Jun Hamamura Movies

  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.3471963HD

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

    High and Low
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

    Kwaidan
  • 1974
    Love Is in the Green Wind

    Love Is in the Green Wind

    Love Is in the Green Wind

    6.91974HD

    A youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his heartbreaking romance during the summer holidays...

    Love Is in the Green Wind
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    8.21967HD

    The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to...

    Samurai Rebellion
  • 1956
    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    7.9131956HD

    In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

    The Burmese Harp
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.21967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1978
    August Without Emperor

    August Without Emperor

    August Without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the...

    August Without Emperor
  • 1979
    The Inferno

    The Inferno

    The Inferno

    6.61979HD

    Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

    The Inferno
  • 1972
    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    7.0511972HD

    Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
  • 1981
    Play it, Boogie-Woogie

    Play it, Boogie-Woogie

    Play it, Boogie-Woogie

    61981HD

    A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent...

    Play it, Boogie-Woogie
  • 1974
    The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand

    7.31974HD

    Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

    The Castle of Sand
  • 1981
    Samurai Reincarnation

    Samurai Reincarnation

    Samurai Reincarnation

    5.81981HD

    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...

    Samurai Reincarnation
  • 1965
    Gamera, the Giant Monster

    Gamera, the Giant Monster

    Gamera, the Giant Monster

    5.961965HD

    A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera...

    Gamera, the Giant Monster
  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    7.11977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

    Ballad of Orin
  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    7.5991959HD

    In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...

    Fires on the Plain
  • 1968
    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    7.3361968HD

    Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

    Profound Desires of the Gods
  • 1959
    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    8.21959HD

    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...

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
  • 1969
    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    6.41969HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

    Red Lion
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.51960HD

    A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1977
    Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

    6.41977HD

    Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...

    Mount Hakkoda