Frankie Sakai Movies

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater...

The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is...

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

Documentary following the travels of the Waseda University Middle-Africa Expedition Team and their encounters with the beauty of the African...

Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.

Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fundraiser goes wrong. Amid rivalry,...

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...

A side show snake man who dreams of becoming a drummer tries to save a blind flower girl.

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".

A young girl travels to Ginza and fulfills her dream of singing to help the children of a poor orphanage and is mistaken for the missing...

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

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for...