Junzaburō Ban Movies

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and...

1967 Japanese movie

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by...

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange...

A 1954 film.

1950 drama film

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...

Saito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful, lively young men on the R University Rugby Club, Toshio...

1963 Japanese movie

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

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

Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.