Kyū Sazanka Movies

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

#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...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

In postwar Osaka’s bustling textile district, a tough and highly rational moneylender named Katsumi builds a successful lending business in a...

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

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

1961 Japanese movie

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

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Japanese youth film.

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece...

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.