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The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...
A Good Man, A Good Day
Nigetekita hanayome
1962 Japanese movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the...
Enomoto's Heaven and Hell
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find...
Pom Poko
続サラリーマン清水港
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
Hail the 3 Gents
In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...
Travels of Lord Mito
The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.
The President Talks Bank
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater...
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
A Doting Parent’s Lullaby
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of...
Zatoichi's Revenge
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Fire Festival
The cabaret «Romance», run by Masami Daisaku's father, is experiencing financial difficulties, and Masami is betting on changes and asks...
Birth of Romance
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...
Ôban
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...
Yaji and Kita on the Road
The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Sada
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old...
Lullaby to Kill
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
Buddies
A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido.
Wandering -SASURAI-
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1958 Japanese movie
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1963 Japanese movie
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1961 Japanese movie
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
Kigeki ekimae onsen
Assistant President
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
喜劇 駅前飯店
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...
The Scent of Incense
A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
The President's Boss
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Scrap Collectors
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only...
天使が俺を追い駈ける
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who...
Suspicion
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...
Why Not?
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Hachiko
At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level...
Zegen
Kigeki: Hanayome sensô
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic...
Black Rain
On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a...
The Man from Shimizu
ドリフターズですよ!特訓特訓また特訓
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has thoughts of cheating with a young girl. He goes on a...
Dislikes
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...
My Hobo
Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small...
The Hidden Festival
The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is...
The Ghostly Trip
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza...
A Legend of Turmoil
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Japanese comedy film.
誰よりも金を愛す
Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.
Holiday in Japan
First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
For Love and Money
Boss Takes to the Road
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating...
Queen Bee
Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is...
Tokyo Blackout
Nonsense Boys
Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
Like a Savage
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
Snow in the South Seas
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...
The Inugami Family
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
A Country Boss
When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a...
Demon Pond
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Island of Hell
Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.
Tenten Musume
Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.
Masura o hashutsu fukai
Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane
Kachô Shima Kôsaku
I Sell My Husband
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the...
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The...
Blue Jeans Memory
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...
The Maid Story
A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company...
Everybody, Let's Go!
A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.
The Naked General
Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.
Our Miyo-chan
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
Madcap Mixup
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...
The Daphne
An Ishiro Honda Film.
Night School
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to...
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...
47 Ronin
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...
Nippon no obaachan
Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight....
This Year's Love
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is...
Oración
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Magnitude 7.9
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Sazae-san Sequel
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
Teenage Sazae
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
The Instant Services Bureau
Make-Up
High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono
Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex...
Machi no Hi
The Three Magicians
Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip
Pleasant Company
Jolly Barbers
The third instalment in the Shacho Series.
はりきり社長
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
Five Gents' Trick Book
Nemoto Ritsuko is the girlfriend of Kuroki Tamotsu. Both are 22 years old. Ritsuko lives with her father, Shingo, a piano tuner and city hall clerk....
Love of Saturday
The fifth entry in the Company President Series
The Third President
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
社長太平記
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Pachinko
Ensemble comedy.
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
300 Million Yen Mission
This film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue, which tells the story of a comedian who teams up with a strange man he...
Comedy actors: Cooper and Gable