Torahiko Hamada Filmography

"Kwaidan" weaves together four haunting tales, each one a spectral exploration of ancient Japanese lore....

Caught in the tumultuous tide of World War II, Kaji, a Japanese man of deep-seated...

In the heart of Japan, the legendary Samurai Takezo, after years of nomadic wanderings, comes...

Fresh from Tokyo's bustling cityscape, Akira, an enthusiastic young educator, finds himself immersed in the...

In the tumultuous year of 1937, Heibei, the scion of a wealthy landowner, returns from...

Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot...

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946...

From the Criterion Collection: "Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars...

The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's...

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of...

When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get...