A loyal sister finds her tremendous sacrifice rejected by an unforgiving and conservative society in Yasujiro Ozu’s silent melodrama
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Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1962)
Two old war buddies find themselves on opposite sides of the law in Nomura’s sprawling journey through the post-war underworld
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Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)
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The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Yasujiro Ozu, 1961)
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A Hen in the Wind (風の中の牝鶏, Yasujiro Ozu, 1948)
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Supermarket Woman (スーパーの女, Juzo Itami, 1996)
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Early Spring (早春, Yasujiro Ozu, 1956)
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Tokyo Uber Blues (東京自転車節, Taku Aoyagi, 2022)
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Equinox Flower (彼岸花, Yasujiro Ozu, 1958)
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Good Morning (お早よう, Yasujiro Ozu, 1959)
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Tokyo Onigiri Girl / 東京おにぎり娘 / Tokyo onigiri musume / (aka ‘Triangle Moods’, 1961)
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The Woman in the Rumour (噂の女, Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
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The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹, Yasujiro Ozu, 1950)
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録, Yasujiro Ozu, 1947)
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My Elder Brother (私の兄さん, Yasujiro Shimazu, 1934)
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Radio Queen (ラヂオの女王, Shigeo Yagura, 1935)
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