The best Eiko Hikari’s movies

Eiko Hikari

Eiko Hikari

27/03/1941 (83 años)
Today we present the best Eiko Hikari’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Eiko Hikari’s movies.

The Discarnates

The Discarnates
7.1/10
Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' (sit-down comedy) show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.

Escape from Japan

Escape from Japan
6.1/10
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/07/1976
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san Goes Religious?
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/12/1983
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Talk of the Town Tora-san
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/12/1978
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/12/1988
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Tora-san, His Tender Love
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/01/1970
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/08/1977
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san Plays Daddy
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/12/1987
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.

Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/08/1970
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.

Tora-san's Lovesick

Tora-san's Lovesick
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/08/1974
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

Fun on the Run

Fun on the Run
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/12/1970
  • Character: P.T.A. woman
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/08/1982
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/08/1989
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.

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