Nobuo Chiba

Jirocho, the Hunted

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho's Home-Coming

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Jirocho's New Year

Samurai in the Office

The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.

His Highness Surabaya

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

Ghost Taxi

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

Jirocho, the Hunted

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho's Home-Coming

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Jirocho's New Year

Samurai in the Office

The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature.

His Highness Surabaya

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to pretend to be a king of a remote, undiscovered island, and becomes a media sensation.

Ghost Taxi

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

An Angel is Chasing Me

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women.

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

Sazae-san Sequel

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

006 wa uwaki no number

Japanese sex comedy film.

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.

An Urban Affair

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.

恋と出世に強くなれ！

Lovetide

An Ishiro Honda film.

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

Japanese comedy film.

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

1963 Japanese movie

Teenage Sazae

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

Masura o hashutsu fukai

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.