The best Hyōe Enoki’s comedy movies

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

01/03/1928- 29/12/2012
Today we present the best Hyōe Enoki’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 Hyōe Enoki’s movies.

Tampopo

Tampopo
7.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/11/1985
A pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside fast food stop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle soup making".

The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour
7.1/10
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships
7.5/10
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Fall Guy

Fall Guy
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 09/10/1982
  • Character: Tome
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.

Bomber Bikers of Shonan

Bomber Bikers of Shonan
6.6/10
Based on the popular comic, “Shonan Bakusozoku” illustrates the lives of high school bike fanatics.

Suite Dreams

Suite Dreams
7/10
Set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, the film follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight. The plot involves numerous characters, the different problems or situations they face in the run-up to midnight, and the ways that these different storylines interact and are resolved. The film is reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of 1930s and 1940s, and explicitly references the 1932 film Grand Hotel, whose plot also followed the interlinked lives of various characters in a fictional hotel over a short period.

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/07/1957
  • Character: Genpei
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.

All About Our House

All About Our House
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/06/2001
  • Character: Yoneda
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.

The Matsugane Potshot Affair

The Matsugane Potshot Affair
6/10
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.

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