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7.6
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in ...
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7.2
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and ...
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8.3
Harakiri
Harakiri
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy ...
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8.3
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety ...
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8.2
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against ...
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption ...
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6.9
Black River
Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
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5.8
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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7.0
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
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7.1
The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
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6.7
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
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Three Loves
Three Loves
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also ...
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
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6.2
Sincere Heart
Sincere Heart
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
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6.4
Youth of the Son
Youth of the Son
The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.