The best Kamatari Fujiwara’s comedy movies
Today we present the best Kamatari Fujiwara’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 Kamatari Fujiwara’s movies.
The Hidden Fortress
8.1/10
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.
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 Funeral
7.2/10
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three-day funeral, which is held (as is customary) in the home. These incidents contrast old ways and new ways, young and old, ritual ceremony and true feelings, often comically, but sometimes with real poignancy.
Sazae-san Sequel
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Sazae-san's Baby
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
Travelling Actors
6.9/10
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Light of Africa
7/10
Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
Hideko the Bus Conductress
7/10
Young Hideko hits on the idea to run bus tours in rural Japan.
Sazae-san
7.9/10
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Sky of Hope
6.8/10
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
7.7/10
An Ishiro Honda film.
Lovetide
8.2/10
An Ishiro Honda film.
The Actress and the Poet
6.1/10
Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.
Teenage Sazae
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
Radio Queen
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
6.8/10
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
Toyuki
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
6.8/10
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going to hold a memorial service for her father. Of course, the detective falls in love with his prey.
Five Men in a Circus
6.4/10
The main focus is on the 5 member band of a small circus as it runs into problems while touring rural Japan. It also pays lots of attention to the two daughters of the aging and irascible ringmaster-circus owner. The high points are the sound (and score) and cinematography featuring a lot of vertiginous panning (appropriate - as high wire trapeze artists are also an important element in the film). A fascinating side-light on 30s Japan.
Ushidure Express
