Eiji Funakoshi Movies

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are...

A love melodrama about five siblings and the daughter of a businessman.

Directed by Nobuo Adachi and starring Aiko Mimasu as a mother who lost three of her four sons to war. Aki is an elderly mother who has lost three of...

1958 Japanese movie

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

1954 Japanese movie

A dead lover returns as a ghost

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

1962 Japanese movie

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

Frankie Sakai plays a Chino-Japanese man who after trudging along in odd jobs discovers his true talent in making excellent, tasty and somewhat spicy...

The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his work.