Junzaburō Ban Movies

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to...

The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro...

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi...

#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 human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

1962 Japanese movie

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then,...

Detective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhime and the activities of a dangerous...

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform...

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.