Junzaburō Ban Movies

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

Comedy about residents of Shinjuku.

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.

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

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

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

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland...

Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment of this high-action series that casts a new actor --...

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

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

The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...