Frankie Sakai Movies

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

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

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...

A straight-laced police officer is reassigned to the vice squad tasked with cracking down on underground pornography rings. While investigating a...

1968 film

1963 Japanese movie

Film about a train conductor and his adventures with two women

A young girl travels to Ginza and fulfills her dream of singing to help the children of a poor orphanage and is mistaken for the missing...

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

A cobbler gets selected as heading his neighborhood association for measures against the impending earthquake hitting Tokyo.

The day has come for recruits to enlist in the Japanese Marine Corps. The recruits, who have left the free world to enter this strict military life,...

A side show snake man who dreams of becoming a drummer tries to save a blind flower girl.

Part of the Young Guy [若大将] series.

Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.