Hiroshi Shimizu — Playwright (13)

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Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
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清水宏 actor: 赤坂小梅 / 风见章子 …
other title: 小原庄助先生 / 小原庄助さん …
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.

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Introspection Tower (1941)
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Hiroshi Shimizu actor: 古谷辉夫 / 出云八重子 …
other title: 塔 / みかへりの塔 …
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.

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Tokyo Profile (1953)
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清水宏 actor: 有马稻子 Ineko Arima / Sachiko Atami …
other title: 都会の横顔 / Le Profil de la ville …
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the crowded streets of Ginza.

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The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
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★ 7.4 5 ratings
other title: 按摩师与女人 / 按摩と女 …
A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising humor, Hiroshi Shimizu paints a timeless portrait of loneliness and the human need to connect.

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The Shiinomi School (1955)
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other title: しいのみ学園 / しいのみ学園   …
A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.

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Children of the Beehive (1948)
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清水宏 actor: 岛村修作 / 夏木雅子 …
other title: 蜂巢的孩子们 / 蜂の巣の子供たち …
A group of war orphans initially seen scratching out an existence through black market work, as they are taken under the wing of a nameless soldier, just repatriated after the war.

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My Darling of the Mountains (2008)
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★ 7.3 9 ratings
石井克人 actor: 草彅刚 / 麻衣子 …
other title: 山的那边,德市之恋 / 山のあなた~徳市の恋~ …
盲人按摩师,福市与德市并行在山路上,他们要进村裡的温泉旅馆按摩工作,而德市的听觉特别敏锐,可以分辨细微的声音差异。 一辆马车驶过,乘客是来自东京的谜样的美丽女子美千穗,以及大村真太郎与其姪子。来到村落的德市,被介绍去为美千穗按摩,在一阵亲切的交谈后,美千穗约定下次再找德 市来按摩。 为了测验德市有多灵敏,美千穗故意躲藏不让德市找到,同时美千穗也与大村叔姪开始熟稔。 温泉旅馆接二连三发生窃盗事件,都恰好在美千穗到访的时刻,德市为了不让美千穗被抓,拉着美千穗就逃走,德市并向美千穗表达爱意,只是实情似乎并不像德市所想...

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Kanzashi (1941)
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other title: 簪 / Ornamental Hairpin …
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.