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7.0A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Mother
1952
4.5In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
Varan the Unbelievable
1962
5.8When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Varan
1958
7.7A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Summer Clouds
1958
7.1Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
Children of Hiroshima
1952
NRA man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.
I Saw the Killer
1956
Film credits
1960s · 2 titles
4.5In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
Varan the Unbelievable
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Glory to the President of the Henpecked Political Party
1960
1950s · 14 titles
7.0A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Mother
1952
5.8When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Varan
1958
7.7A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Summer Clouds
1958
7.1Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
Children of Hiroshima
1952
NRA man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.
I Saw the Killer
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
9.0A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this light-hearted romantic drama.
Echo Mountain
1959
4.9Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
Beast Man Snow Man
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
8.0A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
Young Tree
1956
NRA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
The White Orchid
1951
8.0An Ishiro Honda film.
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
9.0No synopsis available yet.
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
1956