Jun Hamamura Movies

Film by director Kenji Misumi

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife,...

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him...

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers'...

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was...

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

Poverty-stricken sisters reach the age when they start attracting marriage proposals. They must decide between marrying for love or money, but their...