Nobuo Chiba

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

The third of four "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" films.

A lighthearted musical comedy in which a tanuki detective runs amok chasing a tanuki murderer who has disguised himself as a human and fled into the bustling streets of Ginza.

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Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

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Based on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

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A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

The second "The Surprising Legend of Jirocho" feature.

The fourth an final film in the "Jirocho igaiden" series.

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1963 Japanese movie

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.

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A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.

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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 estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.

Tonii is a salesman at a mortgage company, and although he is in a romantic relationship with Haruko, a typist at the company, they cannot get married because they have nowhere to live. Growing impatient, Haruko declares, “As long as he can support us, I’d even marry an old man,” leaving Tonii deeply troubled.

Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces IV: All Gathered at Shimizu Harbor is the forth installment in the Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces series.

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women.

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

An Ishiro Honda film.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

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Japanese sex comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.