Movies: Kyū Sazanka

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and...

1962 Japanese movie...

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô)....

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a vis...

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When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks ...

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura....

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A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo....

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki....

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film....

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap....

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat....

Ensemble comedy....

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Comedy drama film...

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Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film....

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl....