Ikio Sawamura Movies

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

A terrifying and thrilling adventure of a Japanese boy, Wataru, as he searches for his father in the highlands of Kenya, Africa.

1967 Japanese movie

A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys.

1962 Japanese movie

In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a...

After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a...

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden...

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for drug dealing. Initially unaware of this, he falls...

A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big...

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a...

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

1962 Japanese movie

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.