Masanao Kawakane Movies

  • 1959
    Umi no Chizu

    Umi no Chizu

    Umi no Chizu

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    Akiko Mizushina, a university student, is in love with Keisuke Okazaki, a member of the rugby team at the same university. Sugiura, a brilliant schola...

    Umi no Chizu
  • 1958
    White Blaze

    White Blaze

    White Blaze

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    A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasushi Inoue.

    White Blaze
  • 1961
    The Estuary

    The Estuary

    The Estuary

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    The Estuary
  • 1960
    One Way Ticket to Love

    One Way Ticket to Love

    One Way Ticket to Love

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    The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

    One Way Ticket to Love
  • 1959
    Thus Another Day

    Thus Another Day

    Thus Another Day

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    A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out t...

    Thus Another Day
  • 1961
    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade

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    A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic compet...

    Killers on Parade
  • 1961
    Zero Focus

    Zero Focus

    Zero Focus

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    One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...

    Zero Focus
  • 1960
    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki

    7.51960HD

    In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over...

    The River Fuefuki
  • 1960
    Good-for-Nothing

    Good-for-Nothing

    Good-for-Nothing

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    Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-fo...

    Good-for-Nothing
  • 1960
    Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

    5.81960HD

    When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous frien...

    Spring Dreams
  • 1959
    The Snow Flurry

    The Snow Flurry

    The Snow Flurry

    6.61959HD

    After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

    The Snow Flurry
  • 1958
    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

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    Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adaman...

    Equinox Flower