Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Born: September 14, 1908
Died: July 5, 1991
in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Nobuo Nakamura  (中村伸郎 Nakamura Nobuo, September 14, 1908–July 5, 1991 ) was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).

Nakamura is famous for many notable performances in theatre. In 1937, he founded the Bungakuza company  along with Haruko Sugimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Masayuki Mori. Nakamura played Polonius in Hamlet, Herod in Wilde's Salome, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekov's Uncle Vanya, and Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape. He also appeared in Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and The Cherry Orchard . In the 1950s and 1960s, he played major roles in Yukio Mishima's plays such as Rokumeikan, My Friend Hitler, and so on. In 1963, Nakamura left Bungakuza company and founded the NLT company with Mishima. His most famous and successful role is considered to be The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson. He performed The Lesson for the first time in 1972 and had played The Professor every Friday night at a small theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo until 1983.

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No Life King
Title: No Life King
Released: December 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Via the New York Times: "The solemn, intent faces of the Japanese schoolboys playing video games in Jun Ichikawa's "No Life King" bespeak a new type of modern horror. Addicted to their favorite new game (from which the film takes its title), these children have become seriously estranged from the real world. The film's constant emphasis is on the ways in which this has been allowed to happen, and on how emblematic it is of larger attitudes in a technological society. When a young boy trying to converse with his mother must compete with a home computer for her attention, it's not hard to see why the boy has retreated into his own computer-dominated world."
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BU・SU
Title: BU・SU
Character: Customer
Released: October 29, 1987
Type: Movie
Mugiko, an 18-year-old attempts to escape her unhappiness with village life by going to Tokyo to live and work in the geisha house run by her aunt. The daughter of a once great geisha, Mugiko is entitled by blood to train in the geishas ancient art of classical Japanese song and dance.
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Tampopo
Title: Tampopo
Character: Old Gentleman
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: Movie
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
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I Lived, But...
Title: I Lived, But...
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 1983
Type: Movie
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..
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The Tale of Saikaido
Title: The Tale of Saikaido
Released: September 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding hidden gold mines.
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Title: Kemono Michi
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: TV
The drama sheds light on the dark side of Japan connected to the political and financial world by depicting the vicissitudes of women.
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Title: The Trading Company
Character: Mikio Hamashima
Released: December 5, 1980
Type: TV
An economic drama depicting the struggle and collapse of a Japanese general trading company. The US branch president of a trading company challenges Japan's internal power struggle and the North American oil market.
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Golden Partners
Title: Golden Partners
Character: Watsuji
Released: April 28, 1979
Type: Movie
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it.
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Title: The White Tower
Character: 東貞蔵
Released: June 3, 1978
Type: TV
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
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Lullaby to Kill
Title: Lullaby to Kill
Character: Hôan Tatara
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
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A Portrait of Shunkin
Title: A Portrait of Shunkin
Character: Harumatsu(春松検校)
Released: December 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.
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The Last Song
Title: The Last Song
Released: December 20, 1975
Type: Movie
Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his father's wishes, Junkichi decides to run away with Koyuki to start a new life. But when Junkichi is called off to war, they make a pledge to sing the song of engagement everyday until they are able to reunite
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Submersion of Japan
Title: Submersion of Japan
Character: Japanese Ambassador
Released: December 29, 1973
Type: Movie
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.
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Internal Sleuth
Title: Internal Sleuth
Released: April 21, 1973
Type: Movie
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
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The Twilight Years
Title: The Twilight Years
Character: Fujieda (attorney at law)
Released: January 15, 1973
Type: Movie
A woman looks after her father in law.
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Cross-Currents
Title: Cross-Currents
Released: September 9, 1972
Type: Movie
A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.
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君は海を見たか
Title: 君は海を見たか
Released: May 5, 1971
Type: Movie
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幻の殺意
Title: 幻の殺意
Released: April 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
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The Militarists
Title: The Militarists
Character: Koichi Kido
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
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The Creature Called Man
Title: The Creature Called Man
Character: Head of N-Bussan
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.
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Sky Scraper!
Title: Sky Scraper!
Released: May 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Futari no Koibito
Title: Futari no Koibito
Released: April 12, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Night of the Seagull
Title: The Night of the Seagull
Released: October 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.
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Two in the Shadow
Title: Two in the Shadow
Released: November 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
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Sodachi zakari
Title: Sodachi zakari
Released: September 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
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Japan's Longest Day
Title: Japan's Longest Day
Character: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Thirst for Love
Title: Thirst for Love
Character: Father-in-Law
Released: February 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener.
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The War of the Gargantuas
Title: The War of the Gargantuas
Character: Dr. Kita
Released: July 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
Title: Frankenstein Conquers the World
Character: Dr. Suga
Released: August 8, 1965
Type: Movie
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
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The Radish and the Carrot
Title: The Radish and the Carrot
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: Movie
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…
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Female
Title: Female
Released: November 21, 1964
Type: Movie
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Dogora
Title: Dogora
Character: Doctor Matakata
Released: August 11, 1964
Type: Movie
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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The Naked Executive
Title: The Naked Executive
Character: Serizawa, executive
Released: July 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.
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Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Title: Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Released: February 29, 1964
Type: Movie
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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High and Low
Title: High and Low
Character: Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Released: March 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.
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An Autumn Afternoon
Title: An Autumn Afternoon
Character: Shuzo Kawai
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
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Hiroshima Heartache
Title: Hiroshima Heartache
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
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Mount Hakone
Title: Mount Hakone
Released: September 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Japanese drama.
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Ai no uzu shio
Title: Ai no uzu shio
Released: May 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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City
Title: City
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
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Okoto and Sasuke
Title: Okoto and Sasuke
Character: Shunsho Kengyo
Released: October 14, 1961
Type: Movie
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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The Last War
Title: The Last War
Character: Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujikawa
Released: October 8, 1961
Type: Movie
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
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The Other Woman
Title: The Other Woman
Character: Kimura
Released: May 30, 1961
Type: Movie
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.
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Blind Devotion
Title: Blind Devotion
Character: Wataru Kamogawa
Released: March 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
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Late Autumn
Title: Late Autumn
Character: Shuzo Taguchi
Released: November 13, 1960
Type: Movie
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
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The False Student
Title: The False Student
Character: Jiro Takagi
Released: October 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
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The Bad Sleep Well
Title: The Bad Sleep Well
Character: Legal Adviser
Released: September 15, 1960
Type: Movie
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
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The Twilight Story
Title: The Twilight Story
Released: August 28, 1960
Type: Movie
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.
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The Lost Alibi
Title: The Lost Alibi
Character: Takeda
Released: March 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.
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The Rokumeikan
Title: The Rokumeikan
Released: July 9, 1959
Type: Movie
TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
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The Beast Shall Die
Title: The Beast Shall Die
Character: Professor Sugimura
Released: June 9, 1959
Type: Movie
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
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The Cast-Off
Title: The Cast-Off
Released: May 13, 1959
Type: Movie
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Title: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character: Honsha Buchô
Released: January 15, 1959
Type: Movie
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Title: Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Character: Prof. Tanaka
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film Ju Jin Yuki Otoko with added American-made footage, narration and music track.
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The Days of Evil Women
Title: The Days of Evil Women
Released: November 30, 1958
Type: Movie
The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.
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Equinox Flower
Title: Equinox Flower
Character: Toshihiko Kawai
Released: September 7, 1958
Type: Movie
Wataru Hirayama outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to lead life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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Little Peach
Title: Little Peach
Released: May 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until she marries a beginning writer named Ryokichi. Their life quickly sinks into despair.
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Advance Patrol
Title: Advance Patrol
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...
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Secret of Naruto
Title: Secret of Naruto
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: Movie
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.
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Tokyo Twilight
Title: Tokyo Twilight
Character: Sakae Aiba
Released: April 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
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Night Butterflies
Title: Night Butterflies
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Throne of Blood
Title: Throne of Blood
Character: Phantom samurai
Released: January 15, 1957
Type: Movie
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
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Flowing
Title: Flowing
Released: November 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
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Will-o'-the-Wisp
Title: Will-o'-the-Wisp
Released: July 5, 1956
Type: Movie
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Punishment Room
Title: Punishment Room
Released: June 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.
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Farewell to Dream
Title: Farewell to Dream
Character: Seiji's father, Haruo
Released: April 17, 1956
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
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Early Spring
Title: Early Spring
Character: Arakawa
Released: January 29, 1956
Type: Movie
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
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I Live in Fear
Title: I Live in Fear
Character: Psychologist
Released: November 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
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The Romance of Yushima
Title: The Romance of Yushima
Released: September 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
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Half Human
Title: Half Human
Character: Professor Koizumi
Released: August 14, 1955
Type: Movie
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Yukiko
Title: Yukiko
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
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Tomoshibi
Title: Tomoshibi
Released: June 22, 1954
Type: Movie
Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is forced to leave. After his departure there is great depression but there is a chance to rekindle the lantern of the title and the values Matsukuma represented ...
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Itsuko to sono haha
Title: Itsuko to sono haha
Character: Nomura, Chairman
Released: February 17, 1954
Type: Movie
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
Title: An Inlet of Muddy Water
Released: November 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
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Tokyo Story
Title: Tokyo Story
Character: Kurazo Kaneko
Released: November 3, 1953
Type: Movie
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
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The Blue Revolution
Title: The Blue Revolution
Released: June 10, 1953
Type: Movie
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Sunflower Girl
Title: Sunflower Girl
Released: March 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
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Ikiru
Title: Ikiru
Character: Deputy Mayor
Released: October 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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Doctor's Day Off
Title: Doctor's Day Off
Released: April 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested. Then a yakuza arrives to ask the doctor to cut his finger off...
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Freedom School
Title: Freedom School
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Confused by his sudden freedom, Iosuke ends up living as a vagrant under a bridge. His wife, Komako, also finds herself freed and is unable to ignore her confusion.
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A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Title: A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Released: March 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.