Kenichi Enomoto

Acting

Kenichi Enomoto

Born — Died

1904-10-11 — 1970-01-07

Place of birth

Aoyama, Tokyo

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenichi Enomoto (October 11, 1904 – January 7, 1970) was a popular Japanese singing comedian, mostly known by his stage name Enoken. A major innovator during his heyday, Enoken's stage shows, radio appearances, and film roles were a major influence within Tokyo theatre before World War II, and was a catalyst for the revival of comedy in the postwar period. Born in Aoyama, Tokyo, the son of rice cracker shop owners, Enomoto fell under the spell of such stars of the Asakusa Opera as Taya Rikizo and Fujiwara Yoshie, and in 1922 he made his stage debut at age 18 as a chorus member of the Asakusa Kinryukan Theatre. The Great Kanto Earthquake of the follow…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 10 titles

1950s · 30 titles

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome

1958

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Dokuro kago

1955

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail poster
6.7

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1952

The Three Treasures poster
5.5

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.

The Three Treasures

1959

Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company

1956

The Paradise Island Story poster
NR

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

The Paradise Island Story

1957

Elephant from "Zoo Story" poster
NR

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the Tokyo air raids of World War II, Zen-san, an elephant keeper at Ueno Zoo, is faced with the heartbreaking task of euthanizing Tonki, a beloved elephant, due to food shortages and wartime pressures. Unable to carry out the order, Zen-san secretly feeds Tonki, but the elephant is ultimately shot by the military police. The film poignantly captures Zen-san’s despair and the devastation of war, as he reflects on his powerlessness amid the chaos.

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

1957

Comical Detective Story: Hatchan's First Adventure poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Comical Detective Story: Hatchan's First Adventure

1955

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival

1958

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl poster
9.0

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

The Band in Paradise: Acharaka Is Born poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Band in Paradise: Acharaka Is Born

1956

A Long, Comic Story — Houses at the Summer Festival poster
NR

Hachigoro, a carpenter living in the Rakugo Tenement, is an honest and skilled craftsman, but he loves sake more than his three daily meals, and had even been barred from entering the Akasaiya shop where he worked. However, thanks to the intervention of the landlord he was fortunately allowed back in, and Oka, the landlord’s maid who had long harbored feelings for Hachigoro, sent him a celebratory kimono as a gift.

A Long, Comic Story — Houses at the Summer Festival

1954

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story

1956

The Band in Paradise: Acharaka's Big Hit poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Band in Paradise: Acharaka's Big Hit

1956

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Big Laugh Festival of the Edo-ites

1959

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime poster
NR

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his terrible Gidayū singing.

A Long, Comic Story of Houses in Their Prime

1954

Nonki saiban poster
NR

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.

Nonki saiban

1955

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki poster
NR

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

1958

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

1951

Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion poster
7.0

1955 Japanese movie

Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nonsense Detective Story: The Phantom Woman

1952

Excursion to Treasure Isle poster
8.0

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant fought against evil in olden times.

Excursion to Treasure Isle

1956

Grease Paint Serenade poster
NR

Backstage romance about opera singers.

Grease Paint Serenade

1952

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby

1955

A Long Comic Story-Houses' Ghost Affairs poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Long Comic Story-Houses' Ghost Affairs

1954

Masura o hashutsu fukai poster
8.0

Based on a comic strip by Kaoru Akiyoshi. First in a four part film series.

Masura o hashutsu fukai

1956

The Tokyo Kid poster
8.0

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after the reward money.

The Tokyo Kid

1950

The Beloved Imposters poster
NR

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

The Beloved Imposters

1958

Dai Abare Tokaido poster
NR

An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and directed by Kunio Watanabe. A group of samurai rushed into the Sakura Opera Troupe in the mountain village, chasing a young woman named Chiyohime who was promoting dancing around Edo Asakusa area. Suri Nao and Kinshiro Toyama was there and saved her. Meanwhile, the samurai asked the acquaintance Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi to find her. Jirokichi visited Kinshiro 's house, and found her there…

Dai Abare Tokaido

1958

Fighting Yasubei poster
NR

Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount of 13 ryo in order to save Oteru, the daughter of a merchant. However, the next day, Rokuroemon was killed in a fight by the Murakami brothers. Yasubei rushed to the scene, took revenge and became the husband of Miya, the daughter of Horibe Yahei.

Fighting Yasubei

1952

1940s · 13 titles

Four Love Stories poster
6.2

Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

Four Love Stories

1947

The Monkey King poster
7.0

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.

The Monkey King

1940

Enoken’s Boxing Generation poster
NR

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business.

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

1949

The Man Who Waited poster
8.0

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snooping around, however, he finds himself reluctantly drawn in to the case.

The Man Who Waited

1942

Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai poster
NR

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai

1948

Sagohei the Three-footer poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sagohei the Three-footer

1944

These Foolish Times poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

These Foolish Times

1947

Until Victory Day poster
8.0

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched from the laboratory and landed amidst the Japanese troops the soldiers could enjoy the performers. The laboratory succeeds and the rocket is built. It bears the insignia, 'until the victory days.' The Japanese government began a program of shooting and disseminating propaganda and entertainment movies for its troops during World War II. Only 15 minutes of the film survives.

Until Victory Day

1945

Life Is like a Somersault poster
7.0

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

Life Is like a Somersault

1946

Hyoroku's Dream Tale poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943

No artwork available
NR

A modern take on history with songs and comedy presented by Enoken (as Gonza), Fujiyama (as Sukeju), and Kasagi (Gonza’s wife Osaki).

Enoken's Singing Detective Story

1948

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom

1947

The Admirable Isshin Tasuke! poster
9.0

1945 Japanese movie

The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!

1945

1930s · 7 titles