Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse

Mikio Naruse (August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki (working-class drama) films with female protagonists, portrayed by actresses such as Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara. Because of his focus on family drama and the intersection of traditional and modern Japanese culture, his films are frequently compared with the works of Yasujirō Ozu. His reputation is just behind Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Ozu in Japan and internationally; his work remains less well known outside Japan than theirs. Akira Kurosawa called Naruse's style of melodrama, "like a great river with a calm surface and a raging current in its depths". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mikio Naruse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Mikio Naruse
  • Popularity: 7.61
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1905-08-20
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 나루세 미키오, Микио Нарусэ, 미키오 나루세, 成瀬 巳喜男
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Mikio Naruse Movies

  • 2005
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    Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

    Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

    1 2005 HD

    Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he...

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  • 1932
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    Moth-eaten Spring

    Moth-eaten Spring

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1952
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    Mother

    Mother

    6.8 1952 HD

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  • 1960
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    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    8 1960 HD

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  • 1954
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    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    7.3 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Sound of the Mountain

    Sound of the Mountain

    7.4 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    Flowing

    Flowing

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1952
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    Okuni and Gohei

    Okuni and Gohei

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1951
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    Repast

    Repast

    7.5 1951 HD

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  • 1930
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    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    Apart from You

    Apart from You

    6.921 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Apart from You

    Apart from You

    6.921 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1950
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    White Beast

    White Beast

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Song Lantern

    The Song Lantern

    6.8 1943 HD

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  • 1950
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    White Beast

    White Beast

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1960
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    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.1 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1932
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    No Blood Relation

    No Blood Relation

    7.1 1932 HD

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  • 1964
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    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.1 1964 HD

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  • 1952
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    Lightning

    Lightning

    7.1 1952 HD

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  • 1945
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    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    5.8 1945 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Sincerity

    Sincerity

    5.4 1939 HD

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  • 1967
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    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

    7.7 1967 HD

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  • 1933
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    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams

    7.2 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    Flunky, Work Hard!

    Flunky, Work Hard!

    6.8 1931 HD

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  • 1933
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    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams

    7.2 1933 HD

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  • 1931
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    Flunky, Work Hard!

    Flunky, Work Hard!

    6.8 1931 HD

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  • 1934
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    Street Without End

    Street Without End

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1950
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    Battle of Roses

    Battle of Roses

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

    7.3 1962 HD

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  • 1957
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    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7 1957 HD

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  • 1962
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    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.2 1962 HD

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  • 1940
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    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1951
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    Ginza Cosmetics

    Ginza Cosmetics

    5.8 1951 HD

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  • 1953
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    Wife

    Wife

    6.9 1953 HD

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  • 1963
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    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    7.1 1963 HD

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  • 1958
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    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    7.5 1958 HD

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  • 1953
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    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    Sudden Rain

    Sudden Rain

    6.6 1956 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Thin Line

    The Thin Line

    7.3 1966 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    6.9 1960 HD

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  • 1935
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    Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus

    5.4 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Actress and the Poet

    The Actress and the Poet

    6.2 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1945
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    Until Victory Day

    Until Victory Day

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1936
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    Man of the House

    Man of the House

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Whistle in My Heart

    A Whistle in My Heart

    6.3 1959 HD

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  • 1937
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    Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Avalanche

    Avalanche

    6.5 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    6.2 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    6.3 1938 HD

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  • 1947
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    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

    6.8 1947 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Lovelorn Geisha

    The Lovelorn Geisha

    6.6 1960 HD

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  • 1953
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    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

    6.3 1961 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1956
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    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    6.8 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    6.3 1951 HD

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  • 1944
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    This Happy Life

    This Happy Life

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1958
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    Little Peach

    Little Peach

    5.8 1958 HD

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  • 1940
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    A Gentle Breeze With Father

    A Gentle Breeze With Father

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1947
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    Four Love Stories

    Four Love Stories

    5.8 1947 HD

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  • 1966
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    Moment of Terror

    Moment of Terror

    6.3 1966 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Way of Drama

    The Way of Drama

    6.5 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    Both You and I

    Both You and I

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1930
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    Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

    Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1941
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    A Fond Face from the Past

    A Fond Face from the Past

    5.9 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    6.9 1960 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    Hideko the Bus Conductress

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.2 1962 HD

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  • 1947
    imgMovies

    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

    6.8 1947 HD

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  • 1940
    imgMovies

    Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1930
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    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1935
    imgMovies

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1950
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    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

    6.4 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Angry Street

    The Angry Street

    6.5 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Angry Street

    The Angry Street

    6.5 1950 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Strength of a Moustache

    The Strength of a Moustache

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Strength of a Moustache

    The Strength of a Moustache

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1955
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    The First Kiss

    The First Kiss

    6.3 1955 HD

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Lovelorn Geisha

    The Lovelorn Geisha

    6.6 1960 HD

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    The First Kiss

    The First Kiss

    6.3 1955 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    A Fond Face from the Past

    A Fond Face from the Past

    5.9 1941 HD

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  • 1944
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    This Happy Life

    This Happy Life

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1939
    imgMovies

    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1938
    imgMovies

    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    6.3 1938 HD

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  • 1930
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    Pure Love

    Pure Love

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    A Fond Face from the Past

    A Fond Face from the Past

    5.9 1941 HD

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  • 1932
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    No Blood Relation

    No Blood Relation

    7.1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    Sôbô

    Sôbô

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    Chocolate Girl

    Chocolate Girl

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Crying to the Blue Sky

    Crying to the Blue Sky

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

    A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    Love and Power

    Love and Power

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1936
    imgMovies

    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Man of the House

    Man of the House

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Both You and I

    Both You and I

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1939
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    Sincerity

    Sincerity

    5.4 1939 HD

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  • 1949
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    Delinquent Girl

    Delinquent Girl

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1935
    imgMovies

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1940
    imgMovies

    Travelling Actors

    Travelling Actors

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1958
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    Little Peach

    Little Peach

    5.8 1958 HD

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.1 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Yearning

    Yearning

    8.1 1964 HD

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  • 1937
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    Avalanche

    Avalanche

    6.5 1937 HD

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  • 1949
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    Delinquent Girl

    Delinquent Girl

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1941
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    Shanghai Moon

    Shanghai Moon

    1 1941 HD

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