Junzaburō Ban Movies

Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called "Kitsutsuki," but let three, including the...

Film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.

1962 Japanese movie

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

1963 Japanese movie

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

A mayoral candidate and his love child.

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

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the...

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

1950 drama film

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...