Ikio Sawamura Movies

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden...

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in...

Koji Tsuruta plays dual roles: Kyotaro, the young master of a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Osaka, and Ken, a street thug in Tokyo.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

1962 Japanese movie

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".

1964 Japanese movie

Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) have adventures along the road including strange supernatural happenings, ghosts, and monsters.

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

1961 Japanese movie

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this...