Haruo Tanaka Movies

List of the best Haruo Tanaka movies: The Woman in the Rumor(1954), Ginza Cosmetics(1951), Floating Weeds(1959), The Lower Depths(1957) ... ...

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The Woman in the Rumor

Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out ... See full summary »

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Ginza Cosmetics

A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to other people's needs, she will end by taking part ... See full summary »

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Floating Weeds

The leader (Ganjirô Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko Sugimura) and their illegitimate son (Hiroshi Kawaguchi).

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The Lower Depths

In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.

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