Seiji Nishimura Movies

  • 1942
    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

    There Was a Father

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    Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

    There Was a Father
  • 1934
    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

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    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

    A Story of Floating Weeds
  • 1932
    I Was Born, But...

    I Was Born, But...

    I Was Born, But...

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    Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of...

    I Was Born, But...
  • 1947
    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

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    An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman
  • 1941
    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

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    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • 1933
    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy

    Passing Fancy

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    In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

    Passing Fancy
  • 1947
    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House

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    After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

    The Ball at the Anjo House
  • 1933
    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl

    Dragnet Girl

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    A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

    Dragnet Girl
  • 1937
    Children in the Wind

    Children in the Wind

    Children in the Wind

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    On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

    Children in the Wind
  • 1946
    Morning for the Osone Family

    Morning for the Osone Family

    Morning for the Osone Family

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    A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

    Morning for the Osone Family
  • 1941
    Introspection Tower

    Introspection Tower

    Introspection Tower

    6.71941HD

    A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

    Introspection Tower
  • 1933
    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams

    7.21933HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

    Every-Night Dreams
  • 1939
    Four Seasons of Children

    Four Seasons of Children

    Four Seasons of Children

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    The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

    Four Seasons of Children
  • 1938
    Half Virgin

    Half Virgin

    Half Virgin

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    Miyake has a boyfriend, Daijiro Natsukawa, who is a novelist, but considering her future marriage, Miyake is also looking for a job for her, but...

    Half Virgin
  • 1940
    Utsukushiki Rinjin

    Utsukushiki Rinjin

    Utsukushiki Rinjin

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    Utsukushiki Rinjin
  • 1936
    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

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    A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

    Men vs. Women
  • 1946
    Yurusareta ichiya

    Yurusareta ichiya

    Yurusareta ichiya

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    Yurusareta ichiya
  • 1937
    The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

    The Lights of Asakusa

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    Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

    The Lights of Asakusa
  • 1948
    Temptation

    Temptation

    Temptation

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    A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

    Temptation
  • 1942
    Sumida River

    Sumida River

    Sumida River

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    Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

    Sumida River