Junzaburō Ban Movies

Inspector Uno and college student Yuko Nagai investigate infidelity, blackmail, and murder at a seaside resort.

The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro...

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

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san"...

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

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

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

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to...

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a...

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

1950 drama film

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...

In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a healing trip with his companion, a bamboo craftsman with a...

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two...

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

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...