Ikio Sawamura Movies

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful...

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

1961 Japanese movie

1964 Japanese movie

Part one of The Masterless 47.

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

1967 Japanese movie

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.

1962 Japanese movie

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

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama