The best Hideo Murota’s comedy movies

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

07/10/1937- 15/06/2002
Today we present the best Hideo Murota’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 Hideo Murota’s movies.

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
5.9/10
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse is 90 minutes of boobs, violence, supernatural horror that isn’t scary, funky score, occasional apocalyptic sunsets, and bloody cat attacks. It’s a fun film and never boring, but it isn’t quite as far-out as one would wish, especially when compared to the amazing Wolfguy. Consider it Yamaguchi’s House-lite, Toei Porno style.

The Second Is a Christian

The Second Is a Christian
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/09/1985
  • Character: Kuroiwa
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko (Etsuko Shihomi) who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko (Koichi Iwaki) who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro (Akira Emoto). The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa (Hideo Murota).

Hiruko the Goblin

Hiruko the Goblin
6.1/10
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.

A Taxing Woman

A Taxing Woman
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 07/02/1987
  • Character: Jûkichi Ishii
Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt.

Festival Champ

Festival Champ
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/05/1976
A man working in a fish market is crazy about festivals.

Seven Days' War

Seven Days' War
6.4/10
Junior-high students are restrained by their teachers and parents... One day, they plan a rebellion....

Those Swell Yakuza

Those Swell Yakuza
6.2/10
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.

Dangerous Cops

Dangerous Cops
5.4/10
When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.

Kawachi No Ossan No Uta

Kawachi No Ossan No Uta

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.

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Tale of Japanese Burglars
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/05/1965
  • Character: Saiki, News reporter
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.

The Smart Aleck Ten

The Smart Aleck Ten
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/02/1977
Based on the comic by Toshiya Masaoka.

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
5.5/10
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.

Scoundrel Boss

Scoundrel Boss
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/10/1975
  • Character: Daigoro Koiwa

Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha

Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/02/1999
Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.

King of Sha-kin

King of Sha-kin
Sho Aikawa stars as a normal banker who decides to take on the loan sharks and yakuza.

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