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たそがれ清兵衛
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17 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 451 libraries worldwide Set during the Bakumatsu period (mid 19th century) a low-ranking samurai is forced to choose service over love.
母べえ
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2 editions published in 2009 in Japanese and held by 260 libraries worldwide After her husband is arrested on suspicion of being a Communist, a woman is suddenly in charge of taking care of her household and her two daughters, with the help of her husband's sister, during the early days of World War II.
武士の一分
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8 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in Japanese and English and held by 181 libraries worldwide Depicts the emotional intensity of an age when respect was more valuable than riches and love cut more truly than any sword. Shinnojo Mimura is a samurai, sharing a hand-to-mouth life with his beautiful wife, until he goes blind, and loses everything.
隠し剣鬼の爪
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1 edition published in 2006 in Japanese and held by 179 libraries worldwide During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan...
The hidden blade Kakushi ken oni no tsume
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6 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 81 libraries worldwide During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan ...
たそがれ清兵衛
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in Japanese and held by 67 libraries worldwide Set during the Bakumatsu period (mid 19th century) a low-ranking samurai is forced to choose service over love.
ゼロの焦点
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1 edition published in 2004 in Japanese and held by 55 libraries worldwide When a newlywed husband disappears on what was supposed to be only a brief business trip, his wife Teiko spearheads the effort to find out what happened. As Teiko slowly makes her way through the snowy countryside in search of missing husband, the revelation that he may have been leading a double life sets off a chain of events that finds her fate growing increasingly grim.
The twilight samurai
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8 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 40 libraries worldwide A low-ranking samurai finds himself a widower, with two children and his aging mother to support. He is financially strapped and forced to take extra work to support his family. His situation becomes somewhat of a joke to the other samurai, but his skill with the sword remains a point of pride with the warrior. Strife within the clan brings the samurai an opportunity to regain honor that his financial situation has taken from him.
続男はつらいよ
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3 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 34 libraries worldwide The second in the series of Tora-san films, this episode finds Toara-san unable build an intimate relationship with his old teacher's daughter, so heads for Kyoto to find his mother.
The twilight samurai
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in Multiple languages and Japanese and held by 33 libraries worldwide As the feudal Shogun period is unravelling in late 19th-century Japan, widowed, low-ranking samurai Seibei devotes his life not to the art of war but to his two children and ailing mother. Hopeful that true happiness may at last find him when his childhood love divorces her husband, Seibei instead succumbs to fate when he is forced to face a renowned enemy warrior in a life-or-death battle.
Kenkushi ken oni no tsume The hidden blade
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in Japanese and Chinese and held by 27 libraries worldwide Munezo is in love with his family's maid but knows that he cannot marry someone of her inferior social standing. In a changing society that is seeing the replacement of the sword with the gun, Munezo's ambivalence about his way of life comes to a head when he is ordered to a kill a traitor: his old friend Yaichiro.
砂の器
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1 edition published in 2003 in Japanese and held by 27 libraries worldwide "一名慷慨仁慈, 受人愛戴的老警員在東京火車站被人謀殺, 奉命調查的兩名探員完全找不到任何動機線索, 但在他們鍥而不捨的追查下, 卻揭開了一段涉及一位聲譽漸隆的年輕作曲家的神秘身世."--碟盒.
男はつらいよ フーテンの寅
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 25 libraries worldwide In the third Tora-san films, Tora-san's family attempts to arrange a marriage for him. Tora-san's enthusiasm causing a turmoil again, he leaves for a remote hot springs resort where he becomes a handyman and falls in love with the general manager, Oshizu.
新男はつらいよ
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2 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 25 libraries worldwide Tora-san offers a trip to Hawaii to his Aunt and Uncle to make up for the trouble he has caused them. But unexpected troubles await. In the second half of the story, a beautiful young woman comes into Tora-san's life.
男はつらいよ
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3 editions published in 2002 in Japanese and held by 24 libraries worldwide Tora-san, an itinerant peddler, returns home after twenty years to find his parents passed away and his only sister, Sakura, running a local sweet shop and living with their aunt and uncle. Tora begrudgingly agrees to Sakura's planned marriage to a painter, but only succeeds in ruining the marriage when he behaves outrageously at the pre-wedding party. He unwittingly falls in love with the daughter of a Buddhist priest. Upon learning that she is already preparing for her own marriage, he decides to leave home again to hide his chagrin.
男はつらいよ
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1 edition published in 2009 in Japanese and held by 23 libraries worldwide The first in the Tora-san series begins as Tora-san comes back to his hometown to visit his family after 20 years of absence. After ruining his sister's opportunity for a desirable arranged marriage, he tries to help her to get married to a neighbor.
The hidden blade
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1 edition published in 2006 in Japanese and held by 23 libraries worldwide A young samurai struggles between his loyalty to tradition and the woman he loves despite her poor social standing.
幸福の黄色いハンカチ
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1 edition published in 2002 in Japanese and held by 20 libraries worldwide The story of an ex-murderer on parole trying to make his way home to Hokkaido to meet his wife.
男はつらいよ
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9 editions published between 1969 and 1997 in Japanese and held by 17 libraries worldwide
男はつらいよ
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14 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in Japanese and held by 12 libraries worldwide Tora-san, an itinerant peddler, returns home after twenty years to find his parents passed away and his only sister, Sakura, running a local sweet shop and living with their aunt and uncle. Tora begrudgingly agrees to Sakura's planned marriage to a painter, but only succeeds in ruining the marriage when he behaves outrageously at the pre-wedding party. He unwittingly falls in love with the daughter of a Buddhist priest. Upon learning that she is already preparing for her own marriage, he decides to leave home again to hide his chagrin. more
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Action and adventure films Blind Characters and characteristics College teachers Comedy films Comedy films Criticism, interpretation, etc. Displacement (Psychology) Drama Ex-convicts Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Foreign films Fujisawa, Shūhei,--1927-1997 Historical films History Husband and wife Interviews Japan Loyalty Man-woman relationships Married people Matsumoto, Seichō,--1909-1992 Missing persons Mothers and sons Motion picture authorship Motion picture plays Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, Japanese Motion pictures--Production and direction Murder Nogami, Teruyo,--1927- Otoko wa tsurai yo (Motion picture) Samurai Samurai--Conduct of life Samurai films Samurai films Schools Single fathers Social history Soldiers--Conduct of life Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films Widowers Yamada, Yōji
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Alternative Names
Yamada, Yoji 1931-
Yōji, Yamada 1931-
山田洋二
山田洋次 山田洋次山田, 洋次 Languages
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English (12) German (10) Multiple languages (8) Undetermined (6) Chinese (4) No Linguistic content (3) French (1) Turkish (1) Covers
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