Frankie Sakai Movies

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.

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

This fairy tale depicts the heartwarming connection between a young man who has lost his memory and the gypsies.

Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother...

1953 Japanese movie

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...

Ensemble comedy.

Period comedy about an undertaker's assistant in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor. When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to...

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Comedy of a phony doctor.

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

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

As his fashion company rides a wave of post-recession success, President Kurihara seeks to expand into women’s apparel through a deepening...