Sachiko Murase
Also Known As: 村濑幸子, Сатико Мурасэ
Biography: Sachiko Murase (村瀬 幸子, Murase Sachiko, 21 March 1905 – 9 October 1993) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1991.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 21, 1905
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 09, 1993
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Rhapsody in August
Overview: The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-25
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Striving to Live
Overview: Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in trouble because he had a bonus of 10,000 yen more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-02-25
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Koibito
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-03-10
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The Snow Woman
Overview: A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-20
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The Naked Executive
Overview: The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1964-07-01
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Here's to the Young Lady
Overview: A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-03-09
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Overview: Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-03-06
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Station
Overview: A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Manchurian Sunset
Overview: A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Rinnosuke Date, who, following his dream, love and passion, breaks through the blood- and dust-drenched land of Manchuria with a pistol in a piercing wind.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-09-18
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When Women Lie
Overview: Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-03-30
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A Human Promise
Overview: An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-13
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Yukiko
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-08-03
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Aruhi watashi wa
Overview: The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-23
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-05
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Asu no hanayome
Overview: 1962 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-09-09
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Love in the Mountains
Overview: A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamada attracted a lot of attention at that time. Haruko Wanibuchi, demonstrated rare attractiveness and pure charm by playing a heroine living in a beautiful and pure first love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-23
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Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-03
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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-11-14
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Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Overview: Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent in Hakodate, Hokkaido, and meets along the way a young bear-hunter with whom she begins an adventure.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-01-14
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Okoto and Sasuke
Overview: A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-15
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A Woman Crying in Spring
Overview: Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar. When Kenji visits the bar, he chases away a sailor who was hassling a shy girl, Ofuji, which makes Ohama jealous.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-04-01
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Okoto and Sasuke
Overview: A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-15
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Sincerity
Overview: Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-09-10
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風雲児
Overview: Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a man protecting jujitsu in the twilight of Kikyōgahara!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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Love for an Idiot
Overview: A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-07-29
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Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-03-17
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Emperor Meiji and General Nogi
Overview: In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking point. General Nogi has retired to the first reserve and is now a gentleman farmer, but he is prepared for sudden mobilization. Finally, Japan declares war against Russia and Emperor Meiji appoints General Nogi as the commander of the force to attack Port Arthur. However, in spite of several all-out attacks, the fortress is strong and the casualties increase among the Japanese. Because of these reverses, there are loud cries for a change in command. However, the Emperor places his confidence in General Nogi.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-01
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Spring Awakens
Overview: Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-11-02
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Have Wings on Your Heart
Overview: Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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Apostasy
Overview: In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1948-11-30
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Onna no Kyūka
Overview: It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-28
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Broken Drum
Overview: When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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The Angry Street
Overview: The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Jukichi) are two university students who make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Over the course of the film, Sudo becomes involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister, Masako (Wakayama Setsuko). In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-05-14
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Late Night Confession
Overview: Japanese mystery thriller.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1949-06-21
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The End of the Night
Overview: Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her sudden change of fortune.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-04-08
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Marriage
Overview: In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-03-18
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Onna keizu
Overview: 1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-06-11
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
Overview: After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-08-09
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Thirst for Love
Overview: Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-04-01
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Port of Flowers
Overview: The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
Genres: War Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1943-07-29
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Carmen's Innocent Love
Overview: Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1952-11-13
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The School of Spies
Overview: Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lovers to bury themselves in training. Jiro, one of the cadets, successfully seize the secret code of English army to pass the final exam. However, he reaches the crossroad when his fiancee Yukiko turns out to be a spy of the enemy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-04
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ABC Lifeline
Overview: Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-12-12
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Overview: Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-09-18
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The False Student
Overview: A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-10-08
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Pure White Nights
Overview: "Pure White Nights" - A romantic tale that depicts love between married people and the psychology of their marriage with elegant and a controversial touch. Love, art and suffering until the tragic and absurd ending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-08-31
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Kisses
Overview: Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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The Kii River
Overview: Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1966-06-11
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Fresh Leaves
Overview: Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. Mazaki, the new mathematics teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-10-06
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Forever, My Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-02-05
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Nippon no obaachan
Overview: Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-01-03
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Wakai musumetachi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1951-04-07
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Adolescence Part II
Overview: A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-07-01
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Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
Overview: The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the first part entitled "Virginity Chapter" coming out in December 1931, while the second part, "Chastity Chapter," followed in March 1932. Near the beginning of the narrative, at a garden party given by the wealthy Yagibashi family in Tokyo, Yumie meets Takehiko, the Yagibashis' playboy son and the brother of Yumie's fiancé, Yuzuru. Yumie, a young middle-class woman, lives with her ailing father, a retired ministry official, an older sister, and a younger sister still a child (played by a very young Hideko Takamine). Takehiko, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, is attracted to Yumie and contrives to have her stay overnight at his family's mansion where he takes advantage of her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-12-23
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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
Overview: Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous Sone family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-02-11
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The President's Son
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-05-27
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Farewell to Summer
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-09-19
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Love Stopped the Runaway Train
Overview: Based on a novel by Ayako Miura.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-15
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Overview: After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-26
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Gateway to Glory
Overview: A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-12
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Itsuko to sono haha
Overview: An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-02-17
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Ticket to Hell
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-09-28
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Sunflower Girl
Overview: Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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A Woman's Life
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-01-29
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Overview: A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-23
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Passion
Overview: Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-02-04
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Rainbow Hill
Overview: A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named Hasegawa checks into the hotel in order to recuperate in a calm environment with fresh air. She is the mother of the store employee. The mother and daughter were separated due to the Kanto earthquake. The girl was practically raised by her older half brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-03-11
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That Night's Woman
Overview: That Night's Woman
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-10-17
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
Overview: A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-09-11
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The Murderer Must Die
Overview: A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-27
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Women's House
Overview: After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-11-23
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Ripe and Marriageable
Overview: 1959 youth comedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-17
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Time and Tide
Overview: An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-18
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Honno-Ji in Flames
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-09-11
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The Rookie Managers
Overview: 1955 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-04-03
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Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
Overview: Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-14
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Boku dōshite namida ga deru no
Overview: 1965 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-10-30
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