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Life of Don Matsugoro (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB

ドン松五郎の生活

director: Shinichi Nakada actor: Gin Maeda / Tomomi Nishimura …

other title: ドン松五郎の生活 / Don Matsugorō no Seikatsu

Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort.

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Rice (1957) IMDb TMDB

米

director: Tadashi Imai actor: Shinjirō Ehara / Eijirō Tōno …

other title: Le Riz / 米

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.

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Orange Road Express (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB

オレンジロード急行

director: Kazuki Ōmori actor: Kanjūrō Arashi / Yoshiko Okada …

other title: オレンジロード急行

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law.

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Woman of Tokyo (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB

東京の女

director: 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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The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926) IMDb TMDB

狂恋の女師匠

director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Eiji Nakano / Yoshiko Okada …

other title: L'Amour fou d'une maîtresse de chant / 狂恋の女師匠

The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.

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No Blood Relation (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB +2

生さぬ仲

director: Mikio Naruse actor: Shin'yō Nara / Yukiko Tsukuba …

other title: Sans liens de parenté / La hija adoptiva …

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.

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An Inn in Tokyo (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB

東京の宿

director: 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.