Hikaru Hayashi Movies

  • 1967
    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    5.4291967HD

    A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.

    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
  • 1968
    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    01968HD

    After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

    Strong Women, Weak Men
  • 1962
    Love Under the Crucifix

    Love Under the Crucifix

    Love Under the Crucifix

    6.91962HD

    A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When...

    Love Under the Crucifix
  • 1995
    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    71995HD

    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

    A Last Note
  • 1958
    The Boy Who Came Back

    The Boy Who Came Back

    The Boy Who Came Back

    7.3331958HD

    Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

    The Boy Who Came Back
  • 2003
    Owl

    Owl

    Owl

    6.1432003HD

    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to...

    Owl
  • 1968
    Wind of Youth

    Wind of Youth

    Wind of Youth

    01968HD

    A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.

    Wind of Youth
  • 1968
    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    5.41968HD

    Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action...

    Three Resurrected Drunkards
  • 1961
    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

    6.41961HD

    In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

    Girls of the Night
  • 1975
    Main Line to Terror

    Main Line to Terror

    Main Line to Terror

    61975HD

    Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older...

    Main Line to Terror
  • 1974
    My Way

    My Way

    My Way

    5.71974HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

    My Way
  • 1963
    18 Roughs

    18 Roughs

    18 Roughs

    6.61963HD

    Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...

    18 Roughs
  • 1969
    Vixen

    Vixen

    Vixen

    6.41969HD

    Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to...

    Vixen
  • 1961
    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    5.81961HD

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

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night
  • 2010
    Postcard

    Postcard

    Postcard

    5.42010HD

    Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

    Postcard
  • 1958
    Voice Without a Shadow

    Voice Without a Shadow

    Voice Without a Shadow

    6.4291958HD

    Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his...

    Voice Without a Shadow
  • 1959
    The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

    51959HD

    Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

    The Human Wall
  • 1999
    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    6.31999HD

    It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

    Will to Live
  • 1963
    Sasuke and His Comedians

    Sasuke and His Comedians

    Sasuke and His Comedians

    5.81963HD

    Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield...

    Sasuke and His Comedians
  • 1961
    Happiness of Us Alone

    Happiness of Us Alone

    Happiness of Us Alone

    91961HD

    The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and...

    Happiness of Us Alone