116/
73
/110/
4.0
/14904/
92
/12/
92
/45/

Pale Flower (1964)
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
80
8.5
/8684/
82
/227/
82
/211/
4.5
/23248/
94
/897/

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.9
/6642/
77
/139/
77
/170/
4.1
/12354/
100
/16/
86
/47/

Late Autumn (1960)
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
72
7.8
/5327/
76
/92/
74
/161/
4.0
/10755/
89
/9/
87
/49/
83
/6/

Equinox Flower (1958)
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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72
32
6.8
/441/
63
/11/
68
/14/
3.5
/735/
91
/60/

Good-for-Nothing (1960)
Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father. The woman senses good in him and tries to lead him on the right path.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
26
6.9
/634/
61
/11/
70
/15/
3.6
/1487/

I Will Buy You (1956)
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
26
7.0
/802/
66
/19/
63
/18/
3.6
/1374/
67
/11/

Zero Focus (1961)
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
22
7.0
/724/
62
/13/
71
/19/
3.6
/1324/
60
/1/

The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
21
7.1
/489/
60
/14/
69
/18/
3.6
/822/

Stakeout (1958)
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
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10
/1/

Seven Detectives: Find the Woman (1963)
This is the second installment in the Shichinin no Keiji police procedural series.
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10
/1/

悪魔の顔 (1957)
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10
/1/

High Teen (1959)
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when put in charge of the third year class C, reputed to be the most incorrigible in the whole school, he is faced with surly opposition from the start. However, Terasaki perseveres. His greatest headaches are three students ... Sanae, who develops a "crush" on him, Nakanishi, who seeks to forget his unhappy home life in rugby, and Nire his pal.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
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6.9
/305/
41
/5/
66
/9/
3.6
/318/

The Garden of Women (1954)
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
poster
Criterion Channel
55
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6.5
/159/
40
/2/
62
/8/

Farewell to Spring (1959)
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
poster
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6.3
/53/
10
/1/
70
/3/

Epitaph to My Love (1961)
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory. A romance movie whose original work by Ayako Sono was made into a melodrama by a combination of Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji.
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10
/1/

Glory on the Summit (1962)
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentless pressure in the mortal danger of mountain climbing.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
?
6.8
/192/
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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6.5
/43/
10
/1/
60
/3/

The Strangers Upstairs (1961)
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
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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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Otome no inori (1959)
1959 Japanese movie


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