Norihei Miki Movies

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

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...

Ensemble comedy.

The 16th "Ekimae" feature.

Based on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.

While on a business trip to Kyushu, a paint company president competes with a rival firm for a key overseas client, only to face setbacks both in...

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company...

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

The 10th "Ekimae" feature.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.

As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by local pleasures and personal entanglements. By...

Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.