Achako Hanabishi

Tenamonya Sandogasa (1963)

The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, ...

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Heso no taisho (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Dangoro Party in the Sky (1962)

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small ...

Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Country Boss (1962)

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage. ...

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)

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 asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, ...

I Love Money More Than Anybody (1961)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki (1961)

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 Fukuda. ...

Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip ...

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher (1960)

Japanese crime film ...

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines (1960)

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

The Three Magicians (1960)

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife (1959)

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 him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kan ...

Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest (1959)

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

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki (1959)

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

The Hidden Treasure (1959)

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama. ...

Flower Shop Curtain (1959)

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka. ...

Sazae-san's Marriage (1959)

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 eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newly ...

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki (1958)

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope. ...

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki (1958)

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Dancing Mistress (1957)

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 avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One ...

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood (1957)

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 Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabishi (Segedei Momoshiki Goten), Tamao Nakamura (Akado Suz ...

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū (1957)

1957 Japanese movie ...

Sazae-san (1956)

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series. ...

Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita (1956)

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin (1956)

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same nig ...

Story of Second Class Private, Sequel (1956)

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Private Second Class (1955)

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

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi (1955)

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. ...

The Playful Fox and the Thousand Cherry Trees (1954)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 (1954)

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat (1954)

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period ...

Unique Sword Technique for Revenge (1954)

Comedy directed by Torajiro Saito about swordsmen in the era of feudal Japan. ...

Road to Hawaii (1954)

A 1954 film. ...

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage (1953)

Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series. ...

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo (1952)

Japanese comedy film. ...

New Journey of Yaji and Kita (1952)

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa ...

Saiyûki (1952)

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West. ...

A Girl at Eighteen: Surprised Heaven (1952)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown (1951)

Bored Hatamoto movie #12 ...

The Tokyo Kid (1950)

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after ...

Blue Sky Angel (1950)

1950 drama film ...

Akogare no Hawaii kôro (1950)

Akogare no Hawaii kôro ...

Ore wa yōjimbō (1950)

1950 Japanese movie ...

Odoroki ikka (1949)

1949 Japanese film ...

Yaji Kita Cat Ghost Road (1949)

Film about Ghost-cat. ...

Akireta musumetachi (1949)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Ghost Train (1949)

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 it is said that anyone who sees the train will die. ...... A film adaptation of a popular radio drama. ...

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo (1949)

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 leader is. ...

Ghosts Die at Dawn (1948)

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, Kohei takes Michiko to stay at a dilapidated mountain villa in his hometown. What awaited him there... ...

Both You and I (1946)

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. ...

Five Tokyo Men (1945)

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food and necessities rationed out by people who don't care, and a thriving black market. ...

Until Victory Day (1945)

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 entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched from th ...

Life Begins at 61 (1941)

Japanese war-era film ...

Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year (1939)

Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip (1938)

This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 ...

Akireta renchû (1936)

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 film. Here, Entatsu and Achako start out as rivals for the affection of a young woman but ultimately pair ...