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Overview
Toho's influential 24-entry ensemble comedy anthology series about the people who live and work around train stations, whether urban or rural.
- Number of Movies: 13
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Featured Cast
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Kintaro Togura, Toku, Jihei Ikuno, , Tokunosuke Morita, Morita Tokunosuke, Kintaro
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Ichiro, Heita Sakurai, Jiro Sakai, , Kinichi Koyama, Shu, Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai
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Go, , Banno Magosaku, Magosaku, Magosaku Gonda, Takasawa
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Otatsu, Tamayo Komatsubara, Banno Keiko, , Keiko
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Mitsui Ichiro (Sanpei's nephew), Masuo,
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, Mitsui Fujiko, Okiku, Kimie, Fujiko Tomono
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Sanpei Matsuki, Mitsui Sanpei,
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, Teacher, Kinnosuke Togura, Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
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Kame Gonda,
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Tome,
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Mr. Yamamura (Yumi's father/Keiko's uncle), President Iyami,
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, Momoko
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Featured Crew
July 12, 1958
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.
August 13, 1961
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.
December 24, 1961
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...
July 29, 1962
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.
December 23, 1962
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
June 13, 1963
Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.
January 15, 1964
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, and their sumo clientele.
June 11, 1964
Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.
October 31, 1965
#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).
January 15, 1966
The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.
April 28, 1966
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.
November 18, 1967
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.
February 15, 1969
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.