Movies: So Yamamura

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker....

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1948 Japanese drama film....

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom of this mystery and find out who is behind them....

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy....

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A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections...

Based on the Nobu Koito story...

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. ...

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A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival....

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Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He ...

1962 Japanese movie...

A continuation of the prior film (影法師)....

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself....

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his lo...

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During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the Choshu and Satsuma clans. This is the story of Tsukigat Khanpayit, the sword maker of the Choshu cla...

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness....