Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban (伴淳三郎 Ban Junzaburō, January 10, 1910 – October 26, 1981) was a Japanese comedian and actor. His real name was Hirosada Suzuki (鈴木寛定 Suzuki Hirosada).
Dodes'ka-den
as Yukichi ShimaThis film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...
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A Fugitive from the Past
as YumisakaThree robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses...
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The Sun's Burial
as Yotsematsu, Hanako's fatherIn Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution,...
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Why Not?
as ToramatsuThe film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in...
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Proof of the Man
as uncreditedWhen an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail...
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Queen Bee
as Police YamamotoTo solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji...
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Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
as Muraki, car shop ownerReiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
as uncreditedMeiko Kaji reprises her role as Nami, a vengeful female gang leader, in the second installment...
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A Lively Geisha
as uncreditedYoung geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago...
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The Old Bear Hunter
as Police OfficerAfter an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt...
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Sky Scraper!
as uncreditedA film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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Yanagase Blues
as Sukeroku SasagawaJiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as uncreditedTaro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with...
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There Was a War When I Was a Child
as uncreditedAn award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.
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Flower and Dragon
as uncreditedKingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the...
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Mama, I Need You!
as uncreditedAfter finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother...
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The Hidden Treasure
as uncreditedShochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
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A Matter of Valour
as uncreditedChushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented...
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A Country Boss
as Jugoro OkawaA country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
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An Urban Affair
as Magosaku GondaFollow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the...
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Kaoyaku
as AkamatsuA detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
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Shag
as uncreditedShiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of...
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The Phoenix
as ExorcistThis extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is...
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Tokyo Profile
as FortunetellerA motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old...
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
as uncreditedFifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Song of Love
as Senzô KameiThe life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.
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The Mayor's Secret
as uncreditedA mayoral candidate and his love child.
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The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
as Chôtarô FunakiA taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
as uncreditedAt the transformed Fumaden (Demon Subduing) Temple, with the dynamic efforts of Sukesan and...
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Farewell to Spring
as Yûkichi MomozawaFive longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not...
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Quick Change Tanuki Palace
as RomanovThis is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a...
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珍説忠臣蔵
as Kira KozukenosukeA comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
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Snow in the South Seas
as uncreditedJapanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their...
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The Three Ginza Rascals
as uncreditedThree men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable...
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Great Edo Song Festival
as uncreditedThe feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne...
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A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
as Banno Magosaku#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie...
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The Unbalanced Wheel
as uncreditedA study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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The Rickshaw Man’s Son
as uncreditedA roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to...
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Parole
as Detective MaedaThree men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.
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Escape from Hell
as ChojiroThis suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a...
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The Hotelman's Holiday
as TakasawaA longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with...
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Gokudô Petenshi
as uncreditedA group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence,...
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Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
as uncreditedSecond "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private",...
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Big, Big Fellow
as Tatsuyoshi HaradaThe golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with...
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Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
as BluebeardA Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto...
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大江戸出世双六
as 大久保彦左衛門Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved...
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Dimple of Tokyo
as uncreditedBuntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life....
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Incidental Murders
as MonzaburoThe daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the...
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The Greatest Man in the World
as uncreditedIn the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme....
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Nippon no obaachan
as uncreditedTwo obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast...
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
as uncreditedA quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of...
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続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
as uncreditedSecond sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin
as 獅子ッ鼻の竹In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or...
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A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
as uncredited
Love and Death
as uncreditedYuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend,...
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お役者変化
as えび六During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar,...
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The Street Car Game
as uncreditedComedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.
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Flower Cards Chivalry
as uncreditedAn absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
as uncreditedThe deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at...
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New Journey of Yaji and Kita
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa
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Live and Learn
as Officer SakashitaTetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the...
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Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief
as uncreditedThe story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.
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Topsy-Turvy Journey
as uncreditedA drama from director Masaharu Segawa.
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Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
as uncreditedA Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto...
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Firefly Light
as IsukeSet in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose...
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Drunkard's Paradise
as uncreditedA father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving...
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Private second class FuruyamaFourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Osaka Tough
as uncreditedThe film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people...
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Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as UndertakerA comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover...
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
as MagosakuThird film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess
as uncreditedA samurai detective film.
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お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
as 戸田竹庵Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his...
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Follow the Girls
as uncreditedComedy of an entertainment agent and strip-teasers.
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Pineapple Butai
as Uncle MasagoroThe story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the...
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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
as uncreditedThe head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board)...
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The Detective Journey
as uncreditedA comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they...
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Angel's Lover
as uncreditedComedy about two employees who work against their boss.
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Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues
as uncredited3 people are fresh and naive so they try to go from wandering around lonely to becoming a lively...
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
as uncreditedTenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring...
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The Bride and the Treasure
as 獅子ッ鼻の竹Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called...
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Private Second Class
as uncreditedFirst film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.
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Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
as uncreditedFirst sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
as uncreditedComedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
as uncreditedDetective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's...
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as 長六Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a...
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Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
as 獅子鼻の竹During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately...
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Doterai Man
as uncreditedBusiness is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
as 獅子っ鼻の竹One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya,...
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Love and the Shop Curtain
as uncreditedOtami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they...
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Night Guy
as uncreditedTokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and...
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Rainbow Over the Pacific
as uncreditedRainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the...
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花笠太鼓
as 牢名主宗右衛門In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a...
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Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
as uncreditedA parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as 獅子っ鼻の竹In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a...
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Dai Abare Tokaido
as uncreditedAn entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita,...
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Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
as uncreditedSaito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful,...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake
as uncreditedKofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a...
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Unique Sword Technique for Revenge
as uncreditedComedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan.
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell
as uncreditedThe eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a...
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Ichibanboshi
as 父・英三郎The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai...
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