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Children in the Wind (1937) IMDb TMDB Douban

風の中の子供

director: 清水宏 actor: 河村黎吉 / 吉川满子 …

other title: 风中的孩子 / 風の中の子供 …

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

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The Thick-Walled Room (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

壁あつき部屋

★ 7.2 (12 ratings) director: 小林正树 actor: 三岛耕 / 平田昭彦 …

other title: 厚壁房间 / 壁あつき部屋 …

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

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Stray Cat Rock Delinquent Girl Boss (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

女番長野良猫ロック

★ 6.0 (5 ratings) director: 长谷部安春 actor: 和田现子 / 梶芽衣子 …

other title: 野良猫洛克：女番长 / 女番長野良猫ロック …

1970 film by Yasuharu Hasebe

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A Straightforward Boy (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

突貫小僧

★ 6.6 (18 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 斋藤达雄 / 青木富夫 …

other title: 突贯小僧 / 突貫小僧 …

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

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Passing Fancy (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

出来ごころ

★ 7.6 (11 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 坂本武 / 伏见信子 …

other title: 心血来潮 / 出来ごころ …

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in.

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The Family (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

華麗なる一族

★ 8.6 (9 ratings) director: 山本萨夫 actor: 佐分利信 / 月丘梦路 …

other title: 华丽家族 / 華麗なる一族 …

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

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Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

野良猫ロック セックス・ハンター

director: 长谷部安春 actor: 梶芽衣子 / 安冈力也 …

other title: 野猫之性感猎人 / 野良猫ロック セックス・ハンター …

1970 film by Yasuharu Hasebe

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Pistol Opera (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

ピストルオペラ

★ 7.3 (7 ratings) director: 铃木清顺 actor: 江角真纪子 / 山口小夜子 …

other title: 手枪歌剧 / ピストルオペラ …

An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.

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I Was Born, But... (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

大人の見る絵本 生れてはみたけれど

★ 8.7 (75 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 斋藤达雄 / 青木富夫 …

other title: 我出生了，但…… / 大人の見る絵本 生れてはみたけれど …

1932 film by Yasujiro Ozu

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The Only Son (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

一人息子

★ 7.8 (36 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 饭田蝶子 / 叶山正雄 …

other title: 独生子 / 一人息子 …

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.

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Intentions of Murder (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

赤い殺意

★ 8.0 (46 ratings) director: 今村昌平 actor: 春川真澄 / 西村晃 …

other title: 赤色杀机 / 赤い殺意 …

1964 film by Shōhei Imamura

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Lights of Night (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

西銀座駅前

★ 6.4 (13 ratings) director: 今村昌平 actor: 柳泽真一 / 堀恭子 …

other title: 西银座驿前 / 西銀座駅前 …

This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.

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Pigs and Battleships (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

豚と軍艦

★ 8.2 (52 ratings) director: 今村昌平 actor: 长门裕之 / 吉村实子 …

other title: 猪与军舰 / 豚と軍艦 …

1961 film by Shōhei Imamura

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The Insect Woman (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

にっぽん昆虫記

★ 8.3 (76 ratings) director: 今村昌平 actor: 左幸子 / 吉村实子 …

other title: 日本昆虫记 / にっぽん昆虫記 …

1963 film by Shōhei Imamura

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Stolen Desire (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

盗まれた欲情

★ 6.8 (22 ratings) director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Yōko Minamida …

other title: 被偷盗的情欲 / 盗まれた欲情 …

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban

幕末太陽伝

★ 7.9 (47 ratings) director: 川岛雄三 actor: 弗兰克堺 / 左幸子 …

other title: 막말태양전 / 幕末太陽傳 …

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.