The best Shima Iwashita’s comedy movies
We present our ranking of the best Shima Iwashita’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Shima Iwashita.
Red Lion
6.9/10
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt officials.
Killers on Parade
6.5/10
Mod-sixties visuals and black humor mark this wild New Wave masterpiece about a vengeful contractor who hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.
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.
Sing, Young People
6.2/10
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.
MacArthur's Children
6.9/10
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
Double Wedding
Lady with Seven Faces
A lovely female thief, and disguise artist, has a great passion for her next big job which she sets up with her right-hand man: She intends to steal 500 million yen of ill-gotten money from the safe at Nitto Textiles
Fun on the Run
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
