Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai, born Masatoshi Sakai (堺 正俊; 13 February 1929 – 10 June 1996), was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1533 |
| Birthday | 1929-02-13 |
| Place of Birth | Kagoshima, Japan |
| Also Known As | Masatoshi Sakai, 堺 正俊, Furankî Sakai, Фрэнки Сакаи, |
1961
An Urban Affair
7/1
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 esta...
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An Urban Affair
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
7/2
1962 Japanese movie
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Hagure kigeki mandara
1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure
0/0
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure
1960
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
7/1
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1961
Romance Express
7/1
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...
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Romance Express
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
8/1
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Shimizu Port Salaryman
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
8/1
A lighthearted satire of Japan’s postwar corporate elite, The Executive Gentleman’s Register blends farce, romance, and boardroom comedy with the poli...
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Hail the 3 Gents
1961
Mothra
7.144/181
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al...
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Mothra
1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
7/1
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-establ...
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Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1962
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
0/0
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater...
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962
Local Reporter
10/1
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Local Reporter
1981
Edo Porn
5.963/40
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Ba...
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Edo Porn
1970
Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
5.333/3
Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.
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Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
1959
The Bride from Japan
9/1
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
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The Bride from Japan
1961
The Last War
6.583/12
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
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The Last War
1970
Woman Boss
8/1
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Woman Boss
1970
与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても
0/0
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与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても
1957
Man Who Causes a Storm
6.75/8
Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of...
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Man Who Causes a Storm
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
6.987/40
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various task...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1960
Hito mo arukeba
9/1
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Hito mo arukeba
1976
Mastermind
4.833/6
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusio...
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Mastermind
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
6.5/3
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Heso no taisho
10/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Heso no taisho
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
10/1
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
8/1
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 a...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Aces Wild
8/1
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother o...
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Aces Wild
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
8/1
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1978
Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon
2/2
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Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon
1969
Yosakoi Journey
8/1
A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.
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Yosakoi Journey
1969
Gokudô Petenshi
10/1
A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They ove...
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Gokudô Petenshi
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
7/1
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A Boy and Three Mothers
1969
Topsy-Turvy Journey
10/1
A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.
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Topsy-Turvy Journey
1956
Frankie the Milkman
8.5/2
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a di...
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Frankie the Milkman
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
7.833/6
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now w...
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Dynamite Don-Don
1964
You Can Succeed, Too
7.667/3
A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
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You Can Succeed, Too
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
7/1
1962 Japanese movie
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
10/1
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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3 Gents in the Snow Country
1968
大安旅行
0/0
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大安旅行
1968
ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
10/1
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ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
1957
Frankie's Aliens
0/0
Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying saucer zooming through the night sky at super speed....
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Frankie's Aliens
1972
The Ghostly Trip
7/1
The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by...
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The Ghostly Trip
1978
Have Wings on Your Heart
9/1
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.
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Have Wings on Your Heart
1956
How Sorrowful
0/0
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...
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How Sorrowful
1956
The Happy Dancers
0/0
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.
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The Happy Dancers
1954
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
0/0
Japanese musical.
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A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
7.273/11
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then b...
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Miyamoto Musashi
1960
Westward Desperado
6.143/7
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado
1991
Waiting for the Flood
10/1
A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.
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Waiting for the Flood
1995
Sharaku
6.773/11
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtur...
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Sharaku
1987
Shinran: Path to Purity
5.8/5
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex a...
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Shinran: Path to Purity
1963
Nonsense Boys
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Nonsense Boys
1997
Moonlight Serenade
6/6
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
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Moonlight Serenade
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
7/2
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of Worl...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
1994
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
9/1
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki”...
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Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1961
Snow in the South Seas
9/1
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.
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Snow in the South Seas
1961
A Geisha's Diary
7.5/13
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as...
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A Geisha's Diary
1959
Room for Let
7/3
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection...
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Room for Let
1955
The Green Music Box
5/1
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the res...
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The Green Music Box
1968
I Sell My Husband
9/1
Japanese comedy film.
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I Sell My Husband
1983
The Guy Who Brings On A Storm
9/1
Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".
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The Guy Who Brings On A Storm
1963
The Maid Story
10/1
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...
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The Maid Story
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/3
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...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1954
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
7/1
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs...
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Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1970
Oh, My Comrade!
10/1
Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day...
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Oh, My Comrade!
1957
Dancing Sisters
0/0
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughte...
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Dancing Sisters
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
9/1
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanes...
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The Hotelman's Holiday
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
7/1
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 2...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1995
Fusa
5.857/7
Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.
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Fusa
1962
Chûshingura
7.152/46
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
10/1
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932
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The Greatest Man in the World
1993
Tôhôkenbunroku
0/0
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Tôhôkenbunroku
1955
Burden of Love
7.071/7
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after th...
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Burden of Love
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
9/1
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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
6.5/8
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
1962
This Madding Crowd
7/1
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This Madding Crowd
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
7.539/154
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
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Vengeance Is Mine
1970
The Walking Major
6/2
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to...
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The Walking Major
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
10/1
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Seishun wo warera ni
1963
Jolly Barbers
0/0
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Jolly Barbers
1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
10/2
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husba...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
10/1
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.
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Five Gents' Trick Book
1971
Price of Life
0/0
Comedy of a phony doctor.
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Price of Life
1962
Pachinko
0/0
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Pachinko
1974
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
0/0
In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for...
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Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1976
Bridal Cruise
0/0
Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort ho...
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Bridal Cruise
1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
9/1
Ensemble comedy.
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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1974
My Blood is the Blood of Others
10/1
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My Blood is the Blood of Others
1968
Kawachi fūten zoku
9/1
1968 film
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Kawachi fūten zoku
1963
Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
0/0
1963 Japanese movie
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Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
1953
Ganpeki
0/0
1953 Japanese movie
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Ganpeki
1973
Love Is After School
0/0
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Love Is After School
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
8/1
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1956
Densuke no senden kyō
0/0
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Densuke no senden kyō
1971
Kaiun ryokō
0/0
1971 Japanese movie
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Kaiun ryokō
1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice
7/2
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.
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Japanese Humanity and Justice
1969
新・与太郎戦記
0/0
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新・与太郎戦記
1969
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
7/1
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...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1967
Ambassador Ramen
9/1
Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true talent in making excellent, tasty and somewhat spicy...
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Ambassador Ramen
1965
六人の女を殺した男
0/0
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六人の女を殺した男
1968
喜劇・大安旅行
0/0
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喜劇・大安旅行
1957
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
0/0
The day has come for recruits to enlist in the Japanese Marine Corps. The recruits, who have left the free world to enter this strict military life, l...
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Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
1972
Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
0/0
1972 Japanese movie
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Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
7/1
It is the 16th series of the call series with the highest masterpiece among the "President" series. The president of the U. s.solar paint, heitaro Dom...
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Travel Stories of a Company President
1953
名探偵アジャパー氏
0/0
The Wolf of Davao, a death row inmate who escaped from prison to exact revenge on Yamanami Takuzo, who betrayed his former comrade, kidnaps Dr. Shoda,...
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名探偵アジャパー氏
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
9/1
While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in work...
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Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
Company President Travels Abroad
8/1
Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommun...
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Company President Travels Abroad
1963
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
8/1
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By the ti...
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Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
8/1
Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a lost hot...
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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1966
A Company President's Life Story
7/1
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...
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A Company President's Life Story
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
7/1
As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening partnership...
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Five Gents on the Spot
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
8/1
In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
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Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
9/1
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo...
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
7/1
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
8/1
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
7/1
Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1964
Hot Spring Ghost
10/1
Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.
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Hot Spring Ghost
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
10/1
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
1958
Go and Get It
8/1
Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...
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Go and Get It
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
0/0
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is...
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Devices Stronger Than Women
1975
Greatest Game Ever
8/1
Part of the Young Guy [若大将] series.
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Greatest Game Ever
1958
Romance and Rhythm
7/1
Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.
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Romance and Rhythm
1976
Greatest Game Ever Part II
9/1
Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fundraiser goes wrong. Amid rivalry, romantic tension...
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Greatest Game Ever Part II
1956
Drums Love and Dreams
0/0
A side show snake man who dreams of becoming a drummer tries to save a blind flower girl.
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Drums Love and Dreams
1961
Weaker Sex
9/1
A Japanese comedy based on a serialized novel by Shotaro Yasuoka.
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Weaker Sex
1969
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
0/0
Teppei Omori is a man of extraordinary virility, with 21 mistresses, over 30 children, and more than 1,100 women he has had relations with. Teppei's d...
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