Junzaburō Ban Movies

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.

Sabu, a low-ranking samurai, finds himself unable to apprehend the ruthless leader of a violent gang of thieves, which leads to a scolding from his...

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by...

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

In Edo, a group of masked samurai stormed a seafood wholesaler, killing the head clerk and robbing the money. They then crossed paths with Ichi, a...

The story of a ghostly thief in Edo who calls himself the fireball guy.

A parody of the Kabuki play about thieves, "Five Men of the White Waves".

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...