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Essential Japanese Films

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Serpent
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Serpent (1925)
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A Page of Madness (1926)
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A Diary of Chuji’s Travels
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A Diary of Chuji’s Travels (1927)
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Crossroads
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Crossroads (1928)
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I Was Born, But... (1932)
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I Was Born, But... (1932)
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Japanese Girls at the Harbor
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Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko
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Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko (1933)
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The Water Magician
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The Water Magician (1933)
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
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Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)
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Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
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Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)
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Wife! Be Like a Rose!
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Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)
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Osaka Elegy
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Osaka Elegy (1936)
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The Only Son (1936)
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The Only Son (1936)
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Priest of Darkness
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Priest of Darkness (1936)
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Straits of Love and Hate
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Humanity And Paper Balloons (1937)
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Humanity And Paper Balloons (1937)
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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The Masseurs and a Woman
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The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
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Ornamental Hairpin
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The 47 Ronin
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The 47 Ronin (1941)
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The Ball at the Anjo House
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Children of the Beehive
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Children of the Beehive (1948)
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Late Spring
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Stray Dog
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Till We Meet Again
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Rashomon (1950)
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Rashomon (1950)
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Early Summer
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Early Summer (1951)
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Repast
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The Life of Oharu
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Shinkû chitai
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Ikiru (1952)
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Ikiru (1952)
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Ugetsu (1953)
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Ugetsu (1953)
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Tokyo Story (1953)
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Entotsu no mieru basho
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Entotsu no mieru basho (1953)
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Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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Twenty-Four Eyes
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The Woman in the Rumor
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The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
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Godzilla (1954)
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Godzilla (1954)
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Sound of the Mountain
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An Inn at Osaka
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An Inn at Osaka (1954)
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The Tale of the Crucified Lovers
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The Tale of the Crucified Lovers (1954)
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Seven Samurai (1954)
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Seven Samurai (1954)
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Taira Clan Saga
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Taira Clan Saga (1955)
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Floating Clouds
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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
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Street of Shame
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Flowing
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Crazed Fruit
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Susaki Paradise - Red Light District
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