Kuniko Miyake
Biography: Kuniko Miyake (三宅 邦子, Miyake Kuniko, 17 September 1916 – 4 November 1992) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1934 to 1991.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 17, 1916
Deathday: November 04, 1992
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Known For
Late Spring
1949-09-13
Late Spring
Overview: Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-09-13
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Early Spring
1956-01-29
Early Spring
Overview: A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-01-29
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Youth After School
1963-03-21
Youth After School
Overview: "Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology was not mature at that time, and relevant people called it "phantom TV drama (幻のドラマ)". However, this TV series that was originally thought to be lost has been rediscovered after 50 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-21
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Island of Horrors
1949-11-20
Island of Horrors
Overview: Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other according to an ancient tradition on an isolated island in the Seto Inland Sea. Kosuke Kindaichi received a will from his friend Kito, which said, "Go to Gokumon Island to save my three younger sisters," and Kosuke went to Gokumon Island. Upon arriving at the residence of Quito, there were three beautiful sisters, a crazy father, a cousin of Sanae, and Kosuke plunged into a strange atmosphere. The film adaptation of the masterpiece novel of the same name by Seishi Yokomizo. Kyozo Kataoka plays Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, and Ryutaro Otomo plays Inspector Isokawa, who can be called Kindaichi's best partner.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-11-20
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Good Morning
1959-05-12
Good Morning
Overview: A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-05-12
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Aizen katsura
1954-04-21
Aizen katsura
Overview: 1954 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953-05-15
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Overview: Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-05-15
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Flower in a Storm
1962-04-01
Flower in a Storm
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-01
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Zoku aizen katsura
1962-10-24
Zoku aizen katsura
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-24
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Dôkoku
1952-10-16
Dôkoku
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-16
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Tokyo Story
1953-11-03
Tokyo Story
Overview: The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-11-03
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Early Summer
1951-10-03
Early Summer
Overview: A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-10-03
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952-10-01
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Overview: The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Sodachi zakari
1967-09-30
Sodachi zakari
Overview: Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-30
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941-03-01
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Overview: After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-03-01
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Tokyo's Business District
1962-08-29
Tokyo's Business District
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-08-29
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Battle of Roses
1950-10-28
Battle of Roses
Overview: A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-10-28
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Flame of My Love
1949-02-13
Flame of My Love
Overview: A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-02-13
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Youth of the Son
1952-06-25
Youth of the Son
Overview: The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-06-25
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The Wild Geese
1953-09-15
The Wild Geese
Overview: A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-09-15
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The Daring Nun
1968-10-05
The Daring Nun
Overview: One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she often goes out to see the world, being of the opinion that nuns should not lead cloistered lives but should see something of modern life. She makes the acquaintance of a young girl named lkuko (Kayo Mikimoto) and saves her from the advances of a gangster named Goro (lchiro Nakatani). In the meantime she turns down several propositions and, in revenge, one of her admirers denounces her to the Mother Superior (Kuniko Miyake). This lady is of liberal views, however, and refuses to do anything about it. Then Shunko is visited by Goro's gang boss who wants lkuko back and says he will blackmail Shunko unless she agrees.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-10-05
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Mount Hakone
1962-09-15
Mount Hakone
Overview: Japanese drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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Boy Aviation Pilots
1936-07-24
Boy Aviation Pilots
Overview: Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering the service, while the other finds a job in civilian aviation through his instructor's good offices.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-07-24
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Housewife Camellia
1936-10-04
Housewife Camellia
Overview: The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to look after, and they end up meeting several colorful personalities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-10-04
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Queen of the Wind
1938-02-17
Queen of the Wind
Overview: A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for special training and the man tries to get the general manager to send his girlfriend since this training would help them to start their own business. The general manager selects another woman and the trouble begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-02-17
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The Trio's Engagements
1937-07-18
The Trio's Engagements
Overview: Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-07-18
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San'nin musume kanpai!
1962-07-18
San'nin musume kanpai!
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-07-18
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Gonza the Spearman
1986-01-15
Gonza the Spearman
Overview: The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojō for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannojō sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-01-15
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君と僕
1941-11-15
君と僕
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-11-15
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Hanran
1954-01-03
Hanran
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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Ejima and Ikushima
1955-10-30
Ejima and Ikushima
Overview: This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-30
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Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949-12-05
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
Overview: Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-12-05
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Poppy
1935-10-31
Poppy
Overview: Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio’s true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-10-31
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Kyōshū
1952-07-02
Kyōshū
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-02
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Kobushi no hana no sakukoro
1956-10-24
Kobushi no hana no sakukoro
Overview: Japanese drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-24
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Haha o tataeru uta
1939-07-06
Haha o tataeru uta
Overview: A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-07-06
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Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1954-01-03
Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
Overview: Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-01-03
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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954-06-08
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
Overview: The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child! A cheerful work depicting the problems between three generations of men and women in a bright and healthy manner.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952-07-15
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Overview: Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, Mariko's singing attracted the attention of the public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-07-15
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Alps Story: The Wild
1950-09-09
Alps Story: The Wild
Overview: 1950 Japanese film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-09-09
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939-04-01
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Overview: A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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A Roaring Trade
1962-01-03
A Roaring Trade
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Okayo's Preparedness
1939-04-01
Okayo's Preparedness
Overview: A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962-12-30
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-12-30
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Eclipse
1934-11-01
Eclipse
Overview: The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rich Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Escapade in Japan
1957-12-23
Escapade in Japan
Overview: A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriended by a fisherman's son, with the two setting off on an unintended journey across the country.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-23
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Half Virgin
1938-04-28
Half Virgin
Overview: Miyake has a boyfriend, Daijiro Natsukawa, who is a novelist, but considering her future marriage, Miyake is also looking for a job for her, but Saburi, who was in her private car, does not come to his company. mosquito? She is told that she has to work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-04-28
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Burden of Life
1935-12-10
Burden of Life
Overview: A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-12-10
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The Makioka Sisters
1959-01-14
The Makioka Sisters
Overview: 1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-14
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Until the End of the World
1991-09-12
Until the End of the World
Overview: In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-09-12
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東京の夜は泣いている
1961-03-22
東京の夜は泣いている
Overview: Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-03-22
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The Portrait
1948-08-03
The Portrait
Overview: The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-08-03
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Mother's First Love
1954-09-17
Mother's First Love
Overview: A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-17
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Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962-10-06
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Overview: Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-06
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Family Diary
1938-09-29
Family Diary
Overview: Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-09-29
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Late Night Confession
1949-06-21
Late Night Confession
Overview: Japanese mystery thriller.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-06-21
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The Rose on His Arm
1956-11-14
The Rose on His Arm
Overview: Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-11-14
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I Yearn for Father
1951-03-08
I Yearn for Father
Overview: Yuji Makita (Wakahara) came to a hot spring port town as a singer who plays the guitar. Thirteen years ago, Sanae Shimura (Miyake) was in love with him, and now Sanae works at a bar in Tokyo to support her daughter Emiko (Misorah) and elderly father Daiseki (Ryuji Kita). While waiting for her mother to return, Emiko often goes to the dock and sings a song. Yuji finds out that Emiko is his own daughter, because the song she sings was once written by Yuji himself and was known only to Sanae...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-08
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Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
Overview: A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
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北上川悲歌
1961-05-31
北上川悲歌
Overview: Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-05-31
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Farewell Song
1955-01-15
Farewell Song
Overview: A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-15
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The Golden Demon
1937-06-10
The Golden Demon
Overview: A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and becomes a miser.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-06-10
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Renai muteki kantai
1937-01-21
Renai muteki kantai
Overview: A 1937 Japanese film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-01-21
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The Final Winner?
1968-08-28
The Final Winner?
Overview: In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-28
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The Blue Sky Maiden
1957-10-08
The Blue Sky Maiden
Overview: Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-10-08
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Tokyo Omnibus
1959-10-30
Tokyo Omnibus
Overview: The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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The Radiant Prince
1961-10-14
The Radiant Prince
Overview: Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-10-14
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A Ripple in a Morning
1952-05-01
A Ripple in a Morning
Overview: Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Someday I'll Know
1959-09-08
Someday I'll Know
Overview: A modern love story involving different affairs.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-08
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Bright Young Maidens
1958-10-07
Bright Young Maidens
Overview: In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-07
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Mother's Ambition
1955-08-17
Mother's Ambition
Overview: The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu was requisitioned by the occupation forces. When the residence is released to them, Mrs. Ishida wants to turn it into a Western style hotel to recoup their fortunes, but returns to Shibuya, swindled and sober.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-17
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An Autumn Afternoon
1962-11-18
An Autumn Afternoon
Overview: Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-11-18
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Late Autumn
1960-11-13
Late Autumn
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-11-13
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Introspection Tower
1941-01-30
Introspection Tower
Overview: A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-01-30
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Journey
1967-11-12
Journey
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-11-12
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The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
1968-12-14
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
Overview: Up until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding school for orphans and away from her parents. That's all about to change when her real father mysteriously comes to get her and finally bring her home.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-12-14
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Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990-12-31
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Overview: A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video designer on UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, in Tokyo, and details the creation of the film’s groundbreaking high-definition sequences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-31
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The Snowy Heron
1958-11-29
The Snowy Heron
Overview: The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-11-29
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The Makioka Sisters
1983-05-21
The Makioka Sisters
Overview: This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-05-21
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On This Earth
1957-11-22
On This Earth
Overview: Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1974-03-01
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
Overview: Part 7 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Katsuji finds his long lost mother, who is a rich lady of a respectable family. Comedy and melodrama ensue. A thrilling spectacle with an overly violent ending, and a remarkable, Japan's only post-prison rape comedy, Masa is determined to have sex with the female guard, despite the fact that there is a bar between them. Michi Azuma (topless swordswoman from Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) plays a tomboy who wants to join her brothers.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-01
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花眞珠
1955-08-22
花眞珠
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-22
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Dianas of the Campus
1966-06-22
Dianas of the Campus
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-22
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Homecoming
1950-11-25
Homecoming
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-25
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New Woman Question and Answer
1939-06-01
New Woman Question and Answer
Overview: Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko (Kuniko Miyake), one of the seven best friends from the same women's college, is getting married. The man she's marrying is her sister's lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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Children Seeking a Mother
1956-08-08
Children Seeking a Mother
Overview: While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-08-08
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Okinu and Banto
1940-12-31
Okinu and Banto
Overview: A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-12-31
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The Burdened Sisters
1961-12-17
The Burdened Sisters
Overview: Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-12-17
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The Phantom Horse
1955-07-20
The Phantom Horse
Overview: Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-07-20
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Chikaiteshi
1957-09-14
Chikaiteshi
Overview:
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-09-14
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Love River
1958-04-22
Love River
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-04-22
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Mother
1958-03-05
Mother
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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A Female Doctor's Examination Room
1950-04-19
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
Overview: A doctor is surprised when her long-lost love is transferred to the same hospital, and even more surprised to discover that he has a wife and child. Will she be able to confess her feelings to him before her worsening heart disease claims her life?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-04-19
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White Cliffs
1960-04-05
White Cliffs
Overview: 1960 Toei film.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-04-05
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Yaburezaru Mono
1964-10-30
Yaburezaru Mono
Overview: This moving movie depicts the preciousness of life through the interaction between a man with a dark past and a boy battling illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-10-30
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Wakai suhada
1960-03-22
Wakai suhada
Overview: 1960 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-22
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