Achako Hanabishi Movies

1962 Japanese movie

A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves".

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.

Japanese comedy film.

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

Japanese crime film

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is...

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

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

1950 Japanese movie

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

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...

1949 Japanese film

The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in...