Movies: Teruko Kishi
- 1949
Stray Dog (1949)
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A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a lif...
- 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
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After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his...
- 1963
The Insect Woman (1963)
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A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life....
- 1966
The Great White Tower (1966)
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The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority,...
- 1957
Untamed Woman (1957)
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A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality....
- 1974
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
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A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8....
- 1966
Violence at Noon (1966)
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Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist....
- 1950
The Angry Street (1950)
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The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of the University of Tokyo, and the high life of jazzy dance halls. Sudo (Hara Yasumi) and Mori (Uno Ju...
- 1956
Punishment Room (1956)
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Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game....
- 1959
The Human Wall (1959)
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Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
- 1958
Chance Meeting (1958)
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Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her pi...
- 1959
Farewell to Spring (1959)
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Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....
- 1959
Break Down that Wall (1959)
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A man is wrongfully accused of murder....
- 1957
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
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Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial ...
- 1964
Flora on the Sand (1964)
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One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later,...
- 1961
The Catch (1961)
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Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”...
- 1962
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
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Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. ...
- 1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
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- 1956
Farewell to Dream (1956)
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A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His belov...
- 1959
The Song of the Cart (1959)
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A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan....