Chikage Awashima Movies

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

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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...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1967
    A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

    A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

    A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

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    The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae...

    A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
  • 1963
    Devices Stronger Than Women

    Devices Stronger Than Women

    Devices Stronger Than Women

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    An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. PR staffer Takayama opposes...

    Devices Stronger Than Women
  • 1963
    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

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    Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
  • 1964
    Hot Spring Ghost

    Hot Spring Ghost

    Hot Spring Ghost

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    Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.

    Hot Spring Ghost
  • 1994
    The Friends

    The Friends

    The Friends

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    A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a...

    The Friends
  • 1951
    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    Early Summer

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    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

    Early Summer
  • 1959
    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

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    Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...

    An Actor's Revenge
  • 1960
    The Brass General

    The Brass General

    The Brass General

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    Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their...

    The Brass General
  • 1961
    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

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    In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

    Girls of the Night
  • 1962
    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

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    The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

    A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
  • 1956
    春のみづうみ

    春のみづうみ

    春のみづうみ

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    春のみづうみ
  • 1954
    Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

    Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

    Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

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    A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

    Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
  • 1955
    The Further Adventures of Genta

    The Further Adventures of Genta

    The Further Adventures of Genta

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    The Further Adventures of Genta
  • 1952
    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

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    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
  • 1961
    An Urban Affair

    An Urban Affair

    An Urban Affair

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    Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real...

    An Urban Affair
  • 1986
    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

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    A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

    Metamorphosis
  • 1952
    武蔵と小次郎

    武蔵と小次郎

    武蔵と小次郎

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    As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by...

    武蔵と小次郎
  • 1957
    The Unbalanced Wheel

    The Unbalanced Wheel

    The Unbalanced Wheel

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    A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

    The Unbalanced Wheel
  • 1970
    The Foster Mother

    The Foster Mother

    The Foster Mother

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    A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

    The Foster Mother