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Mr. Thank You
1936-02-27
In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mou
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934-11-23
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegi
Mother's Love Letter
1935-04-18
Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo
Tokyo Chorus
1931-08-15
In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his
Passing Fancy
1933-09-07
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a home
Surging Waves
1939-10-13
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940-05-23
Dragnet Girl
1933-04-27
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealo
The Strength of a Moustache
1931-10-16
Kato's splendid mustache is an obstacle when it comes to finding a job. However, he gets a job as a
Street Without End
1934-04-26
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, de
A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo
1933-09-21
Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933-02-02
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Pen
Burden of Life
1935-12-10
A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
1933-01-14
This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and M
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937-05-20
A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wiv
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
1937-04-29
Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families al
Song of the Flower Basket
1937-01-14
Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi
The New Road: Akemi
1936-11-30
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941-03-01
After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to
Every-Night Dreams
1933-06-08
In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return o
There Was a Father
1942-04-01
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither
Children in the Wind
1937-11-11
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is impri
Spring Comes from the Ladies
1932-01-29
A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered t
Twice on a Certain Night
1956-06-08
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who
Love
1933-11-09
Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a fath
If You Throw This Child Away
1935-08-08
If you throw this child away