A privileged young man begins to understand the divisive effects of inequality after taking over the family business in Ozu’s wistful student drama
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Good Morning (お早よう, Yasujiro Ozu, 1959)
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録, Yasujiro Ozu, 1947)
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Where the Wild Ladies Are
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Haru Tsudzuru, Sakurasaku Kono Heya de, Volume 2 (春綴る、桜咲くこの部屋で)
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Sung by (歌): Mitsuko Horie (堀江美都子) Lyrics (作詞): Eriko Kishida (岸田衿子) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Seiichirō Uno (宇野誠一郎) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!
My Elder Brother (私の兄さん, Yasujiro Shimazu, 1934)
The wastrel brother of earnest man running a taxi firm gets a wakeup call after picking up a runaway woman from an upperclass family in Shimazu’s genial comedy.
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A Japanese government survey shows that Japan's youth are feeling pessimistic about their financials - as bad as during the 2008 crisis.
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