Ikio Sawamura Movies

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an...

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar...