Hisao Toake

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...

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In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

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When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

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The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

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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.

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The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly...

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A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

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An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

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Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows...

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Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

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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...

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Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and...

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In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

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A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

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1962 Japanese movie

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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...

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A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

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A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

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Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

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An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

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This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...

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The story of five sisters.

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