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Onna no issho (1949)

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龟井文夫 actor: 岸旗江 / 沼崎勋 …

other title: 女人的一生 / 女の一生 …

1949 film by Fumio Kamei

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Christ in Bronze (1955)

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渋谷実 actor: 冈田英次 / 香川京子 …

other title: 青銅の基督 / Le Christ en bronze …

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

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The Hidden Profile (1963)

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川头义郎 actor: 岩下志麻 / Keisuke Sonoi …

other title: 风的视线 / 風の視線 …

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

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The Garden of Women (1954)

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木下惠介 actor: 高峰三枝子 / 高峰秀子 …

other title: 女之园 / 女の園 …

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

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A Legend or Was It? (1963)

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木下惠介 actor: 岩下志麻 / 加藤刚 …

other title: 死战传说 / 死闘の伝説 …

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

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Women of the Night (1948)

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★ 6.7 7 ratings

沟口健二 actor: 田中绢代 / 高杉早苗 …

other title: 夜之女 / 夜の女たち …

In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

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Irezumi (1966)

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★ 6.9 39 ratings

增村保造 actor: 若尾文子 / 长谷川明男 …

other title: 刺青 / 慾海蜘蛛精 …

1966 film by Yasuzō Masumura

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Jigokumon (1953)

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★ 6.8 43 ratings

衣笠贞之助 actor: 长谷川一夫 / 京町子 …

other title: 地狱门 / 地獄門 …

1953 film by Teinosuke Kinugasa

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Jigoku (1979)

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★ 6.2 9 ratings

神代辰巳 actor: 原田美枝子 / 岸田今日子 …

other title: 地狱 / 地獄 …

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.