Chishū Ryū

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An Autumn Afternoon
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An Autumn Afternoon

秋刀魚の味 1962

An Autumn Afternoon

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 ...
The Munekata Sisters
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The Munekata Sisters

宗方姉妹 1950

The Munekata Sisters

Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them ...
Tokyo Twilight
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Tokyo Twilight

東京暮色 1957

Tokyo Twilight

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

お茶漬けの味 1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country. ...
Late Autumn
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Late Autumn

秋日和 1960

Late Autumn

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.
Satan’s Sword
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Satan’s Sword

大菩薩峠 1960

Satan’s Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last ...
Fireworks Over the Sea
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Fireworks Over the Sea

海の花火 1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
Always in My Heart Part 3
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Always in My Heart Part 3

君の名は 第三部 1954

Always in My Heart Part 3

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

キネマの天地 1986

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early 1930s are recreated in this drama that looks back on a distinctive ...
Late Spring
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Late Spring

晩春 1949

Late Spring

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry — that is, until her aunt Masa ...
Tokyo-Ga
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Tokyo-Ga

Tokyo-Ga 1985

Tokyo-Ga

German director Wim Wenders made this documentary in which he tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu. When ...
Early Spring
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Early Spring

早春 1956

Early Spring

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

浮草 1959

Floating Weeds

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit ...
Equinox Flower
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Equinox Flower

彼岸花 1958

Equinox Flower

Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his ...
Early Summer
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Early Summer

麦秋 1951

Early Summer

Noriko lives in postwar Tokyo with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her friends, her more traditionally minded family ...
Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Story

東京物語 1953

Tokyo Story

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