Enoken Enters the Ring

Enoken Enters the Ring

1940 · 57 min · Comedy

To become a great wrestler, the strongest of the village's young men leaves his fiancée to join a sumo stable in Edo.

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

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Enoken Enters the Ring

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Enoken’s Ten MillionsEnoken’s Ten Millions · 1936
Enoken’s Ten Millions
★ 10.01936
MovieComedy
Enoken plays a cloistered rich kid whose father hires a disreputable tutor to teach him how to really be a millionaire: by drunken debauchery, women, and song.
Enoken’s Ten Millions SequelEnoken’s Ten Millions Sequel · 1936
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel
★ 8.01936
MovieComedy
The story picks up from Part 1 as Enoken's young scion forsakes his wealth and takes a department store job – in drag and sometimes blackface – to prove to the girl of his dreams that he be a hard-working, serious man.
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You WaitEnoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait · 1937
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait
★ 7.51937
Movie
1930s Japanese comedy.
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice WayEnoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way · 1937
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way
★ 8.01937
MovieComedy
A comedic tale told in four parts, this film follows the antics of the pickpocket Kinta as he is pursued by a low ranking deputy named Kurakichi. The two get into all manner of peccadilloes and encounter a range of peculiar characters as their game of cat and mouse moves across the countryside in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Enoken’s Shrewd PeriodEnoken’s Shrewd Period · 1939
Enoken’s Shrewd Period
★ 9.01939
MovieComedy
Enoken's Bow-Wow GeneralEnoken's Bow-Wow General · 1940
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
1940
MovieDramaMusic
Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Enoken's Home Run KingEnoken's Home Run King · 1948
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
MovieComedy
Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?
Enoken’s Boxing GenerationEnoken’s Boxing Generation · 1949
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
Movie
Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.

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Kagebôshi: The Shadow AvengerKagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger · 1959
Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger
★ 10.01959
MovieActionHistory
For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “Kageboshi” (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. Tanuma’s henchmen will hire an evil swordsman to pose as Kageboshi, starting a wave of murder, kidnapping and robbery, searching for two antique sword-guards that will reveal the hiding place of a fortune in buried gold. But who will claim the gold? The poor of Edo, or the conniving Tanuma? Only Kageboshi’s flashing sword, tearing through Tanuma’s bloodthirsty minions, can forestall his wicked schemes.
Showdown at Lightning PassShowdown at Lightning Pass · 1962
Showdown at Lightning Pass
★ 10.01962
Movie
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-MakerKisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker · 1953
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
★ 10.01953
MovieDrama
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Ultraman LeoUltraman Leo · 1974
Ultraman Leo
★ 7.91974
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
After being brutally maimed by evil aliens, Dan Moroboshi (Ultra Seven) takes under his wing a fierce young Ultra-like being from L-77, and christens him "Ultraman Leo," to continue his mission to defend the Earth.
A Wicked WomanA Wicked Woman · 1958
A Wicked Woman
★ 7.71958
MovieDramaCrime
In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.
The Ghost of KasaneThe Ghost of Kasane · 1957
The Ghost of Kasane
★ 7.31957
MovieHorror
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
Ghost Story of YotsuyaGhost Story of Yotsuya · 1959
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
★ 6.51959
MovieHorror
This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power.
Black Cat MansionBlack Cat Mansion · 1958
Black Cat Mansion
★ 6.51958
MovieDramaHorror
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Okatsu the FugitiveOkatsu the Fugitive · 1969
Okatsu the Fugitive
★ 6.41969
MovieCrimeAction
Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.
JigokuJigoku · 1960
Jigoku
★ 6.31960
MovieHorrorDrama
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Quick-draw OkatsuQuick-draw Okatsu · 1969
Quick-draw Okatsu
★ 6.21969
MovieCrimeAction
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and it plunges the family into trouble when he loses a lot of money in a crooked dice game. After releasing he is unable to pay the debt he owes; the blame is shouldered by the father, who is killed, leading Okatsu on a path of revenge.
The Ceiling at UtsunomiyaThe Ceiling at Utsunomiya · 1956
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
★ 6.21956
MovieActionHorror
Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga.
Snake Woman's CurseSnake Woman's Curse · 1968
Snake Woman's Curse
★ 6.01968
MovieHorror
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
The Lady VampireThe Lady Vampire · 1959
The Lady Vampire
★ 5.41959
MovieHorror
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
Vampire MothVampire Moth · 1956
Vampire Moth
★ 4.71956
MovieHorrorMystery
After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a grotesque, fanged killer spread, detective Kōsuke Kindaichi investigates the secrets connecting the victims, their employer and a mysterious figure from the past.
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1952
Movie
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