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Kinema Junpo

219 movies  

Not included: Nichirin: Kohen (1926), Soshi gekijo (1947), Itsunohika Hanasaki kan (1947), Midori no Kobako (1947), Surônin Makaritari (1947), Shimikin no Asakusa no botchan (1947), Odoriko monogatari (1947), Jôen (1947), Waga ai ha yama no Kanata ni (1948), Tanuki shinshi tōjō (1948), Asu wa nihonbare.(1948), Koshoku Gonin Onna (1948), Midori nakî shima Yukyo no murê (1948), Busoukeikantai (1948), Yoninme no shukujo (1948), Shiawase (1948), Mahiru no embukyoku (1949), Kaze no ko (1949), Watashi no na wa jofu (1949), Onna no kao, Shitto (1949) Top ten cancelled due to war from 1943-1945

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The Foghorn (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
霧笛
director: Minoru Murata actor: Eiji Nakano / Ichirō Sugai …
other title: 霧笛 / Corne de brume
Chiyokichi, a young man, hates Cooper, a white man who looks down on the Japanese. Chiyokichi picks Cooper’s pocket and is caught. He is brought to Cooper’s house and becomes his slave, and a riveting tale of passion, hatred, and revenge unfolds.
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Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
妻よ薔薇のやうに
★ 7.5 (33 ratings) director: 成濑巳喜男 actor: 千叶早智子 / 丸山定夫 …
other title: 愿妻如蔷薇 / 妻よ薔薇のやうに …
Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
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Okoto and Sasuke (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
春琴抄 お琴と佐助
director: 岛津保次郎 actor: 田中绢代 / 高田浩吉 …
other title: 琴与佐助 / 春琴抄 お琴と佐助 …
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.
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The Girl in the Rumour (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
噂の娘
director: 成濑巳喜男 actor: 千葉早智子
other title: 谣言中的女孩 / 噂の娘 …
A story of two sisters, the older being more traditional, the younger a "moga" ("modern girl"). Their widowed father runs the family sake shop, but is running into financial trouble, causing him to tamper with his stock; Meanwhile, his long-time mistress yearns for something more serious. Amidst this, the older sister is introduced to a well-off suitor: A university boy, much more intrigued by the less traditional little sister. A doddering grandfather, an officious uncle and busybody neighbors also don't make the lives of the hardworking members of the family any easier.
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An Inn in Tokyo (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
東京の宿
★ 8.0 (7 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 坂本武
other title: 东京之宿 / 東京の宿 …
An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament.
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An Actor's Revenge (1935) IMDb TMDB Douban
雪之丞変化 第一篇
director: 衣笠贞之助 actor: 长谷川一夫（Kazuo Hasegawa）
other title: 雪之丞变化 第一篇 / 雪之丞変化 第一篇 …
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
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Sisters of the Gion (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
祇園の姉妹
★ 7.7 (38 ratings) director: 沟口健二 actor: 山田五十铃 / 梅村蓉子 …
other title: 祇园姊妹 / 祇園の姉妹 …
A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.
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Theater of Life: Youth Version (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB
人生劇場 青春篇
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Kimio Tobita …
other title: 人生劇場 青春篇 / Jinsei gekijō …
During the 20s in Japan, a romantic student at Tokyo's Waseda University is filled with noble sentiments absorbed from literature but his naive illusions will be shattered by the ruthless realities of money and power.
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Woman of Osaka (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
浪華悲歌
★ 7.2 (13 ratings) director: 沟口健二 actor: Seiichi Takegawa / 大仓千代子 …
other title: 浪华悲歌 / 浪華悲歌 …
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
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