Junzaburō Ban

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

The 10th "Ekimae" feature.

The 16th "Ekimae" feature.

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

The 11th "Ekimae" feature.

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.

The 12th "Ekimae" feature.

Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.

Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

The 9th "Ekimae" feature.

Two travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) travel the Tokaido road and meet the famous Jiro Shimizu and have many comedic adventures.

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

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.

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

Since his wife's death from illness, Oki Eisuke (Utsui Ken) has been working as a lawyer at the Oki Law Office, raising his high school-aged daughter, Kaori (Hayashi Norie). His late wife's father, Kimura Genkichi (Ban Junsaburo, Matsumura Tatsuo), a former Metropolitan Police Department detective, is in charge of accounting, while Ono Toshiko (Nakahara Rie) is in charge of typist and secretary. Also among the investigators are Sakamoto Ryu (Nakamura Masatoshi), who claims to be serving a two-year prison sentence, and Suzuki Masao (Okita Hiroyuki), who is on probation. These are the members of the firm that Eisuke trusts. A die-hard feminist, Eisuke throws himself wholeheartedly into the cases of female clients, regardless of legal fees, but...