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  50's

  Ikiru (1952)

  Director

  KUROSAWA Akira

  Cast

  SHIMURA Takashi, ODAGIRI Miki, HIMORI Shinichi

  Thrown into despair after his terminal cancer diagnosis, a city office bureaucrat fights to turn around his unremarkable life and do something of consequence with his remaining time. This was the first film Kurosawa co-wrote with famed scriptwriters ...

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  50's

  Lightning (1952)

  Director

  NARUSE Mikio

  Cast

  TAKAMINE Hideko, MURATA Chieko, MIURA Mitsuko

  A screen adaptation by TANAKA Sumie of a HAYASHI Fumiko novel. Frustrated by growing tensions at home – such as her elder sister Mitsuko's being approached by her deceased husband's mistress to provide child support for the child he secretly fathered...

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  50's

  The Life of Oharu (1952)

  Director

  MIZOGUCHI Kenji

  Cast

  TANAKA Kinuyo, YAMANE Hisako, MIFUNE Toshiro

  Mizoguchi Kenji's adaptation of a literary classic won the International Award at the 13th Venice International Film Festival. Oharu (Tanaka Kuniyo) is a star-crossed woman destroyed by men, both hateful and beloved. One freezing winter morning at d...