Junzaburō Ban Movies

An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun...

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

The 22nd film in the Ekimae series about shop-owners living near Akabane Station, Tokyo.

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

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

Period comedy.

A samurai detective film.

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

Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...