Frankie Sakai Movies

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".

1962 Japanese movie

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

#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...

A side show snake man who dreams of becoming a drummer tries to save a blind flower girl.

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater...

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...

Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort...

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

Japanese musical.

The 22nd film in the Ekimae series about shop-owners living near Akabane Station, Tokyo.

A Japanese comedy based on a serialized novel by Shotaro Yasuoka.

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.