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Affair in the Mist (1959)
- Director
- SHIBUYA Minoru
- Cast
- OKADA Mariko, TSUGAWA Masahiko, MIKAMI Shinichiro
"Affair in the Mist" is the story of Sonoko, mistress of the managing director of construction firm who has fought his way up from a stevedore, and is striving to begin a new life after leaving her man. A terrible burden is her father who once tried ...
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Vagabond Lovers (1959)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Noboru
- Cast
- TAKAHASHI Teiji, ARIMA Ineko, ITO Yunosuke
This is a fun-packed travelogue-comedy which carries the audience to many scenic places, on and off the beaten path. Beautiful shots of the Inland Sea, the ultra-modern aspects of Nagoya and the historic and picturesque city of Hirado come to life in...
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Okinawa Interlude (1959)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Manao
- Cast
- OKI Minoru, OKADA Mariko, NAMBARA Shinji
For the first time since the end of the war, a Japanese motion picture group went on location to Okinawa to film "Kairyu", based on a popular magazine serial. The result is a charming landscape of exotic Okinawa in a beautiful widescreen film. The p...
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Kinokuniya, the Dauntless Merchant (1959)
- Director
- WATANABE Kunio
- Cast
- TAKADA Kokichi, SAGA Michiko, KONOE Jushiro
The life of Bunzaemon Kinokuniya, a merchant of feudal Japan is legendary to the Japanese, and this film covers the early days of his career from the time he sacrifices himself for others until the day he again proves himself against tremendous odds....
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Takamaru and Kikumaru (1959)
- Director
- MARUNE Santaro
- Cast
- MATSUMOTO Kinshiro, HANANOMOTO Kotobuki, IZUMI Kyoko
Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a villain skilled in the art of sorcery. Hakuraku-Ou had long been seeking a Tiger Seal which, together ...
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Red Pants : "Underwater" Series (1959)
- Director
- IWAMA Tsuruo
- Cast
- OKI Minoru, IZUMI Kyoko, KOYAMA Akiko
A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes th...
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High Teen (1959)
- Director
- INOUE Kazuo
- Cast
- SADA Keiji, KUWANO Miyuki, MIKAMI Shinichiro
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when p...
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No Greater Love (1959)
- Director
- KOBAYASHI Masaki
- Cast
- NAKADAI Tatsuya, ARATAMA Michiyo, ARIMA Ineko
Director Masaki Kobayashi says of this film: "My chief reason for making a motion picture of "Ningen no Joken" was probably the fact that I, too, went through similar experiences like Kaji during the war. And through the character of Kaji I wished t...
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Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
- Director
- GOSHO Heinosuke
- Cast
- CHINO Kakuko, NAMBARA Shinji, SANO Shuji
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordin...
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The High-Flying Bride (1959)
- Director
- BANSHO Yoshiaki
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, TAKAHASHI Teiji, KOYAMA Akiko
Shichibei, proprietor of a dry-goods firm, thrifty and diligent, has one weak spot in his heart…his only granddaughter, Marume, in whose hands he is like putty. Marume wins a scholarship for three-years of study in France. This is, however, rather ...
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His Scarlet Cloak (1958)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Satsuo
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Kanzaburo, ARIMA Ineko, KAGAWA Kyoko
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who...
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Higan-Bana (1958)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, KUGA Yoshiko, SADA Keiji
Wataru Hirayama, sympathizes with both his old friend Shukichi Mikami, a former naval officer, and his daughter Fumiko who because of her father's stubbornness has run away from home and is living with her lover, a pianist, and works at a bar. But w...
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Days of Evil Women (1958)
- Director
- SHIBUYA Minoru
- Cast
- YAMADA Isuzu, OKADA Mariko, TONO Eijiro
Millionaire Yashiro, an old miser, has a fortune in hidden diamonds. He has no near relatives to whom to leave his estate but he has a mistress, Taeko, who attends to his needs. Taeko plans to rid herself of her master and leaves the gas jet open in...
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Taikoki (1958)
- Director
- OSONE Tatsuo
- Cast
- TAKADA Kokichi, YAMADA Isuzu, MATSUMOTO Koshiro
This is a story of the turbulent age when numerous ambitious leaders fought for mastery of Japan. Hiyoshi-moru, who later rose to great fame and power in the empire as Hideyoshi, the great warlord, was born to on extremely poor yeoman family. After ...
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Love in the Deep: "Underwater" Series (1958)
- Director
- HORIUCHI Manao
- Cast
- IZUMI Kyoko, OKI Minoru, HITOMI Reiko
The plot follows the adventures of two armed thugs who rob a Tokyo bank and make off with seven million yen in cash. The culprits are Ueda and Takeo who immediately head for the latter's home island which is inhabited mainly by women divers and their...
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Ballad of the Narayama (1958)
- Director
- KINOSHITA Keisuke
- Cast
- TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAHASHI Teiji, MOCHIZUKI Yuko
69 years old Orin lives with her widowed son and three grandchildren. As the Narayama Festival approaches the villagers are heard singing the ballad of the hills which reminds all that with each year, one grows older and the time approaches when one ...
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Chace (1958)
- Director
- NOMURA Yoshitaro
- Cast
- TAKAMINE Hideko, OKI Minoru, TAKACHIHO Hizuru
The brutal murder of a pawn-broker in Tokyo is only partially solved with the capture of the murderer Yamada. But the search continues for his accomplice, Ishii, who is armed, with comb-like thoroughness. Yamada's confession includes the information...
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Bloody River (1958)
- Director
- WATANABE Kunio
- Cast
- TAKADA Kokichi, SAGA Michiko, TAKACHIHO Hizuru
In the middle of the 19th century, Sukegoro of Iioka, and Shigezo of Sasagawa, are gambling bosses whose territories in the Kashima district, divided by the River Tone are competing to increase their influence. The Sukegoro, old established, and in l...
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The Adulteress (1958)
- Director
- IMAI Tadashi
- Cast
- ARIMA Ineko, MIKUNI Rentaro, MORI Masayuki
In the feudal Japan of the 18th century the all-powerful Shogun controlled the entire country through daimyo who, in turn, administered the samurai and others within their respective fiefs, and in alternate years the daimyo were obliged to go and liv...
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SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, SHIMURA Takashi, KIMURA Isao
The masterpiece samurai period film by master filmmaker Kurosawa Akira. Upon painstaking research into the period, Kurosawa employed multiple cameras to simultaneously capture the unfolding true-to-life battles. The film captured the Silver Lion at t...
