Movies

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the...

In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

#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 motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Ensemble comedy.

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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

Sixth entry in the Company President Series.

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets married... A man's life, full of joy and sorrow,...

An aging company president pushes a youth-focused corporate fitness campaign but struggles to keep up himself.

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening...