Ikio Sawamura Movies

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

1962 Japanese movie

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

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...

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat...

An Ishiro Honda film.

A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.