Ikio Sawamura Movies

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

A terrifying and thrilling adventure of a Japanese boy, Wataru, as he searches for his father in the highlands of Kenya, Africa.

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a...

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after...

A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big...

In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a...

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

1962 Japanese movie

Caught in a corporate power struggle, a man uses betrayal and strategy to expose corruption and settle personal scores—only to find true...

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a...

Directed by Katsumi Iwauchi

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 final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

1961 Japanese movie

Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for drug dealing. Initially unaware of this, he falls...

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama

1962 Japanese movie