Teiichi Yanagida

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom (1947)

Life Is like a Somersault (1946)

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow. ...

The Admirable Isshin Tasuke! (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

Enoken's Bow-Wow General (1940)

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa ...

Enoken's Cropped Hair (1940)

Enoken's pickpocket Kinta (returned from the Chakkiri Kinta movies) finds some unexpected trouble: a stolen diamond necklace he just can't seem to get rid of! ...

Enoken's Yaji and Kita (1939)

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to ...

Rivals (1939)

Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious beach vacation neither's family can afford. ...

Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu (1939)

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes. ...

Enoken's Kurama Tengu (1939)

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to mind ...

Enoken's Hokaibo (1938)

An irreverent take on a medieval Noh drama, Hokaibo sees Enoken play the titular monk whose lusts drive him to murder. ...

Enoken's Sarutobi Sasuke (1937)

Enoken plays legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke, whose magical powers never help as much as expected - in war or in love. ...

Enoken's Donguri Tonbei (1936)

Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls in love with exactly the wrong girl. Another musical comedy period film quick on the heels of the earlier K ...

Romantic and Crazy (1934)

In 1930s Tokyo, the energetic Enoken and his ragtag group of friends navigate a series of chaotic misadventures involving romance and poverty. ...