Yoshiko Kuga – RareFilm

Kyo mo mata kakute ari nan / Thus Another Day (1959) Keisuke Kinoshita, Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Kanzaburô Nakamura, Drama, Romance

rarefilm — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:15:28 +0000

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents’ home while an unpaid mortgage force the couple to rent out their home for the summer to the husband’s boss.

IMDB

File Name : Thus Another Day 1959.mkv
File Size : 0.83 GB / 854.13 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 01:13:47
Video : AVC, 1 394 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

https://nitroflare.com/view/08FC9C1B0CB23A6/Thus_Another_Day_1959.mkv

Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse

rarefilm — Sat, 31 May 2025 21:02:36 +0000

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

Also Known As (AKA): Ani imôto, Frère aîné soeur cadette, Bruder und Schwester

IMDB

File Name : Older.Brother.Younger.Sister.1953.mkv
File Size : 1.52 GB / 1552.49 MB
Resolution : 720×480 @ 640×480
Duration : 01:26:12

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, French (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

Older.Brother.Younger.Sister.1953.mkv

Ballad of a Worker (1962) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine

rarefilm — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:26:07 +0000

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.

Also Known As (AKA): Futari de aruita iku haru aki, The Days We Spent Together, The Years We Had Together, The Seasons We Walked Together

IMDB

File Name : Ballad of a Worker.mkv
File Size : 1231.05 MB
Resolution : 720×362 @ 852×362
Duration : 01:41:41
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 500 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama

Ballad_of_a_Worker.mkv
Ballad_of_a_Worker.srt

The Snow Flurry (1959) Keisuke Kinoshita, Keiko Kishi, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga

rarefilm — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:53:18 +0000

Set in a rural village in the Shinshu region, this melodrama about lovers of different social classes spans two generations: that of a mother, and her son. It depicts the anguish of people entangled in an old and exclusionary value system, and their escape from it, with numerous long shots and an experimental approach that intertwines two timelines.

Also Known As (AKA): Kazabana

IMDB

File Name : Snow Flurry 1080p.mkv
File Size : 2615 MB
Resolution : 1912×800
Duration : 01:18:00

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama

Snow_Flurry_1080p.mkv
Snow_Flurry_1080p.srt

Zero Focus / Zero no shôten (1961) Yoshitarô Nomura, Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima

rarefilm — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 22:18:01 +0000

After Teiko’s new husband disappears on a business trip, she discovers a pair of mysterious postcards hidden away in a book that may be clues to his fate.

IMDB

File Name : Zero.no.shoten.AKA.Zero.Focus.1961.rarefilm.net.mkv
File Size : 2.42 GB / 2475.38 MB
Resolution : 1024×426
Duration : 01:35:18

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, Japanese (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Zero.no.shoten.AKA.Zero.Focus.1961.rarefilm.net.mkv

Love Letter / Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno

rarefilm — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:39:10 +0000

This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story. Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke Kinoshita, “Koibumi” explore the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi (Masayuki Mori), finds a new job five years after the end of WWII. He will write love letters for other people, which was not uncommon in post-war times (remember the starving poet Lope Veiga -Fernando Rey- in Spanish masterpiece “Cielo negro”). His ideas about love and his personal principles will be tested when he reconnects with his former girlfriend, Michiko (Yoshigo Kuga), a woman with a dark past marked by war and the further occupation of her country by the US military forces.

Also Known As (AKA): Lettre d’amour

IMDB

File Name : Love.Letter.1953.rarefilm.net.mkv
File Size : 2.36 GB / 2416.43 MB
Resolution : 790×576
Duration : 01:37:42

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, French (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama, Romance

Love.Letter.1953.rarefilm.net.mkv

Beautiful days / Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura

rarefilm — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:11:52 +0000

A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a florist shop in Tokyo.

Also Known As (AKA): Les belles années

IMDB

File Name : Beautiful_Days_1955.mkv
File Size : 548.81 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 02:00:15
Video : AVC (AVC), 23.962 fps
Audio : AAC (AAC LC-SBR), 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama

Beautiful_Days_1955.mkv

The Woman of Rumour / Uwasa no onna (1954) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga

rarefilm — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:53:57 +0000

Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother’s profession. Hatsuko is having a discreet love affair with the young Dr. Matoba, who looks after the geisha. The doctor is attracted to Yukiko, who initially despises him and everything connected with the geisha house. However, Yukiko gradually changes her views.

Also Known As (AKA): Her Mother’s Profession, A Mulher Infame, Une femme dont on parle, A Mulher de Quem se Fala, La mujer crucificada, Eine Frau, von der man spricht, The Crucified Woman

IMDB

File Name : The.Woman.of.Rumour.1954.mp4
File Size : 1034.38 MB
Resolution : 960×720
Duration : 01:23:36
Video : AVC, 1 500 kb/s, 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Audio : AAC, 224 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 1 channel, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, Romance

The.Woman.of.Rumour.1954.rar

Ninjitsu AKA Yagyû bugeichô (1957) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Kyôko Kagawa

rarefilm — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:06:31 +0000

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.

Also Known As (AKA): Secret Scrolls, Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part I

IMDB

File Name : Ninjitsu 1 1957.avi
File Size : 1492.82 MB
Resolution : 656×480
Duration : 01:43:02
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 638 kb/s, 25.000 FPS
Audio : AC-3, 384 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 6 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Ninjitsu_1_1957.rar

Elegy of the North / Banka (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine

rarefilm — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 21:54:26 +0000

A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife.

Also Known As (AKA): Elegie, Northern Elegy, Aijo no keifu

IMDB

File Name : Banka 1957.avi
File Size : 1340.67 MB
Resolution : 720×480 @ 640×480
Duration : 01:57:25
Video : MPEG-4 Visual (XviD), 1 456 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : MPEG Audio (MPEG-1 Audio layer 3), 128 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: TVRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, Spanish (srt)
Genre: Drama

https://nitroflare.com/view/D4D56A09DDCE6C2/Banka_1957.avi
https://nitroflare.com/view/517369B1E40DEB8/Banka_1957.eng.srt
https://nitroflare.com/view/CE5B14A08976E76/Banka_1957.esp.srt

Good Morning AKA Ohayô (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû

rarefilm — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 23:23:35 +0000

This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late ’50s. It focuses mainly on the daily lives of a small community and the way its members interact. It also demonstrates the power of oral communication and the way in which small talk acts as a lubricant for our daily lives.

Also Known As (AKA): Bom Dia, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Buon giorno, Buenos días

IMDB

File Name : Good Morning 1959.mkv
File Size : 1590.15 MB
Resolution : 784×576
Duration : 01:34:24
Video : AVC, 2 162 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 1 channel, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Good_Morning_1959.mkv

Till We Meet Again (1950) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Kuga, Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa, Drama, History

rarefilm — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:38:37 +0000

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of the war separates them.

Also Known As (AKA): Mata au hi made, Until We Meet Again

IMDB

File Name : Until We Meet Again 1950.mkv
File Size : 1700.39 MB
Resolution : 716×480 @ 650×480
Duration : 01:50:29
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 950 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 1 channel, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, Japanese, Chinese (embedded)
Genre: Drama, History

Until_We_Meet_Again_1950.mkv

Yuki fujin ezu / Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) Kenji Mizoguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiko Kuga, Ken Uehara, Drama, Romance

rarefilm — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:21:23 +0000

Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal hero, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, as she is introduced with a list of the Madame’s personal problems.

IMDB

File Name : Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950.mkv
File Size : 1368.85 MB
Resolution : 744×544
Duration : 01:29:08
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 950 Kbps, 24.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, Italian (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Portrait_of_Madame_Yuki_1950.rar

Kono ten no niji / The Eternal Rainbow (1958) Keisuke Kinoshita, Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Takahiro Tamura, Drama

rarefilm — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 23:26:25 +0000

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

Also Known As (AKA): The Rainbow of This Sky

IMDB

File Name : The Eternal Rainbow 1958.mkv
File Size : 1130.13 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 01:46:03
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 268 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama

The_Eternal_Rainbow_1958.mkv

Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni / Somewhere Beneath The Wide Sky (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Hideko Takamine, Drama

rarefilm — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:43:57 +0000

A family in the city of Tokyo running a liquor store overcome their impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.

IMDB

File Name : Somewhere_Beneath_the_Wide_Sky_1954.mkv
File Size : 718.41 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 01:49:57
Video : AVC (AVC), 23.962 fps
Audio : AAC (AAC LC-SBR), 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama

Somewhere_Beneath_the_Wide_Sky_1954.mkv