Hisaya Morishige Movies

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real...

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

Chiyomatsu under the hill, also known as Choromatsu. He is a young man whose occupation is an approach shop, that is, a phony business of sex...

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku

Movie version of NHK renzoku drama "Tokyo Romance"

Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of...

Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she...

Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa.

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

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

After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shinibana" containing a plan to tunnel into and steal...

1950s Japanese comedy.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel...