Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nobuko Otowa (1 October 1925 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She was married to film director Kaneto Shindō. She posthumously won the award for best supporting actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for A Last Note, having been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer during its production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuko Otowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

  • Title: Nobuko Otowa
  • Popularity: 5.272
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-10-01
  • Place of Birth: Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Nobuko Kaji, 오토와 노부코, Нобуко Отова
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Nobuko Otowa Movies

  • 1951
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    Lantern Under a Full Moon

    Lantern Under a Full Moon

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1955
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    Women of Ginza

    Women of Ginza

    1 1955 HD

    At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

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  • 1964
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    Onibaba

    Onibaba

    7.7 1964 HD

    While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

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  • 1960
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    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    8 1960 HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

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  • 1954
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    Turbid youth

    Turbid youth

    1 1954 HD

    Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

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  • 1982
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    傑作推理劇場 不安な階段

    傑作推理劇場 不安な階段

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1956
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    Ryûri no kishi

    Ryûri no kishi

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1968
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    Kuroneko

    Kuroneko

    7.412 1968 HD

    In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...

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  • 1962
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    Till Tomorow Comes

    Till Tomorow Comes

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1962
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    Dolls floating down the river

    Dolls floating down the river

    1 1962 HD

    A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

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  • 1962
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    Long Way to Okinawa

    Long Way to Okinawa

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1968
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    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    1 1968 HD

    After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.

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  • 1981
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    Asshii-tachi no machi

    Asshii-tachi no machi

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1951
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    Miss Oyu

    Miss Oyu

    7.152 1951 HD

    Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to...

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  • 1951
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    Who Will Judge Me?

    Who Will Judge Me?

    1 1951 HD

    Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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  • 1962
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    Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

    Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1954
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    Koina no Ginpei

    Koina no Ginpei

    1 1954 HD

    1954 Japanese movie

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  • 1990
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    Don't Mind

    Don't Mind

    1 1990 HD

    Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

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  • 1952
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    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.1 1952 HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

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  • 1971
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    7 1971 HD

    Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...

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  • 1981
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    Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

    6.1 1981 HD

    The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend...

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  • 1959
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    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    1 1959 HD

    A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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  • 1961
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    The Last War

    The Last War

    6.2 1961 HD

    A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

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  • 1995
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    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    7 1995 HD

    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

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  • 1958
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    Yaji and Kita on the Road

    Yaji and Kita on the Road

    1 1958 HD

    Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

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  • 1962
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    Human

    Human

    6.8 1962 HD

    The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

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  • 1969
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    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    6.4 1969 HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

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  • 1959
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    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    7 1959 HD

    An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

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  • 1986
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    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.8 1986 HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

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  • 1958
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    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    5.3 1958 HD

    In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

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  • 1970
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    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    6.7 1970 HD

    Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

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  • 1985
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    Demon

    Demon

    7.7 1985 HD

    Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small...

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  • 1954
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    An Inn at Osaka

    An Inn at Osaka

    7.3 1954 HD

    An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

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  • 1959
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    Flower Shop Curtain

    Flower Shop Curtain

    1 1959 HD

    The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

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  • 1965
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    Conquest

    Conquest

    5 1965 HD

    Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

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  • 1972
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    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    5.625 1972 HD

    A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

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  • 1958
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    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    1 1958 HD

    1958 Japanese movie

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  • 1986
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    Black Board

    Black Board

    4 1986 HD

    Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

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  • 1974
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    My Way

    My Way

    5.7 1974 HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

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  • 1965
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    Nami kage

    Nami kage

    1 1965 HD

    Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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  • 1954
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    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7 1954 HD

    Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

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  • 1961
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    Love's Family Tree

    Love's Family Tree

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1987
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    Children on the Island

    Children on the Island

    1 1987 HD

    The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

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  • 1951
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    Story of a Beloved Wife

    Story of a Beloved Wife

    7 1951 HD

    Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

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  • 1982
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    Arashi Tatsunari

    Arashi Tatsunari

    1 1982 HD

    Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

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  • 1977
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    The Life of Chikuzan

    The Life of Chikuzan

    8.3 1977 HD

    A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.

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  • 1962
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    喜劇 駅前飯店

    喜劇 駅前飯店

    1 1962 HD

    The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

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  • 1964
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    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    7.2 1964 HD

    After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

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  • 1965
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    The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

    10 1965 HD

    One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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  • 1951
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    Izayoi kaidō

    Izayoi kaidō

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1953
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    Murahachibu

    Murahachibu

    1 1953 HD

    A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

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  • 1953
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    Miniature

    Miniature

    8 1953 HD

    Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

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  • 1951
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    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    5.4 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.333 1972 HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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  • 1969
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    Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

    6 1969 HD

    Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

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  • 1960
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    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    6.9 1960 HD

    A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...

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  • 1982
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    Ekisutora

    Ekisutora

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Ore to aitsu no monogatari

    Ore to aitsu no monogatari

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1968
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    Monument to the Girl's Corps

    Monument to the Girl's Corps

    1 1968 HD

    In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...

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  • 1957
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    Geisha in the Old City

    Geisha in the Old City

    1 1957 HD

    Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

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  • 1986
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    Lost in the Wilderness

    Lost in the Wilderness

    1 1986 HD

    The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of...

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  • 1955
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    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.75 1955 HD

    A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

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  • 1960
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    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    1 1960 HD

    Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

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  • 1950
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    Wedding Ring

    Wedding Ring

    6.6 1950 HD

    A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

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  • 1980
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    Nurse's Husband

    Nurse's Husband

    1 1980 HD

    “Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....

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  • 1953
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    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Ataka Family

    The Ataka Family

    5.5 1952 HD

    Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

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  • 1975
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    Onna no Natsu

    Onna no Natsu

    1 1975 HD

    It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

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  • 1960
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    The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

    8 1960 HD

    In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

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  • 1973
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    The Heart

    The Heart

    7.8 1973 HD

    The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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  • 1961
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    Immortal Love

    Immortal Love

    7.5 1961 HD

    The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war...

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  • 1961
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    Hunting Rifle

    Hunting Rifle

    7 1961 HD

    Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...

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  • 1963
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    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    1 1963 HD

    Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

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  • 1966
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    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    1 1966 HD

    Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

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  • 1963
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    Rush to Our Sweetheart

    Rush to Our Sweetheart

    1 1963 HD

    Japanese comedy film.

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  • 1967
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    Libido

    Libido

    1 1967 HD

    aka Libido.

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  • 1953
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    旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る

    旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1984
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    Location

    Location

    1 1984 HD

    The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's...

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  • 1973
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    The Twilight Years

    The Twilight Years

    1 1973 HD

    A woman looks after her father in law.

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  • 1980
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    The Long Way 'Round

    The Long Way 'Round

    1 1980 HD

    1980 Japanese film.

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  • 1978
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    The Incident

    The Incident

    6.3 1978 HD

    The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...

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  • 1959
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    When a Woman Loves

    When a Woman Loves

    1 1959 HD

    Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    Seikurabe

    Seikurabe

    1 1962 HD

    Japanese drama film.

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  • 2000
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    By Player

    By Player

    8 2000 HD

    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

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  • 1979
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    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    4.857 1979 HD

    The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

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  • 1963
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    Mother

    Mother

    6.8 1963 HD

    A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

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  • 1992
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    Free and Easy 5

    Free and Easy 5

    7.5 1992 HD

    Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

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  • 1959
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    Room for Let

    Room for Let

    6 1959 HD

    When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

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  • 1975
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    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.8 1975 HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the...

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  • 1953
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    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    1 1953 HD

    Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

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  • 1958
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    Makeraremasen katsumadewa

    Makeraremasen katsumadewa

    1 1958 HD

    Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

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  • 1963
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    Pressure of Guilt

    Pressure of Guilt

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1962
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    Born in Sin

    Born in Sin

    1 1962 HD

    A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

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  • 1959
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    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    5.3 1959 HD

    The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

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  • 1956
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    Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

    7 1956 HD

    Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

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  • 1963
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    The Maid Story

    The Maid Story

    1 1963 HD

    Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

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  • 1979
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    The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

    6 1979 HD

    A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional...

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  • 1966
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    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    1 1966 HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

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  • 1966
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    Rise Against the Sword

    Rise Against the Sword

    6.5 1966 HD

    Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

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  • 1958
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    The Shop Curtain

    The Shop Curtain

    1 1958 HD

    Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

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  • 1956
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    Shin ono ga tsumi

    Shin ono ga tsumi

    1 1956 HD

    20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

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  • 1961
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    The Youth and His Amulet

    The Youth and His Amulet

    1 1961 HD

    Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

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  • 1952
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    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Strange Affinity

    Strange Affinity

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Island Closest to Heaven

    The Island Closest to Heaven

    6 1984 HD

    A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.

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  • 1957
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    Floating Vessel

    Floating Vessel

    1 1957 HD

    Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn from parts of the famous Genji...

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  • 1956
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    Actress

    Actress

    1 1956 HD

    Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Dream Street

    Dream Street

    1 1989 HD

    A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

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  • 1961
    imgMovies

    The Shrikes

    The Shrikes

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    This Madding Crowd

    This Madding Crowd

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    5.7 1988 HD

    A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

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  • 1992
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    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    8 1992 HD

    A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...

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  • 1956
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    Twice on a Certain Night

    Twice on a Certain Night

    1 1956 HD

    Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

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  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Ai Sureba Koso

    Ai Sureba Koso

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Yokubo

    Yokubo

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Onna no issho

    Onna no issho

    1 1953 HD

    Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

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  • 1982
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    Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3

    Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3

    1 1982 HD

    The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

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  • 1958
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    The Child Writers

    The Child Writers

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Beauty and the Dragon

    The Beauty and the Dragon

    1 1955 HD

    Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

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  • 1984
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    The Horizon

    The Horizon

    1 1984 HD

    Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

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  • 1961
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    A Good Man, A Good Day

    A Good Man, A Good Day

    1 1961 HD

    The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

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  • 1950
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    Shojohou

    Shojohou

    1 1950 HD

    A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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  • 1975
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    Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

    1 1975 HD

    A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

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  • 1982
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    The Go Masters

    The Go Masters

    6.2 1982 HD

    Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely...

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  • 1970
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    Mominoki wa Nokotta

    Mominoki wa Nokotta

    1 1970 HD

    Depicting Date clan’s internal strife that occurred during a peaceful Edo period governed by the 4th Tokugawa shogun.

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  • 1965
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    Taikouki

    Taikouki

    1 1965 HD

    Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.

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  • 1978
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    Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

    Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

    1 1978 HD

    Kindaichi becomes involved in the case of an actress whose husbands keep dying mysteriously — and her new fiancé has just received a...

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  • 1983
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    Oshin

    Oshin

    6.367 1983 HD

    Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the...

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  • 1970
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    ありがとう

    ありがとう

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1987
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    Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries

    Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries

    1 1987 HD

    Crime mysteries from 1987 to 1990 based on Yasuo Uchida's novels starring Yutaka Mizutani.

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  • 1975
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    女の夏

    女の夏

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1991
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    朝比奈周平ミステリー

    朝比奈周平ミステリー

    1 1991 HD

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