Junzaburō Ban Movies

Japanese comedy film.

A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves".

Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

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

Sabu, a low-ranking samurai, finds himself unable to apprehend the ruthless leader of a violent gang of thieves, which leads to a scolding from his...

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun...

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real...

#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...

After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder.

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...

The 22nd film in the Ekimae series about shop-owners living near Akabane Station, Tokyo.

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs...

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.