Junzaburō Ban Movies

1961
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
01961HD
Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.
1952
Coward at Ganryu Island
Coward at Ganryu Island
01952HD
A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.
1967
Campus in Front of a Train Station
Campus in Front of a Train Station
01967HD
1960
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
6.4551960HD
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
1957
A Tale of Dung and Urine
A Tale of Dung and Urine
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In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the...
1969
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
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The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland...
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Shin kitsune to tanuki
71962HD
1962 Japanese movie
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
71966HD
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
101962HD
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
1961
Snow in the South Seas
Snow in the South Seas
91961HD
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
81962HD
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
1981
Eijanaika
Eijanaika
6.2221981HD
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...
1961
An Urban Affair
An Urban Affair
71961HD
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...
1966
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
81966HD
Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) travel the Tokaido road and meet the famous Jiro Shimizu and have many comedic adventures.
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
81966HD
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
1969
Shinjuku Plaza
Shinjuku Plaza
01969HD
Comedy about residents of Shinjuku.
1960
Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman
Heavenly Comic Story of a Gentleman
01960HD
1953
Tokyo Profile
Tokyo Profile
6.51953HD
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...
1962
A Country Boss
A Country Boss
01962HD
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
81961HD
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...