Jun Hamamura — Actor (85)
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Quick Draw Joe (1961)
早射ち野郎 IMDb TMDB
Takashi Nomura actor: Joe Shishido / Reiko Sasamori …
other title: 早射ち野郎
One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the armored payroll car headed for the dam construction site, takes the wounded man to the police and claims the reward offered. He is told to wait until the driver of the armored car returns to identify the bandit and goes over to the Blue Star where he is introduced to Mishima, the owner of the cabaret, who is highly respected in the town. Joe then meets Saburo, while fishing, and his lovely sister, who seem to sense the real man beneath the rough appearance and take him into their home. Word reaches Joe that the bandit he'd captured had been shot and he hurries over to the hospital.
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The Crowded Train (1957)
満員電車 IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / Chishū Ryū …
other title: 満員電車
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.
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The River - Poem of Wrath (1967)
河 あの裏切りが重く IMDb TMDB
Kota Mori actor: Kei Satō / Jun Hamamura …
other title: 河 あの裏切りが重く
A man sets out to search for his brother among the survivors of Hiroshima after an anonymous letter.
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Woman from the Sea (1959)
海底から来た女 IMDb TMDB
Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Hisako Tsukuba / Tamio Kawachi …
other title: Woman from the sea / 海底から来た女
While in vacation in a sea side house, a young man fall in love with a beautiful woman who pretends to live by herself in the sea. The fishermen of a nearby village think she is a monster, the female of a shark killed many years before, responsible for many disappearances.
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Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)
さくら隊散る WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kaneto Shindō actor: Eitarō Ozawa / Koreya Senda …
other title: さくら隊散る
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
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Conflagration (1958)
炎上
Kon Ichikawa actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: Conflagrazione / Le Pavillon d'Or …
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
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The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
散歩する霊柩車 IMDb TMDB
Hajime Sato actor: Kō Nishimura / Masumi Harukawa …
other title: 散歩する霊柩車
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.
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The Catch (1961)
飼育
Nagisa Ōshima actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Akiko Koyama …
other title: L'addomesticamento / Le Piège …
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
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Afraid to Die (1960)
からっ風野郎 WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Yukio Mishima / Ayako Wakao …
other title: Le gars des vents froids / からっ風野郎 …
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
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Demon Pond (1979)
夜叉ヶ池
Masahiro Shinoda actor: Tamasaburō Bandō V / Gō Katō …
other title: L'Étang du démon / El estanque endemoniado …
When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
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Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
魔界転生 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Sonny Chiba / Kenji Sawada …
other title: 魔界転生 / Makai tenshô: Samurai Reincarnation
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967)
日本のいちばん長い日
Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
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 fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Love Is in the Green Wind (1974)
恋は緑の風の中
Miyoji Ieki actor: Yûsuke Satô / Mieko Harada …
other title: 恋は緑の風の中
A youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his heartbreaking romance during the summer holidays with a young sprightly girl.
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
人間の條件　第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
Masaki Kobayashi actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: La Condizione Umana: Parte II – Cammino verso l'eternità / Guerra e Humanidade II: Estrada Para a Eternidade …
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
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The Makioka Sisters (1983)
細雪
Kon Ichikawa actor: Keiko Kishi / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Les Quatre sœurs Makioka / Las hermanas Makioka …
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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Fighting Elegy (1966)
けんかえれじい
Seijun Suzuki actor: Hideki Takahashi / Yūsuke Kawazu …
other title: Elegia della lotta / Elégie de la bagarre …
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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The Vampire Doll (1970)
幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Michio Yamamoto actor: Kayo Matsuo / Akira Nakao …
other title: A Noite do Vampiro / Legacy of Dracula …
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.