Achako Hanabishi
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1897-07-10
Locus Natus: Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Et ut: Tokuro Fujiki, 藤木徳郎
Ghost Train
Sixteen people are to stay at a desolate country station. Since a train accident during the war, a ghost train has been coming there at midnight. And...
release : 1949.08.14popularis : 4.514
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank...
release : 1959.12.26popularis : 1.99
Sazae-san's Marriage
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and...
release : 1959.01.09popularis : 1.111
Sazae's Engagement Trip
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.
release : 1958.08.26popularis : 2.871
Sazae And Aunt Apron
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
release : 1960.12.25popularis : 2.265
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater...
release : 1962.04.15popularis : 3.284
Flower Shop Curtain
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
release : 1959.01.27popularis : 2.521
Until Victory Day
An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...
release : 1945.01.25popularis : 0.857
The Tokyo Kid
A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...
release : 1950.09.09popularis : 1.239
Kigeki ekimae bentô
Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for...
release : 1961.12.24popularis : 2.656
振袖釼法
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the...
release : 1955.07.26popularis : 0.378
若き日の千葉周作
Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and...
release : 1955.10.04popularis : 0.836
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
release : 1954.12.22popularis : 2.675
大江戸出世双六
Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...
release : 1955.12.28popularis : 2.948
Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the...
release : 1956.06.01popularis : 1.854
花笠太鼓
In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works...
release : 1956.08.14popularis : 1.216
Both You and I
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.
release : 1946.06.13popularis : 0.625
Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...
release : 1938.09.18popularis : 0.356
Dancing Mistress
Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is...
release : 1957.07.30popularis : 1.889
Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat
Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period
release : 1954.12.07popularis : 1.166
Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan.
release : 1954.10.27popularis : 1.18
Private Second Class
First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.
release : 1955.11.15popularis : 0.885
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...
release : 1957.07.13popularis : 0.739
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...
release : 1949.08.08popularis : 2.896
Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1956.03.18popularis : 1.744
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1957.03.26popularis : 1.214
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1958.04.20popularis : 3.171
Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1959.10.09popularis : 1.705
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1958.12.28popularis : 1.466
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1959.04.19popularis : 5.174
Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1960.04.01popularis : 1.504
Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi...
release : 1961.01.15popularis : 2.093
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1956.07.13popularis : 1.288
Ghosts Die at Dawn
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...
release : 1948.10.12popularis : 2.338
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.
release : 1953.06.03popularis : 1.756
珍説忠臣蔵
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
release : 1953.01.03popularis : 1.215
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
A frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-natured fruit vendor and his wife.
release : 1955.09.06popularis : 1.517
A Country Boss
A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
release : 1962.01.25popularis : 1.778
New Journey of Yaji and Kita
Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa
release : 1952.08.14popularis : 0.574
The Hidden Treasure
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
release : 1959.04.05popularis : 0.818
Sazae-san
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
release : 1956.12.12popularis : 2.046
Akireta renchû
The first in a series of films featuring the comedy duo Entatsu-Achako, providing them with a background story to do their popular manzai-routines on...
release : 1936.01.11popularis : 0.557