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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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Shinsetsu (1942)
新雪 IMDb TMDB Douban
五所平之助 actor: 水岛道太郎 / 月丘梦路 …
other title: 新雪 / New Snow
Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to him. Kayo, a strong-willed doctor, is also attracted to him. A mediator tries to arrange a marriage but just at that point Minowada receives military call-up papers.
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Loyal 47 of the Genroku Era (1941)
元禄忠臣蔵 前篇
★ 7.2 8 ratings
沟口健二 actor: 市川右太卫门 / 河津清三郎 …
other title: 元禄忠臣藏 前篇 / 元禄忠臣蔵 前篇 …
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
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One-Eyed Dragon (1942)
独眼龍政宗 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
稻垣浩 actor: 片岡千恵蔵 / 月形龍之介 …
other title: 独眼龙政宗 / 独眼龍政宗 …
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until subduing almost all his enemies, the lonely comprehension of knowing that he actually can not take over the whole country because he was born too late.
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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
わが青春に悔なし WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.1 41 ratings
黑泽明 actor: 原节子 / 藤田进 …
other title: 我对青春无悔 / わが青春に悔なし …
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
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Lord for a Night (1946)
或る夜の殿様 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
衣笠貞之助 actor: 长谷川一夫 / 山田五十铃 …
other title: 一夜之王 / 或る夜の殿様 …
In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a local noble must not object, and his missing younger brother is the only one who could sway him. Meanwhile, Omitsu, a hotel employee tired of Echigo-ya’s wife’s arrogance, teams up with Kitahara to stage a scheme where a vagrant young man pretends to be the noble’s lost brother, aiming to trick and embarrass the wealthy woman.
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Once More (1947)
今ひとたびの WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Heinosuke Gosho actor: Mieko Takamine / Ichirō Ryūzaki …
other title: 今ひとたびの / Una vez más …
A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman and a doctor who devotes himself to caring for the poor. Over a ten-year period - from 1936 through the war - they find each other and are separated again by the events of those tumultuous days.
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Actress (1947)
女優 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
衣笠貞之助 actor: 山田五十铃
other title: 女優 / Actress 1947 …
During the late Meiji period, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu, a scholar who brought European realism to the Japanese stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society.
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