Frankie Sakai Movies

A Japanese comedy based on a serialized novel by Shotaro Yasuoka.

1953 Japanese movie

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...

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.

A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They...

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the...

A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.

Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.

Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.

Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound...

Period comedy about an undertaker's assistant in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor. When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to...