Junzaburō Ban Movies

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

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

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

Period comedy.

Chōsokabe Kyutaro, notorious as a master swindler, abandons Tokyo and flees to Watakano Island near the Shima Peninsula. Upon hearing that the...

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a...

In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the...

Sales staff from a pharmaceutical company who love drinking, fighting, and shopping, along with employees from a rival company, develop a competitive...

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.

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 young woman leaves her hometown to find work in the city

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