Frankie Sakai Movies

The 11th "Ekimae" feature.

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

Documentary following the travels of the Waseda University Middle-Africa Expedition Team and their encounters with the beauty of the African...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

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

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has...

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.

Comedy of a phony doctor.

The 9th "Ekimae" feature.

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

Shōzō, heir to a tonkatsu shop and ice hockey star, faces a series of challenges when his team’s fundraiser goes wrong. Amid rivalry,...

A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.