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30 years ago:
Madadayo (JP)
Original title: まあだだよ
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
1993-04-17
themoviedb.org/movie/13889

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69 years ago:
Sansho the Bailiff (JP)
Original title: 山椒大夫
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
1954-03-31
themoviedb.org/movie/20532

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60 years ago:
High and Low (JP)
Original title: 天国と地獄
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
1963-03-01
themoviedb.org/movie/12493

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