Tsuruko Shōfukutei

Death Shadows (1986)

Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Mariko Ishihara  •  Masanori Sera  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Takuzō Kawatani

Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Mariko Ishihara  •  Masanori Sera  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Takuzō Kawatani

The Longest Night In Shanghai (2007)

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai
CAST:  Zhao Wei  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Dylan Kuo  •  Sam Lee

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai
CAST:  Zhao Wei  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Dylan Kuo  •  Sam Lee

Truck Rascals IX: A 5,000 Kilometer Blast (1979)

Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Miyuki Ono

Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Miyuki Ono

Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild (1975)

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Shizue Abe

The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Shizue Abe

Truck Rascals III: Homesick Ichibanboshi (1976)

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Tatsuo Umemiya

Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norifumi Suzuki
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Kin'ya Aikawa  •  Masumi Harukawa  •  Tatsuo Umemiya

Black Widow Business (2016)

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marriage, Kozo Nakase suddenly collapses and dies. Kozo Nakase leaves everything to Sayako. The rest of his family are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Machiko Ono  •  Tsurube Shofukutei

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marriage, Kozo Nakase suddenly collapses and dies. Kozo Nakase leaves everything to Sayako. The rest of his family are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Machiko Ono  •  Tsurube Shofukutei

A House on a Hill (2014)

Rieko Sugita, a young and beautiful hairdresser who happens to visit a bedding shop owned by Yoshitaro (Emoto) and the latter becomes so besotted with her that they begin an affair without his wife's knowledge. On the other hand, Rieko hates her late mother (Fueki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Machiko Ono  •  Akira Emoto  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Eri Watanabe

Rieko Sugita, a young and beautiful hairdresser who happens to visit a bedding shop owned by Yoshitaro (Emoto) and the latter becomes so besotted with her that they begin an affair without his wife's knowledge. On the other hand, Rieko hates her late mother (Fueki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Machiko Ono  •  Akira Emoto  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Eri Watanabe

Great Edo Fleeting Life Bath Story (1994)

Story of Japanese women during the great Edo period.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshifumi Ogasawara
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Makiko Ueno  •  Madoka Sugawara  •  Mirei Asaoka

Story of Japanese women during the great Edo period.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshifumi Ogasawara
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Makiko Ueno  •  Madoka Sugawara  •  Mirei Asaoka

Story of a Nymphomaniac (1975)

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Tsuruko Shōfukutei

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Yuriko Hishimi  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Hiroshi Nawa  •  Tsuruko Shōfukutei

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DIRECTION:  Sadaaki Haginiwa
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Naomi Kawashima  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Masuo Amada

Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)

Makoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma. She runs a goldfish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukinori Makabe
CAST:  Matsuya Onoe  •  Kanako Momota  •  Hayato Kakizawa  •  Nicole Ishida

Makoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma. She runs a goldfish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukinori Makabe
CAST:  Matsuya Onoe  •  Kanako Momota  •  Hayato Kakizawa  •  Nicole Ishida