Movies: Achako Hanabishi

Japanese comedy film....

1949 Japanese film...

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa...

Akogare no Hawaii kôro...

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse in Rikuzen Onikobe, where he early on earned the nickname "Little Tengu of Chiba." One day, Otome heard ...

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The sam...

Japanese comedy film....

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise....

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched f...

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series....

1950 drama film...

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

Japanese war-era film...

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran aw...

Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....

In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genba...

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