Ikio Sawamura Movies

1967 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

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...

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

1962 Japanese movie

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

1958 Japanese movie

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

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.

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

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