Ikio Sawamura Movies

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar...

1961 Japanese movie

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama

A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys.

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends. A kind of Walter Mitty, Japanese-style.

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...

A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold reforms that shake up its corporate culture. Just...

1962 Japanese movie

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management,...

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank...

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Japanese horror comedy from 1967.

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