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The Idiot
(白痴)
A love triangle has tragic consequences.
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- Japan • 1951
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
The End of Summer
(小早川家の秋)
The Kohayakawa family is thrown into distress when childlike father Manbei takes up with his old mistress.
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- Japan • 1961
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama, Keiju Kobayashi, Masahiko Shimazu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Late Autumn
(秋日和)
A mother gently tries to persuade her daughter to marry.
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- Japan • 1960
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Miyuki Kuwano, Shinichirô Mikami
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Early Summer
(麦秋)
28-year-old Noriko's parents pressure her to marry in postwar Japan.
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- Japan • 1951
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV
Tokyo Twilight
(東京暮色)
Two sisters discover the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
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- Japan • 1957
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishū Ryū, Isuzu Yamada, Teiji Takahashi, Masami Taura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Tubi TV
Sound of the Mountain
(山の音)
An aging businessman watches the marriage of his son and daughter-in-law fall apart.
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- Japan • 1954
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Sō Yamamura, Ken Uehara, Yōko Sugi, Teruko Nagaoka, Yatsuko Tan'ami
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Tokyo Story
(東京物語)
Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, journey to visit their adult children in Tokyo.
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- Japan • 1953
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sō Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Late Spring
(晩春)
Widower Shukichi feels obligated to marry off his only daughter.
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- Japan • 1949
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex
The Ball at the Anjo House
(安城家の舞踏会)
After WWII, the noble Anjo family is left impoverished, and decides to hold one last ball before selling their mansion.
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- Japan • 1947
- Director Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome, Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori, Masao Shimizu, Takashi Kanda
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
No Regrets for Our Youth
(わが青春に悔なし)
Yukie, the daughter of a university professor, is shocked when her father is relieved of his post for his political teachings and leftist beliefs.
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- Japan • 1946
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Haruko Sugimura, Eiko Miyoshi, Akitake Kôno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Plex
Millennium Actress
(千年女優)
A documentary filmmaker interviews an aged actress about her legendary career.
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- Japan • 2002
- Director Satoshi Kon
- Cast Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shozo Iizuka, Masaya Onosaka, Showko Tsuda
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Crunchyroll, Viewster Amazon Channel, Peacock, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Freevee, Cineverse, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
Here's to the Young Lady
(お嬢さん乾杯)
A young woman from an established family seeks out the self-made owner of a car shop for a husband.
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- Japan • 1949
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shūji Sano, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama, Keiji Sada, Takeshi Sakamoto, Sachiko Murase
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel