Toho's influential 24-entry ensemble comedy anthology series about the people who live and work around train stations, whether urban or rural.
18 films
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
An Urban Affair
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
1964
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Watching
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
Mahjong Madness
1967
Campus in Front of a Train Station
1967
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
1968
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
Kihan Nagase (Screenplay) · Kōzō Saeki (Director)
Frankie Sakai
Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai
Hisaya Morishige
Morita Tokunosuke
Junzaburō Ban
Banno Magosaku
Norihei Miki
Mitsui Sanpei
Chikage Awashima
Banno Keiko
Keiko Awaji
Mitsui Fujiko
Junko Ikeuchi
Horiuchi Senko
Mayumi Ozora
Yamamura Yumi (Senko's little sister)
Kyū Sazanka
Mr. Yamamura (Yumi's father/Keiko's uncle)
Eitarō Matsuyama
Mitsui Ichiro (Sanpei's nephew)
Edith Hanson
Miyamoto Mary (Doctor)
Kaori Shima
Banno Midori
Thunder Sugiyama
Student A
Futami Arita
Female Student A
Shuuichi Makino
Narrator
Younosuke Miki
Cameo
Fumiko Arita
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#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).
