The best Asao Uchida’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Asao Uchida’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Asao Uchida.
Love for an Idiot
6.7/10
A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.
Hoodlum Soldier
7.3/10
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
Tora-san, the Expert
6.7/10
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Make Way for the Jaguars
A plot by an evil mastermind to eliminate the lead singer of the Japanese "Group Sounds" rock band, The Jaguars, leads the group through a series of psychedelic, comedic escapades.
Succession
7.2/10
A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.
Fun on the Run
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
High School Juniors (Part II)
A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity and find fun and happiness in helping others.
The Mayor's Secret
A mayoral candidate and his love child.
