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    Early Spring 1956 POSTER

    Early Spring

    1956

    Japanese

    7.7

    17

    100%

    87%

    Action

    co-workers relationship

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    failing marriage

    japan

    post war japan

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Masami Taura Masami Taura as Kôichi Kitagawa Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Tanabe Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Tokichi Hattori Keijirô Morozumi Keijirô Morozumi as Tsuji
    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
    I Will Buy You 1956 POSTER

    I Will Buy You

    1956

    Japanese

    2

    Action

    baseball

    baseball player

    baseball scout

    contract

    Drama

    post war japan

    Sport

    Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi Director Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Reiko Minakami Reiko Minakami as Minoru Ôki Minoru Ôki as Gorô Kurita Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Ogushi
    A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman 1963 POSTER

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    1963

    Japanese

    7.0

    5

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Drama

    life story

    magazine

    post war japan

    Kihachi Okamoto Kihachi Okamoto Director Tatsuyoshi Ehara Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa as Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Tadao Nakamaru Tadao Nakamaru as
    A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
    Early Summer 1951 POSTER

    Early Summer

    1951

    Japanese

    8.0

    23

    100%

    92%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    family relationships

    marriage proposal

    matchmaking

    post war japan

    post world war ii

    Romance

    tokyo, japan

    Yasujirô Ozu Yasujirô Ozu Director Toyo Takahashi Toyo Takahashi as Nobu Tamura Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Noriko Mamiya Ichirô Sugai Ichirô Sugai as Shukichi Mamiya Kuniko Igawa Kuniko Igawa as Takako
    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
    The Idiot 1951 POSTER

    The Idiot

    1951

    Japanese

    7.1

    11

    60%

    73%

    blizzard

    dostoevsky

    Drama

    jealousy

    love triangle

    post war japan

    Romance

    snow

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Denkichi Akama Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Kinji Kameda Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara as Taeko Nasu Eijirô Yanagi Eijirô Yanagi as Tohata
    A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.
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