post war japan movies

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Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Godzilla Minus One (2023)
7.933 / 10

Postwar Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

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Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla (1954)
7.6 / 10

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far...

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From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
7.534 / 10

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both...

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Good Morning (1959)

Good Morning (1959)
7.719 / 10

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story...

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Sayonara (1957)

Sayonara (1957)
6.6 / 10

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese...

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Stray Dog (1949)

Stray Dog (1949)
7.5 / 10

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

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Tokyo Joe (1949)

Tokyo Joe (1949)
5.953 / 10

An American returns to Tokyo to try to pick up threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the...

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Madadayo (1993)

Madadayo (1993)
7.368 / 10

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...

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Tokyo Twilight (1957)

Tokyo Twilight (1957)
7.608 / 10

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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Floating Weeds (1959)

Floating Weeds (1959)
7.441 / 10

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

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One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
7.2 / 10

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many...

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Early Summer (1951)

Early Summer (1951)
7.811 / 10

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

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The Idiot (1951)

The Idiot (1951)
7 / 10

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love...

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Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
6.7 / 10

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

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House of Bamboo (1955)

House of Bamboo (1955)
6.107 / 10

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow...

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The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
5.9 / 10

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

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I Live in Fear (1955)

I Live in Fear (1955)
7.3 / 10

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

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Street of Shame (1956)

Street of Shame (1956)
7.6 / 10

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Pigs and Battleships (1961)
7 / 10

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

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Repast (1951)

Repast (1951)
7.4 / 10

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

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