Sadako Sawamura Movies

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

First of three Awamori-kun movies. Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi.

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision...

1962 Japanese movie

An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both...

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor...

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister...

1950s Japanese comedy.