Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura  (中村伸郎 Nakamura Nobuo, September 14, 1908–July 5, 1991 ) was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953). Nakamura is famous for many notable performances in theatre. In 1937, he founded the Bungakuza company  along with Haruko Sugimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Masayuki Mori. Nakamura played Polonius in Hamlet, Herod in Wilde's Salome, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekov's Uncle Vanya, and Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape. He also appeared in Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and The Cherry Orchard . In the 1950s and 1960s, he played major roles in Yukio Mishima's plays such as Rokumeikan, My Friend Hitler, and so on. In 1963, Nakamura left Bungakuza company and founded the NLT company with Mishima. His most famous and successful role is considered to be The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson. He performed The Lesson for the first time in 1972 and had played The Professor every Friday night at a small theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo until 1983. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuo Nakamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Nobuo Nakamura
  • Popularity: 3.735
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-09-14
  • Place of Birth: Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Нобуо Накамура
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Nobuo Nakamura Movies

  • 1965
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    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    Frankenstein Conquers the World

    6.6 1965 HD

    During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in...

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  • 1952
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    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.301 1952 HD

    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

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  • 1960
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    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

    7.8 1960 HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

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  • 1959
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    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.1 1959 HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

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  • 1960
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    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.7 1960 HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

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  • 1985
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    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    7.8 1985 HD

    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...

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  • 1963
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    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.3 1963 HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

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  • 1964
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    Dogora

    Dogora

    6.8 1964 HD

    A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.

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  • 1953
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    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story

    8.2 1953 HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

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  • 1964
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    Female

    Female

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1957
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    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

    7.7 1957 HD

    Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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  • 1964
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    The Naked Executive

    The Naked Executive

    1 1964 HD

    The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the...

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  • 1969
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    Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1967
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    Thirst for Love

    Thirst for Love

    6.9 1967 HD

    A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener.

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  • 1961
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    The Last War

    The Last War

    6.2 1961 HD

    A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

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  • 1971
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    君は海を見たか

    君は海を見たか

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1989
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    No Life King

    No Life King

    1 1989 HD

    Via the New York Times: "The solemn, intent faces of the Japanese schoolboys playing video games in Jun Ichikawa's "No Life King" bespeak a new type...

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  • 1977
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    Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

    6.429 1977 HD

    Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old...

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  • 1983
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    The Tale of Saikaido

    The Tale of Saikaido

    1 1983 HD

    Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures...

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  • 1976
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    A Portrait of Shunkin

    A Portrait of Shunkin

    7.3 1976 HD

    Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the...

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  • 1955
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    Half Human

    Half Human

    4.8 1955 HD

    Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

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  • 1962
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    Ai no uzu shio

    Ai no uzu shio

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1967
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    Sodachi zakari

    Sodachi zakari

    1 1967 HD

    Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.

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  • 1970
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    The Creature Called Man

    The Creature Called Man

    1 1970 HD

    A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.

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  • 1970
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    The Militarists

    The Militarists

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1962
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    Mount Hakone

    Mount Hakone

    1 1962 HD

    Japanese drama.

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  • 1955
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    The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

    6 1955 HD

    Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

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  • 1955
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    Yukiko

    Yukiko

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1971
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    幻の殺意

    幻の殺意

    1 1971 HD

    Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

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  • 1969
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    Sky Scraper!

    Sky Scraper!

    1 1969 HD

    A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

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  • 1959
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    The Cast-Off

    The Cast-Off

    6 1959 HD

    The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

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  • 1987
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    BU・SU

    BU・SU

    5.8 1987 HD

    Mugiko, an 18-year-old attempts to escape her unhappiness with village life by going to Tokyo to live and work in the geisha house run by her aunt....

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  • 1951
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    Freedom School

    Freedom School

    1 1951 HD

    Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

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  • 1964
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    Zoku shachō shinshiroku

    Zoku shachō shinshiroku

    1 1964 HD

    Shûe Matsubayashi movie

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  • 1955
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    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.3 1955 HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

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  • 1957
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    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.918 1957 HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

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  • 1956
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    Will-o'-the-Wisp

    Will-o'-the-Wisp

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

    5.5 1957 HD

    In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

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  • 1956
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    Flowing

    Flowing

    7.1 1956 HD

    Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...

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  • 1958
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    Little Peach

    Little Peach

    5.8 1958 HD

    Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named...

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  • 1959
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    The Rokumeikan

    The Rokumeikan

    1 1959 HD

    TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

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  • 1957
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    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    6.3 1957 HD

    A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

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  • 1962
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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    6 1962 HD

    Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have...

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  • 1975
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    The Last Song

    The Last Song

    6.8 1975 HD

    Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his...

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  • 1960
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    The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

    8 1960 HD

    In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

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  • 1961
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    The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

    6.3 1961 HD

    In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

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  • 1960
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    The Lost Alibi

    The Lost Alibi

    5.2 1960 HD

    Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

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  • 1958
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    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

    7.436 1958 HD

    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

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  • 1956
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    Punishment Room

    Punishment Room

    6.9 1956 HD

    Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.

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  • 1967
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    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    7.7 1967 HD

    A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

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  • 1958
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    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    3.2 1958 HD

    An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...

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  • 1968
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    The Night of the Seagull

    The Night of the Seagull

    1 1968 HD

    A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

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  • 1973
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    Internal Sleuth

    Internal Sleuth

    7.7 1973 HD

    When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

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  • 1961
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    Okoto and Sasuke

    Okoto and Sasuke

    1 1961 HD

    One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

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  • 1961
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    Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

    1 1961 HD

    Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

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  • 1983
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    I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

    6.5 1983 HD

    An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

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  • 1973
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    The Twilight Years

    The Twilight Years

    1 1973 HD

    A woman looks after her father in law.

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  • 1958
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    The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

    1 1958 HD

    The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

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  • 1960
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    The False Student

    The False Student

    6.5 1960 HD

    A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

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  • 1959
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    The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

    5.6 1959 HD

    A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

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  • 1972
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    Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

    6 1972 HD

    A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

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  • 1946
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    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    6 1946 HD

    Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

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  • 1965
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    The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

    10 1965 HD

    One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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  • 1956
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    Farewell to Dream

    Farewell to Dream

    6.9 1956 HD

    A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

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  • 1962
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    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.8 1962 HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...

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  • 1966
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    The War of the Gargantuas

    The War of the Gargantuas

    6.4 1966 HD

    Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military...

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  • 1979
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    Golden Partners

    Golden Partners

    1 1979 HD

    A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage...

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  • 1973
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    Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

    6.7 1973 HD

    A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic...

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  • 1954
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    Itsuko to sono haha

    Itsuko to sono haha

    1 1954 HD

    An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

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  • 1956
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    Early Spring

    Early Spring

    7.5 1956 HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

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  • 1953
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    Sunflower Girl

    Sunflower Girl

    1 1953 HD

    Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

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  • 1957
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    Secret of Naruto

    Secret of Naruto

    6.9 1957 HD

    From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...

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  • 1952
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    Doctor's Day Off

    Doctor's Day Off

    6 1952 HD

    Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

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  • 1953
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    The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

    1 1954 HD

    Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...

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  • 1953
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    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    6.1 1953 HD

    A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

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  • 1967
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    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.1 1967 HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

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  • 1961
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    City

    City

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    That Complicated Guy

    That Complicated Guy

    1 1966 HD

    Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

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  • 1980
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    The Trading Company

    The Trading Company

    10 1980 HD

    An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges...

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  • 1978
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    The White Tower

    The White Tower

    10 1978 HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

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  • 1982
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    Kemono Michi

    Kemono Michi

    1 1982 HD

    The drama sheds light on the dark side of Japan connected to the political and financial world by depicting the vicissitudes of women.

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