Ikio Sawamura Movies

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to...

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

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is...

An omnibus comedy set in a newly built housing complex, the film follows seven interconnected stories about the everyday vices simmering behind thin...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Costume comedy

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the...

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

Koji Tsuruta plays dual roles: Kyotaro, the young master of a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Osaka, and Ken, a street thug in Tokyo.

A man running a small radio repair shop becomes a key witness in a murder case.

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.