清水宏 1903-1966Overview
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清水宏
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清水宏
簪 かんざし
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4 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 132 libraries worldwide Two bruised souls enact a tender, hesitant romance in a wartime love story. A soldier is forced to prolong his stay at a rural spa when he accidentally cuts his foot on a hairpin. Soon enough he tracks down its lovely owner and finds himself smitten.
港の日本娘
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3 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 130 libraries worldwide Set in the modernizing port town of Yokohama. Dora and Sunako are two best friends who become torn apart by jealousy and violent revenge. Tells of the humiliating downfall experienced by Sunako after jealousy drives her to commit a terrible crime.
按摩と女
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2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 130 libraries worldwide A group of disparate people, including, a pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew make a crisscrossing study of love and family while visiting a remote resort in the mountains. A timeless portrait of loneliness, the human need to connect all while getting caught up in all manner of quiet intrigue.
有りがたうさん
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3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Japanese and held by 122 libraries worldwide Follows the long and winding route of a sweet-natured bus driver. He is nicknamed Mr. Thank You for his constant exclamation to pedestrians who kindly step out of his way. His route travels from rural Izu to Tokyo. Along the way, romance, comedy and tragedy threatens his passengers.
Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu
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1 edition published in 2009 in Japanese and held by 56 libraries worldwide [V. 1]. Japanese girls at the harbor. Shimizu's exquisite silent drama tells of the humiliating social downfall experienced by Sunako after jealousy drives her to commit a terrible crime. With its lushly photographed landscapes and innovative visual storytelling, this film shows a director at the peak of his powers and experimentation.
Mr. Thank You Arigato-san
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3 editions published in 2009 in Japanese and held by 15 libraries worldwide A small bus drives through the mountain pass in Izu. The young bus driver is nicknamed "Arigatō-san (Mr. Thank you)" because he greets everyone he meets on the bus route, saying "Arigatō (Thank you)." The bus carries a variety of people, such as street vendors, a woman working in a nightclub, a man who dreams of excavating gold, and a beautiful young girl who, on the way to Tokyo to sell herself to save her poor family, falls in love with Arigatō-san.
信子
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 8 libraries worldwide Based on a popular novel by Shishi Bunroku, this is the story of a young woman who comes to Tokyo to become a sports teacher in a girls' school. She must endure the teasing and practical jokes of the students, especially when she is forced to move into the girls' dormitory as a proctor. When she subdues a robber whom she thought to be one of the girls playing a practical joke, the story of her bravery spreads throughout the school. But there is another issue that she will have to face...
風の中の子供
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2 editions published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 7 libraries worldwide Based on a Tsubota Joji novel, Children in the Wind (a.k.a. Kaze no Naka no Kodomo) is probably Shimizu's most well-known work, and helped establish his reputation as a children's film director. Brothers Zenta (Hayama Masao) and Sanpei (Bakudan Kozo) carelessly wile their summer away in the countryside, bullying neighbor Kintaro and fighting over who gets to deliver their father's daily lunchbox. Sunny days come to an abrupt end when their father is accused of forging documents and put in jail. While his mother looks for work, Sanpei is sent away to stay with his father's retired schoolmaster, but he can't stop getting into trouble.
子供の四季
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 7 libraries worldwide The film is divided into two chapters, following the young protagonists' minor adventures and real-world awakenings over spring and summer, then autumn and winter.
みかへりの塔
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 6 libraries worldwide A drama set in a school for troubled children, where the object is to provide a family atmosphere for the children to help them get better. The school is suffering from a severe water shortage, and the children are enlisted to help build a waterway from a nearby lake. In working together, they are able to find new happiness.
朗らかに步め
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4 editions published between 1930 and 2003 in Japanese and held by 4 libraries worldwide A gangster, Kenji, meets Yasue, an earnest office girl, and decides to change his way of life.
簪
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in Japanese and held by 4 libraries worldwide Emi and her friend Okiku spend the night at a hot spring. When one of the men also staying at the resort injures himself on a hairpin that Emi accidentally dropped in the hot spring, she comes all the way from Tokyo to make her apologies. The man is a bit embarrassed by her show of attention; Emi herself, who has been bored with her lifestyle in Tokyo as a kept woman, feels this might be the right opportunity to rethink her future.
按摩と女
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in Japanese and held by 4 libraries worldwide In this comedy film, famous masseurs Tokuichi and Fukuichi have come to a mountain spa to work. Even though they are both blind, they have a keen sense of intuition. One day, a mysterious and attractive woman comes to the spa from Tokyo, and even the masseurs can't figure her out. Tokuichi becomes enamored of her. When there is a rash of thefts at the resort, Tokuichi believes she might be the thief and tries to protect her.
小原庄助さん
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in Japanese and held by 3 libraries worldwide "Ohara Shōsuke-san" is a character in a folk song, "Aizu Bandaisan," who loves to stay in bed, drink sake and take a bath in the morning and eventually ends up losing all of his fortune. The protagonist of the film, Sugimoto Saheita, who spends his mornings oversleeping,drinking sake and bathing, is nevertheless a very charitable person and gives generously to his fellow villagers. Like Shōsuke-san in the song, Saheita loses everything he has and leaves his home village.
大学は出たけれど 東京の女 / 松竹キネマ株式会社 ; 監督小津安二郎
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2 editions published in 2003 in Japanese and held by 3 libraries worldwide Daigaku wa deta keredo: Nomoto, fresh out of college, has a hard time finding a satisfactory job, but he tries to hide his unemployment from his mother and his fiancée. When Nomoto learns that his fiancée is working in a cafe to support him, he decides to take a receptionist job which he had earlier turned down.
Kodomo no shiki Children
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 2 libraries worldwide A four-disc collection of Japanese director Hiroshi Shimizu's films, sharing the common subject of children and the common theme of childhood.
Yamaai no fukei Landscape
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 2 libraries worldwide A four-disc collection of Japanese director Hiroshi Shimizu's films, sharing the common subject of relationships and the common theme of travel.
山のあなた 徳市の恋
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1 edition published in 2008 in Japanese and held by 2 libraries worldwide "ある温泉場を舞台に按摩(マッサージ師)の徳市と, 温泉客の美しい女性・美千穂との淡い恋の行方を描いた切ないラブストーリー."--Container.
しいのみ学園
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2 editions published between 1900 and 1955 in Japanese and held by 1 library worldwide more
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Best friends Biography Blind Blind women Bus drivers Bus occupants Bus travel Children Civilization--Western influences Comedy films Crime films Criminal behavior Criticism, interpretation, etc. Drama Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films Friendship Gangster films Gangsters Hair ornaments Health resorts Ibuse, Masuji,--1898-1993 Japan Japan--Yokohama-shi Jealousy Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Masseurs Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, Japanese Mountain resorts Prostitution Revenge Road films Road films Romance films Romantic comedy films Shimizu, Hiroshi,--1903-1966 Silent films Silent films Social history Video recordings--for people with visual disabilities Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women Women teachers
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Hiroshi, Shimizu 1903-1966
Shimizu Hiroshi 1903-1966
清水宏, 1903-1966
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