Kyū Sazanka Movies

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

#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...

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

Ensemble comedy.

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

In a corner of a warehouse at Shiodome Station, a alumni trunk, is found with the terrible smell of decay. The dead body of a woman is inside. Since...

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to...

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who...

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

1961 Japanese movie

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...