Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station

The 10th "Ekimae" feature.

Mahjong Madness

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

Oh, My Comrade!

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day Fukuzo guides Harumi, an old woman, to the Yasukuni Shrine where the

Comedy: Cheerful Widow

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland Sea.

Oddball Nippon

Set in a rural town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, this comedy centers on a young couple determined to pursue their love against all opposition, while also chronicling the comical behaviors and interactions of a cast of lovabl

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.

Comedy

During Ireland's War of Independence, a five-year-old girl sets out to save her village from the English army by trying to enlist the help of the rumored Black Swordsman, who only takes books of a certain genre as paymen

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

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 asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufactu

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

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

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and c

A Bumpkin of Tokyo

Bonta comes to Tokyo with the determination to rule the world, gets a job at a lingerie company, and although he is ridiculed as a country bumpkin, he navigates the ups and downs of the city in this first installment of

Tipsy Life

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

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.

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae Ryoukan.

A Beloved Wife

A comedic portrait of an unhappy marriage between an unemployed screenwriter and his wife who's supported him for 10 years, based on the writer/director's own autobiography.