The best Gen Shimizu’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Gen Shimizu’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 Gen Shimizu.
Sanjuro
8/10
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
The Young Ace in Hawaii
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
Happy Go-Lucky
7.4/10
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Vagabonds from Badgerville
6.2/10
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
