Hikaru Hayashi Movies

  • 1968
    In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

    01968HD

    After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends...

    In Broad Daylight
  • 1960
    Blood Is Dry

    Blood Is Dry

    Blood Is Dry

    61960HD

    An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

    Blood Is Dry
  • 1970
    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool

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    This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure...

    Play It Cool
  • 1969
    Big, Big Fellow

    Big, Big Fellow

    Big, Big Fellow

    01969HD

    The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro...

    Big, Big Fellow
  • 1981
    Fifth Movement

    Fifth Movement

    Fifth Movement

    01981HD

    When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members refuse to admit defeat. The first...

    Fifth Movement
  • 1963
    The Navy

    The Navy

    The Navy

    01963HD

    A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

    The Navy
  • 2008
    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

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    The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

    Teacher and Three Children
  • 1966
    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    01966HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

    Lost Sex
  • 1966
    The Swan Elegy

    The Swan Elegy

    The Swan Elegy

    01966HD

    One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé. On top of this, Reiko, suffering...

    The Swan Elegy
  • 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
  • 1970
    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    6.91970HD

    Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...

    Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
  • 1986
    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.81986HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

    Tree Without Leaves
  • 1961
    The Matsukawa Incident

    The Matsukawa Incident

    The Matsukawa Incident

    01961HD

    Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

    The Matsukawa Incident
  • 1966
    The River Yokobori

    The River Yokobori

    The River Yokobori

    01966HD

    Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just...

    The River Yokobori
  • 1972
    Hymn

    Hymn

    Hymn

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    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

    Hymn
  • 1967
    Onna no issho

    Onna no issho

    Onna no issho

    01967HD

    Onna no issho
  • 1965
    Conquest

    Conquest

    Conquest

    51965HD

    Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

    Conquest
  • 1958
    Voice Without a Shadow

    Voice Without a Shadow

    Voice Without a Shadow

    6.41958HD

    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 Murderer Must Die

    The Murderer Must Die

    The Murderer Must Die

    01959HD

    A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS...

    The Murderer Must Die
  • 1984
    The Horizon

    The Horizon

    The Horizon

    01984HD

    Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

    The Horizon