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Comedy movie
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Japanese comedy film.
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Japanese comedy film.
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Hibari Misora musical.
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Japanese comedy film.
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Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period
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Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan.
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A 1954 film.
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The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.
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A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
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Japanese comedy film.
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Japanese comedy film.
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A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa temple as bell ringers. In their house is an Echigo lion mask, a memento of Chomatsu's deceased father. After several incidents of Echigo lion masks being destroyed in the area, a local kingpin Saheiji shows up at Denbei's demanded he hand over the mask, a request Denbei rejects out of pity for Chomatsu. However, after it is accidentally revealed that the mask contains an important map, Saheiji plots to steal the mask. Chomatsu gets involved after his mother makes a sudden reappearance that sends the boy on a roundabout journey that will reveal the truth about his family.
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A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after the reward money.
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Japanese comedy film.
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Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita
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1944 war movie
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Japanese war-era film
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The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
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My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest problem: His daughter Hideko is too clever and is expected by her teachers to enter the school for higher girls after graduating from primary school. But how is our poor clerk supposed to pay the school fees? How does poor Hideko feel about the situation? How can they cope with the envious colleagues who have less brighter daughters? And - an important question for Hideko's mother - what will the neighbours think? What's the point about getting a good education for girls anyway?
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An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder.
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If you throw this child away
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If you throw this child away
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Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito. This is a rare example of a silent Japanese slapstick film that has survived to this day.
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A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.
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The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
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A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.
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A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.
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Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.
