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Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

Oshare daisakusen

1976 Japanese movie

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.

Irresponsible Age of Japan

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Sensation Seekers

1963 Japanese movie

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Devils-in-Law

Season of Tears

Kyoichi Kageyama, a TV station reporter, is always getting into trouble. But when he gets his hands on a TV that shows the “news of the next day,” his reporting becomes a string of scoops, his love life blossoms, and everything starts going his way, until the news from tomorrow reports his aunt getting robbed and murdered!

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a foreign visitor by setting him up with a beautiful "model" (Tsukasa), actually a bar hostess, but the plan backfires when the would-be executive falls for the woman himself.

The Glamorous Ghost

Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

A salaryman comedy.

Big Wind from Tokyo

A TV writer and a director stranded in a rural town witness the young villagers’ tangled romances. Despite parental feuds and arranged marriages, true couples find their way together. The writer grows fond of the town before returning to Tokyo.

Don't Call Me Daddy

This is the story of a man's challenges of raising his niece by himself. Ukyo Yasutake is a single man working in an office. His older sister, who was like a mother to him, dies. He's left to raise his sister's only daughter Chiharu. This comedy-drama depicts with great human depth the journey these two characters take as they gradually develop a real parent/child relationship with the support of friends and the family at the rice shop where Ukyo boards.

Lullaby of Death

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for revenge. All intertwined with the investigation of journalists into local murders, the manipulations of a palmist known as the “blue moth”, and political corruption.

Wakai nobara

Toilet Manager

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.