Keisuke Kinoshita — Director (23)
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Ballad of a Workman (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
二人で歩いた幾春秋
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Hideko Takamine / Keiji Sada …
other title: Journal d'un ouvrier / 二人で歩いた幾春秋
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.
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Port of Flowers (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
花咲く港
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Eitarō Ozawa / Ken Uehara …
other title: Le Port fleuri / 花咲く港
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
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A Japanese Tragedy (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
日本の悲劇
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Yūko Mochizuki / Keiji Sada …
other title: Una tragedia giapponese / La Tragédie du Japon …
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
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Farewell to Dream (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
夕やけ雲
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Shinji Tanaka / Yūko Mochizuki …
other title: Nuages au crépuscule / 夕やけ雲
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 fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
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Woman (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
女
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Mitsuko Mito / Eitarō Ozawa
other title: Une femme / 女
Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd join him more frequently, but she detests his criminal involvement.