Movies: Takashi Kodaka
- 1944
This Happy Life (1944)
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A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less....
- 1940
Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)
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A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands....
- 1941
Kodakara fūfu (1941)
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- 1941
A Fond Face from the Past (1941)
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A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short, thirty-six-minute film is Naruse's most moving negotiation of the militarist restrictions of the time, perhaps be...
- 1941
Iemitsu and Hikoza (1941)
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A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type)....
- 1939
Rivals (1939)
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Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious beach vacation neither's family can afford....