Junzaburō Ban Movies

Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.

A 1954 film.

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform...

Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.

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

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her...

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.

The 11th "Ekimae" feature.

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two...