Ikio Sawamura Movies

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

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

1962 Japanese movie

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first...

As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the...

A teacher coaches a troubled youth who learns about life through the game of soccer.

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

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

The second "Comic Storyteller" feature.

Comedy about a pair of salarymen.

Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through...

The fourth an final film in the "Jirocho igaiden" series.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

1968 film

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...