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   An Autumn Afternoon

   Film · 1962 · also drama

   Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest...

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   The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

   Film · 1952 · also drama

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

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   Late Spring

   Film · 1949 · also drama

   Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he ma...

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   Repast

   Film · 1951 · also drama

   In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to esca...

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   Happy Hour

   Film · 2015 · also drama

   Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask on...

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   After the Storm

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 1...

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   Nobody Knows

   Film · 2004 · also drama

   In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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   A Man

   Film · 2022 · also drama

   Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

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   Her Love Boils Bathwater

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping h...

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    The Sea of Trees

    Film · 2016 · also drama

    In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

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