Obscure Japanese Film #180 Terumi Niki Sachiko Murase Chiho (Terumi Niki) is a young child left alone in the country to be raised by her...
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When plans to start a new business go awry, a dejected wife finds herself at a crossroads in Mikio Naruse’s martial drama.
Crossroad (死の十字路, Umetsugu Inoue, 1956)
An adulterous industrialist’s life unravels after he accidentally kills his wife and tries to cover up the crime in Umetsugu Inoue’s gothic noir.
Maid no Kishi-san (My Maid Kishi-san)
This manga is about a relationship between a clumsy master named Kiichiro and his kuudere maid Kishi. There is a serious story here in regards to how Kishi…
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A botanist continues to visit the same mountain lodge each Harvest Moon in search of lost love in a late melodrama from Hiroshi Shimizu
Velvet Hustler (紅の流れ星, Toshio Masuda, 1967)
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Festival Champ (お祭り野郎 魚河岸の兄弟分, Norifumi Suzuki, 1976)
A festival-obsessed young man finds himself at the centre of a number of community crises in Norifumi Suzuki’s warmhearted dramedy.
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Equinox Flower (彼岸花, Yasujiro Ozu, 1958)
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Whirlpool of Flesh (おんなの渦と淵と流れ, Ko Nakahira, 1964)
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While Yet a Wife / 妻の日の愛のかたみに / Tsuma no hi no ai no katamini (1965)
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Early Spring (早春, Yasujiro Ozu, 1956)
A dejected office worker and his disappointed wife battle the emptiness of the “salaryman dream” in Ozu’s embittered marital drama
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