The best Keiko Awaji’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Keiko Awaji’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 Keiko Awaji.
Tora-san Goes North
6.9/10
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Zoku: President Taiheiki
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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.
The Hotelman's Holiday
6.6/10
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
President Taiheiki
6/10
Fifth entry in the Company President Series.
Three for the Road
6.3/10
The Continuing Story of the Third Generation President
The fourth entry in the Company President Series
Temptation on Glamour Island
7.4/10
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.
The Adventures of Kantaro
The Maid Story
8.2/10
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's son, a P.E. teacher (also played by Sakai).
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
6.3/10
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.
