Kyū Sazanka Movies

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.

Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.

Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a...

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

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...

Tatsuo Osone movie

#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...

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company.

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Japanese comedy film.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

Romantic comedy.

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

When hopeful Olympic triple-jump competitor injures both his Achilles tendons, he discovers an old manuscript about self-confidence to join the best...

Japanese youth film.