Movies: Machiko Kyō
- 1953
Ugetsu (1953)
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In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...
- 1950
Rashomon (1950)
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Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human na...
- 1959
Floating Weeds (1959)
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When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934)....
- 1953
Gate of Hell (1953)
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Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married....
- 1966
The Face of Another (1966)
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A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality....
- 1955
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
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In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working i...
- 1956
Street of Shame (1956)
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The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....
- 1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
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In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead....
- 1959
Odd Obsession (1959)
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A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife....
- 1962
The Great Wall (1962)
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In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a luxurious life: abolition of feudalism and the centralization of pow...
- 1951
The Tale of Genji (1951)
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Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused....
- 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
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Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge....
- 1960
The Wandering Princess (1960)
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Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the interest of the Japanese rulers , which legitimizes the relationship between Japan and its Chinese pup...
- 1960
The Last Betrayal (1960)
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A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him....
- 1953
Brother and Sister (1953)
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The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill...
- 1954
The Story of Shunkin (1954)
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Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant....
- 1975
Solar Eclipse (1975)
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When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot....
- 1960
Bonchi (1960)
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Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the hou...
- 1966
The Little Runaway (1966)
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During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy con...
- 1950
Resurrection (1950)
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