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    Beautiful Days 1955 POSTER

    Beautiful Days

    1955

    Japanese

    6.8

    3

    Action

    Drama

    Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi Director Hitomi Nozoe Hitomi Nozoe as Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Imanishi's father
    Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
    Our Marriage 1962 POSTER

    Our Marriage

    1962

    Japanese

    6.9

    4

    Action

    Drama

    Romance

    Masahiro Shinoda Masahiro Shinoda Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Reiko Minakami Reiko Minakami as Noriko Maki Noriko Maki as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as
    When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.
    Late Chrysanthemums 1954 POSTER

    Late Chrysanthemums

    1954

    Japanese

    7.4

    7

    87%

    87%

    Action

    Drama

    geisha

    neighbor

    post war

    rumor

    tokyo, japan

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Yoshiko Tsubouchi Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Tsuruko Mano Tsuruko Mano as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Nobu Chikako Hosokawa Chikako Hosokawa as Tamae
    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
    Taiyô to bara 1956 POSTER

    Taiyô to bara

    1956

    Japanese

    6.6

    1

    Action

    Crime

    Keisuke Kinoshita Keisuke Kinoshita Director Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Akiyama's mother Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Bar master Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Nozue Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Sushi shop master
    Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
    Women of the Night 1948 POSTER

    Women of the Night

    1948

    Japanese

    7.2

    8

    80%

    80%

    Action

    Drama

    osaka, japan

    post war japan

    prostitution

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Hiroshi Aoyama Hiroshi Aoyama as Kikue Môri Kikue Môri as Sanae Takasugi Sanae Takasugi as Natsuko Kimijima
    In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
    Dry Lake 1960 POSTER

    Dry Lake

    1960

    Japanese

    6.8

    3

    Action

    Drama

    student protest

    Masahiro Shinoda Masahiro Shinoda Director Reiko Minakami Reiko Minakami as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Aki Katsura Hizuru Takachiho Hizuru Takachiho as Fumie Sono Kayoko Honoo Kayoko Honoo as Setsuko Kitamura
    A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.
    Mother 1952 POSTER

    Mother

    1952

    Japanese

    7.5

    3

    Action

    death in family

    Drama

    kimono

    laundry

    poverty

    singing competition

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi as Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as O-Sei Masao Mishima Masao Mishima as Ryousuke Fukuhara Eiji Okada Eiji Okada as Shinjiro
    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
    The Catch 1961 POSTER

    The Catch

    1961

    Japanese

    6.8

    4

    Drama

    japanese new wave

    prisoner of war

    War

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as Hiroko Ishii Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Katsu, Kazumasa's wife Rentarô Mikuni Rentarô Mikuni as Kazumasa Takano Teruko Kishi Teruko Kishi as Masu Tsukada
    Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
    Ruten no ôhi 1960 POSTER

    Ruten no ôhi

    1960

    Japanese

    6.7

    6

    Drama

    Romance

    War

    woman director

    Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka Director Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Futetsu Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Kazuko Sugawara Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as military engineer B Machiko Kyô Machiko Kyô as Ryûko Korinkakura
    Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love between Pu Zhe and Ryuko develops and is put to the test when Japan loses the war.
    Onna bakari no yoru 1961 POSTER

    Onna bakari no yoru

    1961

    Japanese

    7.3

    3

    Drama

    woman director

    Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka Director Akemi Kita Akemi Kita as Chieko Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Dr. Kitamura Chieko Seki Chieko Seki as Oyuki Yôsuke Natsuki Yôsuke Natsuki as Tsukasa Hayakawa
    In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
    We'll Meet Again 1957 POSTER

    We'll Meet Again

    1957

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Drama

    stepparent stepchild relationship

    Yasuzô Masumura Yasuzô Masumura Director Tetsuya Watanabe Tetsuya Watanabe as Keizô Kawasaki Keizô Kawasaki as Ryôsuke Hirooka Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Tatsuko Ono Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Yûko Ono
    Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
    Street of Shame 1956 POSTER

    Street of Shame

    1956

    Japanese

    7.8

    13

    80%

    82%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    brothel

    despair

    Drama

    poverty

    prostitute

    tokyo, japan

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Eiko Miyoshi Eiko Miyoshi as Kadowaki Saku, Yumeko's mother-in-law Machiko Kyô Machiko Kyô as Mickey Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Tatsuko Taya Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Yasumi
    The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
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