Sachio Sakai Movies

The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

The story of the hardships facing women working as maids and waitresses at a resort hotel restaurant.

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned...

Period romantic drama.

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...

1961 Japanese movie

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.

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

Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with...