Ikio Sawamura Movies

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

1961 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

1962 Japanese movie

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

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

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

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

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...

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...