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Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10547/
78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20700/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
81
8.5
/10881/
82
/306/
81
/273/
4.6
/37381/
73
/15/
95
/56/

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
73
7.7
/4207/
77
/75/
75
/92/
4.0
/7771/
100
/9/
87
/45/
84
/7/

Early Spring (1956)
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
68
7.6
/4248/
75
/78/
75
/98/
4.0
/11086/
93
/15/
88
/31/

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
poster
75
35
7.5
/675/
73
/18/
73
/19/
4.1
/7171/

The Friends (1994)
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and set about weeding and replanting the garden.
poster
75
33
7.4
/417/
56
/6/
75
/14/
3.7
/623/
100
/201/

Summer Clouds (1958)
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
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70
30
7.3
/413/
65
/10/
64
/16/
3.9
/2752/

Girls of the Night (1961)
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
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73
10
7.0
/276/
74
/9/
65
/11/
3.6
/371/
83
/2/

Haru's Journey (2010)
Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.
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Criterion Channel
54
9
6.2
/248/
30
/2/
51
/13/
3.4
/329/

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

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 (1955)
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Omachi was stalked by a ronin named Akiyama Kanosuke, and at one point, Gentaro and Akiyama dueled at Matanuiyama, but the confrontation was left unresolved when Omachi, sensing urgency, called the authorities. Meanwhile, Gentaro's uncle, Kii-no-kami, concerned about Gentaro's whereabouts, ordered him to investigate a conspiracy by Tachibana Tadama, a tyrannical director of Hachijo who exercised his power oppressively in Shimousa Iioka. Gentaro attempted to leave on a journey with Omachi but was obstructed by his uncle's retainers.
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10
/1/

The Foster Mother (1951)
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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6.3
/11/
10
/1/

Freedom School (1951)
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Confused by his sudden freedom, Iosuke ends up living as a vagrant under a bridge. His wife, Komako, also finds herself freed and is unable to ignore her confusion.
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10
/1/

Love and the Shop Curtain (1961)
Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics. Maki, the son of the owner of the Benten Hotel, likes Yuri and wants to get closer to her. So, he asks Milton, an American exchange student, to stay at her inn so he can get closer to her. But Yuri is in love with Shin, a cook at her inn. And although Shin likes her too, the two are constantly bickering. Complicating matters more, is that every other available girl also likes Shin including Chikako, who lives at his boarding house, and Chikoma, who is a geisha. One day when Yuri gets a phone call, she suspects that her mother might be having an affair. But it turns out that Otami reunited with her old flame Tomo, who also used to work as a chef at the inn but left because he feared that their class backgrounds were too different. When Shin learns that Yuri is going to marry...will history repeat itself?
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10
/1/

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant (1962)
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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6.9
/11/
10
/1/

Aces Wild (1961)
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother of the Otorigumi, returned from South America for the first time in 15 years. When he stepped on the soil of his native land, his first thought was to visit Otanuki Fudo, the guardian deity of the Otorigumi, but the Otorigumi had fallen and Otanuki Fudo was on the verge of eviction for the construction of an expressway. Keisuke and Joji put on the striped suits left to them by their late boss, and set out to rebuild the clan...
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6.7
/8/
10
/1/

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...
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10
/1/

Edo no yubae (1954)
In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku was one of them. He discreetly handed a departure note to his fiancée, Otosei, the daughter of Matsudaira Soebe, and left Edo. Otosei's cousin and Koroiku's friend, Domae Daikichi, was once a brave warrior of the shogunate army. However, he had since fallen into a life of debauchery in Yanagibashi and was rumored to be involved with a geisha named Orikki.
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10
/1/

Hana no shôgai (1953)
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend, the Kokugaku scholar Nagano Shuzen, introduced him to a captivating shamisen master named Murayama Taka. Naosuke became deeply infatuated with her, disregarding the jealousy of his consort Shizu and the warnings of his senior retainer, Gaiji. However, upon discovering Taka's relationship with Shuzen, Naosuke promptly ended his ties with her.
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10
/1/

武蔵と小次郎 (1952)
As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by Lord Hosokawa Sansai upon the recommendation of Kokura clan warrior Iwama Kakubei. However, at this time, due to the proposal by Nagaoka Sado, it was agreed that Kojiro would face Miyamoto Musashi in a duel. If he won, Kojiro would officially become the chief instructor, as he desired. Until then, he had a provisional stipend of 500 koku. Learning that Musashi was in Kyoto, Kojiro set off for the city. En route, he was joined by a woman named Shino, who held a grudge against Musashi.
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10
/1/

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen (1962)
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
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10
/1/

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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6.2
/7/
10
/1/

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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7.6
/7/
10
/1/

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
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6.9
/16/
10
/1/

Ôban (1957)
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
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10
/1/

Furimuita hanayome (1961)
Japanese comedy film.
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4.8
/30/
10
/1/

Home-Brewed Tatsu (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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8.1
/13/
10
/1/

The Maid Story (1963)
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.
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10
/1/

Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Aru kankei (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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6.8
/12/
10
/1/

Born in Sin (1962)
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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5.0
/6/
10
/1/

An Urban Affair (1961)
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.
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10
/1/

Hadaka no Machi (1957)
N/A
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10
/1/

春のみづうみ (1956)
N/A
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10
/1/

The Further Adventures of Genta (1955)
N/A
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10
/1/

Rascals! Go to Hell (1961)
A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
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8.2
/13/
10
/1/

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
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10
/1/

Flower Shop Curtain (1959)
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
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6.2
/6/
10
/1/

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira (1966)
N/A
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5.3
/14/
10
/1/

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night (1960)
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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6.6
/29/
10
/1/

The King (1962)
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional shogi player through his genius shogi skills and lives a fanatically devoted shogi game supported by the love of his family. This is the 3rd adaptation of Hideji Hojo's famous play.
poster
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10
/1/

The Life of Rikisha-Man (1963)
Story about Muhomatsu no issho
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7.5
/27/
10
/1/
65
/4/

Roadside Stone (1964)
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
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6.5
/21/
10
/1/

The Hotelman's Holiday (1958)
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
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10
/1/

Tange Sazen (1952)
Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an old pot in which the secret of the treasure of 1000000 ryos of gold is hidden. However, a bunch of different people hunt for the pot and Tange will have to apply his phenomenal fencing skills with the sword.
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7.0
/57/
35
/2/
52
/4/

The Master Spearman (1960)
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.
poster
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6.8
/8/
10
/1/
50
/3/

Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)
The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.
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6.9
/22/
10
/1/

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai (1963)
Ensemble comedy.


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