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Tora-san 35 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku (1985) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuru Hirata
On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. Read More »
Tora-San 2: Cherished Mother AKA Zoku otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako
Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »
Tora-san Loves an Artist AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no tora-san (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Kishi
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Read More »
Tokyo Family AKA Tôkyô kazoku (2013) Yôji Yamada, Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura
An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. Read More »
My Sons AKA Musuko (1991) Yôji Yamada, Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. Read More »
A Class to Remember 2 AKA Gakko II (1996) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ayumi Hamasaki
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School. Read More »
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies AKA Kinema no Tenchi (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
Home from the Sea AKA Furusato (1972) Yôji Yamada, Hisashi Igawa, Chieko Baishô, Chishû Ryû
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. Read More »
Tora-san’s Forget Me Not AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro wasurenagusa (1973) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Tora visits his family after a year. After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside. Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo Read More »
Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Yôji Yamada, Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Drama
A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. Read More »
Flag in the Mist / Kiri no hata (1965) Yôji Yamada, Chieko Baishô, Osamu Takizawa, Michiyo Aratama, Crime, Drama
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan’s top lawyer to defend her brother.
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Gakko / A Class to Remember (1993) Yôji Yamada, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eiko Shinya, Keiko Takeshita, Drama
Kuroi, a night school teacher, asks his student to each write an essay recalling their experience in his class. During class, a piece of tragic news arrives: Inoda, one of Kuroi’s students, has passed away. The class then shares their memories of Inoda.
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Kazoku / Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Yôji Yamada, Chieko Baishô, Hisashi Igawa, Chishû Ryû, Drama
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
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