The best Hisao Toake’s comedy movies

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

08/09/1908- 18/12/1985
Today we present the best Hisao Toake’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Hisao Toake’s movies.

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower
7.8/10
Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his gorgeously detailed first color film, about an old-fashioned father and his newfangled daughter.

Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/01/1960
  • Character: Senior Managing Director
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

Shameless School

Shameless School
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/05/1970
Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 06/03/1957
  • Character: Shinya
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
6.2/10
Chiba plays Tenka Ichirou, a student and son of a private detective who, if the sequelonic nature of this film is to be believed, keeps getting into wacky adventures. And I do mean 'wacky'. Herein you'll see Japan's greatest action star pretend to be a plastic surgeon, make funny faces when surprised, sit terrified in the back of a cab driven by a manic... the list goes on.

A Fishwife's Tale

A Fishwife's Tale
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/05/1961
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.

The Tokyo Mighty Guy

The Tokyo Mighty Guy
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 29/07/1960
  • Character: Imamura
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san

Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/10/1961
  • Character: President Kiyomura
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

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