Junzaburō Ban Movies

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

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...

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

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 young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to...

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

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

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...

Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmates fathers, who runs...

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...