Junzaburō Ban Movies
- 1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University71965HD
#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...
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- 1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen101962HD
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
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- 1965
Raccoon Dog Leader
Raccoon Dog Leader01965HD
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- 1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten71966HD
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
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- 1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga81966HD
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
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- 1964
Go to Hell! Company Men
Go to Hell! Company Men01964HD
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- 1969
Shinjuku Plaza
Shinjuku Plaza01969HD
Comedy about residents of Shinjuku.
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- 1969
Sky Scraper!
Sky Scraper!71969HD
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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- 1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady101964HD
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.
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- 1970
A Lively Geisha
A Lively Geisha6.251970HD
Young geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago comes true. When she learns of the trouble Yukichi's...
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- 1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Makeraremasen katsumadewa91958HD
Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
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- 1962
Drunkard's Paradise
Drunkard's Paradise01962HD
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...
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- 1961
An Urban Affair
An Urban Affair71961HD
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real...
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- 1978
Queen Bee
Queen Bee7.61978HD
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating...
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- 1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot71963HD
Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.
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- 1981
Eijanaika
Eijanaika6.2221981HD
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...
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- 1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox81961HD
Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...
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- 1958
Dai Abare Tokaido
Dai Abare Tokaido01958HD
An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and...
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- 1961
Onna no hashi
Onna no hashi01961HD
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- 1952
Awa tanuki yashiki
Awa tanuki yashiki01952HD
A handsome young man infiltrates the Tanuki Kingdom, where conspiracies swirl around the Divine Mirror; he rescues the princess and turns the evil...
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