Sadako Sawamura
Known for: Acting
Born: November 11, 1908
Died: August 16, 1996
Place of birth: Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Sadako Sawamura (沢村貞子, Sawamura Sadako; 11 November 1908 – 16 August 1996) was a Japanese stage and film actress and essayist who appeared in more than 350 films between 1935 and 1976. Sawamura was born in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. After dropping out of Japan Women's University, she was active in left-wing theatre groups and was twice arrested for her political beliefs, spending over a year in prison with much of it in solitary confinement. She started acting in films in 1934, first at the Nikkatsu studio, later at Toho. She appeared in many supporting roles after the war, often working with director Mikio Naruse. Sawamura also acted in films by directors including Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kaneto Shindō. Her brothers were the actors Daisuke Katō and Kunitarō Sawamura. Her autobiography Watashi no Asakusa has been translated into English as My Asakusa. She was married three times: to actor Shigeo Imamura (1931-33), actor Kamatari Fujiwara (1936-46) and subsequently to film magazine editor and critic Yasuhiko Ohashi (1968-96, though domestic partners from 1946 onward).
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Filmography
288 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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365日の献立日記
2019
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When Winter Comes
1985
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Daikazoku
1984
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Otei-chan
1978
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Hikarugake
1977
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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975NR
おれの義姉さん
1970
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The Street Car Game
1969
7.0
The Song from My Heart
1969
10.0
My Brother, My Love
1968
7.0
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968
7.7
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
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Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
5.5
Nunnery Confidential
1968
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
1968
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Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
1967
8.0
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967
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Swift Current
1967
10.0
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
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Sayonara ressha
19667.0
Once a Rainy Day
1966
7.5
The Kii River
1966
6.0
A Sky Full of Tears
1966
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Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1966
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Night Bitch
1966
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The Passionate Spinster
1965
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Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
6.7
Snow Country
1965
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That Cute Girl
1965
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Love on the Rainbow
1965
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Salaryman's Medal
1965
8.0
Nami kage
1965
7.3
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
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Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
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Eddy Currents of Life
1964
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My Lover
1964
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Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
1964
10.0
Whirlpool of Flesh
1964
8.3
Sweet Sweat
1964
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Mumu Dance
1964
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Taiyou wo Daku Onna
1964
8.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
7.0
Youth Season Continued
1964
10.0
Night Scandal in Japan
1964
8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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Miren
1963
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At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
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Double Wedding
1963
9.5
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
8.0
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
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Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963
10.0
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
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Wakai yatsu
1963
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Police Precinct: Backing Investigation
1963
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A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
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At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
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Naite waratta hanayome
1962
9.0
Curry Rice
1962
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
7.1
Chûshingura
1962
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Zoku aizen katsura
1962
10.0
Youth Season
1962
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At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
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Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain
1962
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Kyūjin ryokō
1962
10.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
9.0
Glory on the Summit
1962
8.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962
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At the Side of the Bridge
1962
6.0
Four Sisters
1962
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Pig and Goldfish
1962
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Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
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Flower in a Storm
1962
8.0
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
7.1
Our Marriage
1962
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Koshū
1962
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
6.6
In Search of Mother
1962
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South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
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A Roaring Trade
1962
7.0
Nippon no obaachan
1962
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Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
6.5
The Catch
1961
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Sanctuary
1961
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Boss Takes to the Road
1961
6.5
Girls of the Night
1961
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Toilet Manager
1961
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Awamori-kun uridasu
1961
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The Estuary
1961
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Hikkoshi yatsure
1961
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Onna no hashi
1961
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Door of Flowers
1961
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Triangle Moods
1961
7.0
Romance Express
1961
6.3
Zero Focus
1961
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Women of Tokyo
1961
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Mahiru no wana
1960
7.7
Late Autumn
1960
10.0
Ponkotsu
1960
2.7
Towering Waves
1960NR
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960
10.0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
8.7
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
7.0
Youth in Fury
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
10.0
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
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Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
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Police Precinct Part 13
1960
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
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Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960
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Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
9.0
Hito mo arukeba
1960
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Beyond the Hills
1960
6.5
The Wandering Princess
1960
8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
10.0
Pineapple Butai
1959
7.0
The Terrible Game
1959
6.3
The Human Wall
1959
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Young Lovers
1959
10.0
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
9.0
Someday I'll Know
1959
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Koko ni otoko ari
1959
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Vagabond Lovers
1959
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Work Hard, Happy Girls!
1959
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The Bell of Love
1959
8.0
The Cast-Off
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
6.6
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
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Whistling in the Morning
1959
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Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
1959
9.0
Echo Mountain
1959
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People Waiting for Spring
1959
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One Step to Happiness
1958
7.0
The Naked General
1958
10.0
Bright Young Maidens
1958
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Hanayome no teikō
1958
9.0
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
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Fearless Opposition
1958NR
Romance Freestyle
1958
6.6
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
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直八子供旅
1958
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Hibi no haishin
1958
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Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
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No Advice Taken
1958
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The Adorable Trio
1957
8.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
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Faraway Man
1957
7.0
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
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The Beauty Expert
1957
9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
6.0
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
8.0
The Betrothed
1957
7.5
Untamed Woman
1957
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Haha to ko no mado
1957
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A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957
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Morning Whistling
1957
9.0
Ôban
1957
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Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
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Young Lovers
1957
5.8
The Rose on His Arm
1956
8.0
Love on Rainbow Island
1956
7.8
Bridge of Japan
1956
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The Three Musketeers Reunite
1956
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Cascading White Threads
1956
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Gendai no yokubô
1956
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Midori naru hito: kōhen ai no honryū
1956
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Midori naru hito: zenpen wakare no yogisha
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
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The Lady Was Pawn
1956
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
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Avalanche
1956
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The President Talks Bank
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
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Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
8.0
Young Tree
1956
8.0
The President's Boss
1956
7.8
So Young, So Bright
1955
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Iroha Elegy
1955
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Ejima and Ikushima
1955
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Youth
1955
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Detour to Love
1955
8.0
The Romance of Yushima
1955NR
Santōshain to onna hisho
1955
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Next Door to Happiness
1955
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Mother's Ambition
1955
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The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
1955
6.9
Beautiful Days
1955
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Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
7.0
Ofukuro
1955
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The Big Ambition
1955
10.0
Frame of Snow
1955
8.2
Here Is a Spring
1955
7.0
Policeman's Diary
1955
8.0
お月様には悪いけど
1954
6.5
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
8.0
The Surf
1954
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The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
8.0
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
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Husband on the Run
1954
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Geisha Hidekoma
1954
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乾杯！女学生
1954
7.2
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
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Yearning
1954
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All of Myself
1954
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My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
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Geisha Konatsu
1954
8.0
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
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One Night of Love
1954
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Mama's Diary
1954
6.8
Love Letter
1953
8.0
The Lovers
1953
NR
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
6.5
Tokyo Profile
1953
NR
Dreaming People
1953
8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953
NR
Sisters
1953
10.0
The End of the Night
1953
7.8
Miniature
1953
NR
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
9.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
9.0
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
NR
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
10.0
Adolescence
1952
8.0
Shanghai Rose
1952
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Four Asakusa Sisters
1952
8.0
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
8.0
Forbidden Path
1952
7.0
Mother
1952
7.0
Third Class Executives
1952
9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952
10.0
Mr. Lucky
1952
10.0
Wedding March
1951NR
Aizenbashi
1951
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Dorei no machi
1951
6.4
Dancing Girl
1951
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The Love Letter Trial
1951
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The White Orchid
1951
9.0
Elegy
1951
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A Man from Akagi
1950
10.0
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950NR
Beyond the Hills
1950
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Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
1950
8.0
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
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Spring Snow
1950
9.0
Onna no ryūkō
1950
10.0
First Love Questions and Answers
1950
6.7
Broken Drum
1949NR
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949
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The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949NR
My Name Is Mistress
1949
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Three Pearls
1949
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Haha koiboshi
1949
7.0
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
5.6
Flame of My Love
1949
6.0
Goblin Courier
1949
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Kōfuku no genkai
1948
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Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948NR
Sen-hime goten
1948
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Yakyukyō jidai
1948NR
Nerawareta onna
1948NR
The Fifth Witness
1948
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Twenty-One Fingerprints
1948
5.7
Victory Song
1945
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Monpe-san
1944
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Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
1943
6.2
Mother Never Dies
19428.0
Onna keizu
1942
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Green Earth
1942
8.0
Sky of Hope
1942
7.0
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941
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The Night Before the Meiji Restoration
1941
7.0
Dancers of Awa
1941
6.3
Horse
19417.0
Kodakara fūfu
1941
10.0
Bellflower
1940
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Wedding Day
1940
8.0
Travels to the East
1940
9.0
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940
8.0
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939NR
Osanaki mono no hata
19398.0
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939NR
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
6.3
A Pebble by the Wayside
1938NR
Sōbō
1937
NR
Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown
1936
NR
The Foster Mother
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