Junzaburō Ban Movies

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

A wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with an old man. They are both arrested by a detective. A year later, the gambler is...

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

A 1954 film.

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

A handsome young man infiltrates the Tanuki Kingdom, where conspiracies swirl around the Divine Mirror; he rescues the princess and turns the evil...

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

A samurai detective film.

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.

Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) travel the Tokaido road and meet the famous Jiro Shimizu and have many comedic adventures.

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

Japanese comedy film.

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...