The best Hōsei Komatsu’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Hōsei Komatsu’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 Hōsei Komatsu.
Death by Hanging
7.5/10
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
7.4/10
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion. They employ a variety of schemes to con the hotel out of 'hush-money.' The hotel needs to rid itself of the Yakuza and finally begins to fight back by hiring Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer who is an expert at dealing with these criminals on their own terms. This film by Juzo Itami combines action with farce, as an all-out war ensues.
Pleasures of the Flesh
6.9/10
A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.
Shameless School
7/10
Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.
Three Resurrected Drunkards
6.4/10
Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story.
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.
A Taxing Woman's Return
6.7/10
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.
Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip
3.5/10
Akira and Hiroshi are two lowlives who hang around pachinko parlours. Hiroshi is a ladies' man but always loses at pachinko. Akira is a virgin at 25 but always wins. Hiroshi tries to get Akira laid with little success but things change when Akira is informed of a 88 million yen inheritance.
No More Comics!
6.8/10
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
G-String Geisha
A young geisha/prostitute working in Tokyo's entertainment district earns a measure of reknown through her powerful vaginal muscles. This newfound fame, however, also earns her the enmity of a rival geisha house. The two houses choose to settle the dispute through a series of athletic contests between the young star and the rival house's main attraction, with the backing of the houses' wealthy patrons as the prize.
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
6.3/10
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
"Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2
Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".
The Japanese Belly Button
6.3/10
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
Eve-chan no hime
Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso
6.4/10
A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
Gokudo VS Mamushi
Short and Fat
6/10
A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".
Mamushi No Kyôdai: Musho Gurashi Yonen-han
The Revelation of a Geisha
6.4/10
After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.
