Movies: Den Obinata

  • 1933
    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy (1933)

    Passing Fancy

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    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in....

    Passing Fancy
  • 1934
    A Mother Should Be Loved

    A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)

    A Mother Should Be Loved

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    A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling....

    A Mother Should Be Loved
  • 1933
    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

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    "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eve...

    The Dancing Girl of Izu
  • 1934
    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

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    Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouko is clearly int...

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
  • 1948
    365 Nights

    365 Nights (1948)

    365 Nights

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    A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so ...

    365 Nights
  • 1952
    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 (1952)

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1

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    The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various provinces. Here, a lively and entertaining tale unfolds, filled with swordplay where heroes and villains...

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
  • 1942
    Currents of Youth

    Currents of Youth (1942)

    Currents of Youth

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    It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is ...

    Currents of Youth
  • 1947
    The Age of Beginnings

    The Age of Beginnings (1947)

    The Age of Beginnings

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    A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets in...

    The Age of Beginnings
  • 1952
    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 (1952)

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2

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    At the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and Kakusan, and the appearance of the heroic woman Oshin, Lord Kōmon's ingenious strategy swiftly overcomes the wicked bandits in this exhilarating and unrivaled...

    Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
  • 1950
    Mado Kara Tobidase

    Mado Kara Tobidase (1950)

    Mado Kara Tobidase

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    The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an agricultural and livestock industry, and has his father Ritaro (Hiroshi Shiomi), younger brother Yuji ...

    Mado Kara Tobidase
  • 1940
    The Burning Sky

    The Burning Sky (1940)

    The Burning Sky

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    The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported t...

    The Burning Sky
  • 1949
    The Rainbow Man

    The Rainbow Man (1949)

    The Rainbow Man

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    When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on...

    The Rainbow Man
  • 1939
    The Whole Family Works

    The Whole Family Works (1939)

    The Whole Family Works

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    Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses....

    The Whole Family Works
  • 1942
    Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope (1942)

    Sky of Hope

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    What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942....

    Sky of Hope
  • 1940
    Wedding Day

    Wedding Day (1940)

    Wedding Day

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    Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of their widowed father's wedding to his chosen bride, Maki Tsuneko (Sadako Sawamura), who's anxious a...

    Wedding Day
  • 1948
    Golden Devil

    Golden Devil (1948)

    Golden Devil

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    1948 adaptation of Golden Devil...

    Golden Devil
  • 1934
    Living Things

    Living Things (1934)

    Living Things

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    Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho...

    Living Things
  • 1938
    Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki

    Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki (1938)

    Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki

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    This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and second parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were drie...

    Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
  • 1948
    G-Men of Japan

    G-Men of Japan (1948)

    G-Men of Japan

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    The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies and car gangs... This is the first film in the Nippon G-Men series, of which four more films were late...

    G-Men of Japan
  • 1933
    A Woman Crying in Spring

    A Woman Crying in Spring (1933)

    A Woman Crying in Spring

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    Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar. When Kenji visits the bar, he chas...

    A Woman Crying in Spring