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Theater of Life: Youth Version (1936)

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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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Ashes (1929)

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Minoru Murata actor: Yuriko Hanabusa / Eiji Nakano …

other title: 灰燼 / 灰烬

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Miki, the Swordman (1951)

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Kyōtarō Namiki actor: So Yamamura / Ryūnosuke Tsukigata …

other title: 平手造酒

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up as bodyguard to Shigezo of Sasagawa leading up to an epic battle.

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Life of Geisha (1955)

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伊藤大辅 actor: 木暮实千代 / 北上彌太郎 …

other title: 明治一代女

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

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千両礫 (1935)

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稻垣浩 actor: 大河内传次郎 / 市川小文治 …

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千両礫 (1935)

稻垣浩 actor: 大河内传次郎 / 市川小文治 …

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怪异宇都宫钓天井 (1956)

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中川信夫 actor: Hiroshi Ogasawara / 筑紫明美 …

other title: 怪異宇都宮釣天井 / The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

德川幕府时代，三代将军家光（沼田曜一 饰）准备参拜东照宫，途中需在宇都宫城落脚。宇都宫城主本多上野介（江見俊太郎 饰）与家老河村靭负（江川宇礼雄 饰）密谋，意欲借此良机杀害家光，拥立骏河大纳言为新一任将军。主仆二人定下奸计，将宇都宫的顶棚安放巨石，以伺机行凶。与此同时， 江户方面早已派出密探利根柳太郎（小笠原竜三郎 饰）调查宇都宫的情况。利根偶然救助木匠首领藤右卫门（岬洋二 饰）的女儿阿藤（藤木の実 饰），从女孩的口中得知绑架她的大商人键屋甚兵卫（三島雅夫 饰）与河村相互勾结，为非作歹；而修缮宇都宫的工匠们的口中言说的蹊跷又令她心生警觉。 将军的队伍越来越近，一场危机即将到来……

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三尺左吾平 (1944)

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石田民三 actor: 榎本健一 / 高峰秀子 …

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The Thick-Walled Room (1956)

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★ 7.2 12 ratings

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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The Ghost of Kasane (1957)

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中川信夫 actor: 若杉嘉津子 / 北沢典子 …

other title: 怪谈连篇 / 怪談累が渕 …

1957 film by Nobuo Nakagawa

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The Most Beautiful (1944)

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★ 5.3 6 ratings

黑泽明 actor: 志村乔 / 清川荘司 …

other title: 最美 / 一番美しく …

Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, enduring illness, injury, and personal hardship to “serve the country.” Led by Tsuru Watanabe, they fight fatigue and setbacks to keep their line moving—even when duty collides with grief.