有りがたうさん [Arigatō-san / Mr. Thank You] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1936)

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有りがたうさん [Arigatō-san / Mr. Thank You] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1936)
Friendly and helpful, Arigatō-san (Ken Uehara) is there for his passengers and non-bus travellers alike. A sweet roadmovie from a Japan now lost to time.
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A couple who met briefly in Manchuria are reunited in Kobe but find their joy short-lived amid the vagaries of the post-war society in Kon Ichikawa’s tragic romance, Nightshade Flower. https://wp.me/p1x9li-kqk

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Four former geishas struggle to find their place in a changing society in Miko Naruse's melancholy melodrama, Late Chrysanthemums. https://wp.me/p1x9li-j26

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