Ikio Sawamura Movies

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

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...

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this...

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

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

1962 Japanese movie

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...

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...