Junzaburō Ban Movies

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

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

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs...

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...

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...

An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.

Comedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.

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...

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the...

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

Japanese comedy film.

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...

#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...