Movies: Akio Isono
- 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...
- 1938
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
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A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing miniature studies of love and family at a remote resort in the mountains. With delicate and surprising hum...
- 1961
Zero Focus (1961)
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One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With onl...
- 1951
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
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A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist....
- 1953
Love Letter (1953)
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A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people....
- 1934
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)
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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...
- 1956
The Rose on His Arm (1956)
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Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza....
- 1956
I Will Buy You (1956)
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A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers....
- 1934
Street Without End (1934)
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Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman ac...
- 1937
The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
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Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to ...
- 1957
悪魔の顔 (1957)
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- 1955
荒木又右衛門 (1955)
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Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazuma's younger brother, Gentayū, and fled. Seeking assistance, Kazuma asked his brother-in-law, Araki ...
- 1952
Carmen's Innocent Love (1952)
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Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician....
- 1954
The Bronze Monster (1954)
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In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant metal monster that steals valuable clocks....
- 1933
Apart from You (1933)
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An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy....
- 1954
Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
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Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe....
- 1959
Hiroi Ten (1959)
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A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle....
- 1935
Okoto and Sasuke (1935)
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A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro....
- 1933
The Layabout and Seabathing (1933)
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The seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono). Summer came and the three of them decided to open a store on the beach to get rich......
- 1957
Hearts A-Flutter (1957)
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