Mitsuo Hamada — Actor (13)
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King of Sha-kin (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
借王
director: Seiji Izumi actor: Show Aikawa / Hideo Murota …
other title: 借王
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.
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Song of Dawn (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
夜明けのうた
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Ruriko Asaoka / Eimei Esumi …
other title: 夜明けのうた
Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then she is offered a role in a new production that appears to mirror her own private life... An excellent work that stylishly depicts its gradually evolving heroine.
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I Have the Sun in My Back (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
俺の背中に陽が当る
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Mitsuo Hamada / Sayuri Yoshinaga …
other title: 俺の背中に陽が当る
Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncover the truth to clear his name.
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Bright Sea (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
光る海
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Mitsuo Hamada …
other title: 光る海 / La Mer étincelante
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
泥だらけの純情
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Mitsuo Hamada …
other title: 泥だらけの純情
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
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An Ocean to Cross (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
天平の甍
director: Kei Kumai actor: Katsuo Nakamura / Masaaki Daimon …
other title: Un océan à traverser / 天平の甍
Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.