Movies: Torahiko Hamada

  • 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.11970HD

    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the...

    Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan (1965)

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue come...

    Kwaidan
  • 1981
    The Imperial Navy

    The Imperial Navy (1981)

    The Imperial Navy

    6.61981HD

    A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War....

    The Imperial Navy
  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1955
    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    7.11955HD

    After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skil...

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • 1979
    Vengeance Is Mine

    Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

    Vengeance Is Mine

    7.51979HD

    A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....

    Vengeance Is Mine
  • 1977
    Japanese Godfather: Ambition

    Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

    Japanese Godfather: Ambition

    8.71977HD

    An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association....

    Japanese Godfather: Ambition
  • 1982
    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    6.31982HD

    Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, ...

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
  • 1975
    Graveyard of Honor

    Graveyard of Honor (1975)

    Graveyard of Honor

    6.71975HD

    A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa....

    Graveyard of Honor
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day (1967)

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to ...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1973
    Professional Killers

    Professional Killers (1973)

    Professional Killers

    7.51973HD

    Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching......

    Professional Killers
  • 1977
    Village of Eight Gravestones

    Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)

    Village of Eight Gravestones

    6.61977HD

    The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo...

    Village of Eight Gravestones
  • 2001
    Inugami

    Inugami (2001)

    Inugami

    5.22001HD

    Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the f...

    Inugami
  • 1961
    Immortal Love

    Immortal Love (1961)

    Immortal Love

    7.51961HD

    The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war with a crippling injury, and then forced into marriage with him. In four more chapters, presented over thre...

    Immortal Love
  • 1978
    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    6.21978HD

    Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan....

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
  • 1971
    Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

    Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)

    Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

    5.61971HD

    The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united....

    Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor (1978)

    August without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspir...

    August without Emperor
  • 1968
    Blackmail Is My Life

    Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

    Blackmail Is My Life

    6.41968HD

    Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when...

    Blackmail Is My Life
  • 1959
    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

    Lucky Dragon No. 5

    7.31959HD

    An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the cre...

    Lucky Dragon No. 5
  • 1967
    River of Forever

    River of Forever (1967)

    River of Forever

    01967HD

    Pure love story...

    River of Forever