A Diary of Our Love 1941
Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

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Schoolgirl Records 1941
A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

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Ōhinata-mura 1940
The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from the villagers but he knows full well that no one can afford to pay the village tax which has been unpaid for years...

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Spring on Leper's Island 1940    star_border 6.3
A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

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Nightingale 1938
An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

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Winter Inn 1938
A film that begins with wit and comedy when a husband tries to hide and mask his drinking, which his Jesus freak and very Christian wife dislikes, by gargling and other methods, turns somber when the man loses his job after being fired. He attempts to keep us appearances by having parties and still going to night clubs, which means money is even more of a short supply. He turns to gambling and the race horse tracks as a result.

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Children of the Sun 1938
Venice Film Festival 1939

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Crybaby Apprentice 1938    star_border 5
A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.

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Young People 1937    star_border 5
Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki (Obinata) speaks up for Keiko, one of the girls at the school, every time she causes problems because he feels sorry for her, a child born out of wedlock. Sumi (Natsukawa), one of Masaki’s colleagues and who is secretly in love with him, strongly disagrees with him about Keiko. Then Sumi hears a rumor that Keiko is pregnant with Masaki's child . . . .

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