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9.0(1)1h 49m• Comedy, Drama
Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
Movie Saga1958 – 1969
Ekimae: A Series in Front of the Station
18 Films
8.2 Avg Rating
Toho's influential 24-entry ensemble comedy anthology series about the people who live and work around train stations, whether urban or rural.
Films in Saga(18)
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8.0(1)1h 29m• Comedy
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 asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...
3
7.0(1)1h 28m• Comedy
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.
4
10.0(1)1h 43m
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
5
8.0(1)1h 35m• Comedy
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
6
7.0(1)1h 35m
Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.
7
10.0(1)1h 32m
Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.
8
10.0(1)1h 30m
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.
9
7.0(1)1h 34m• Comedy
#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).
10
7.0(1)1h 34m• Comedy
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
11
8.0(1)1h 35m• Comedy, Animation
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
12
8.0(1)1h 42m
The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae Ryoukan.
13
1h 32m• Comedy
14
1h 34m• Comedy
Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.
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16
1h 35m• Comedy
The 22nd film in the Ekimae series about shop-owners living near Akabane Station, Tokyo.
17
1h 33m• Comedy
Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.
18
7.0(1)1h 30m• Comedy
The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland Sea.