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A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Yukichi Iwata / Mitsuko Yoshikawa …

other title: Una madre dovrebbe essere amata / L'Amour d'une mère …

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling.

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I Flunked, But... (1930)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Tatsuo Saitō / Kaoru Futaba …

other title: Sono stato bocciato ma... / J'ai été recalé, mais… …

After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.

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Woman of Tokyo (1933)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Yoshiko Okada / Ureo Egawa …

other title: Una donna di Tokyo / Une femme de Tokyo …

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Hideo Fujino / Fumiko Katsuragi …

other title: Fratelli e sorelle della famiglia Toda / Les Frères et Sœurs Toda …

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate.

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Unending Advance (1937)

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Tomu Uchida actor: Isamu Kosugi / Hisako Takihana …

other title: 限りなき前進 / Kagirinaki Zenshin …

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

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Passing Fancy (1933)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Takeshi Sakamoto / Tomio Aoki …

other title: Capriccio passeggero / Cœur capricieux …

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in.

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The Munekata Sisters (1950)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Hideko Takamine …

other title: Le sorelle Munekata / As Irmãs Munekata …

Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. But now he's back and Mariko tries to reunite them, although she too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

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Days of Youth (1929)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Ichiro Yuki / Tatsuo Saitō …

other title: Giorni di gioventù / Jours de jeunesse …

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.

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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Chōko Iida / Hōhi Aoki …

other title: Chi è di un inquilino / História de um Proprietário Rural …

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

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An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Takeshi Sakamoto / Yoshiko Okada …

other title: Una locanda a Tokyo / Une auberge à Tokyo …

An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament.

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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Shin Saburi / Michiyo Kogure …

other title: Il sapore del riso al tè verde / O Sabor do Chá Verde Sobre o Arroz …

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

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The Moon Has Risen (1955)

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Kinuyo Tanaka actor: Chishū Ryū / Shūji Sano …

other title: Der Mond ist aufgegangen / La lune s'est levée …

Mokichi Asai is a widowed father living in Nara with three daughters—Chizuru, Ayako, and Setsuko. The youngest, Setsuko, plays matchmaker for her older sisters, leading to humorous and awkward romantic entanglements.

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Early Spring (1956)

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Yasujirō Ozu actor: Chikage Awashima / Ryō Ikebe …

other title: Inizio di primavera / Primavera Precoce …

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.