Keiko Hamano

Kaachan (1961)

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Ken Utsui  •  Jun Tazaki

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Ken Utsui  •  Jun Tazaki

社長野郎ども (1960)

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DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Kōji Matsubara  •  Hiroshi Asami  •  Mako Sanjō  •  Namiji Namiura

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DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Kōji Matsubara  •  Hiroshi Asami  •  Mako Sanjō  •  Namiji Namiura

誰よりも金を愛す (1961)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani  •  Ichiro Namiki  •  Keiko Hamano

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Torajirō Saitō
CAST:  Norihei Miki  •  Tony Tani  •  Ichiro Namiki  •  Keiko Hamano

Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni (1962)

The last film produced by Shintoho.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Mayumi Ozora  •  Yukio Yamada  •  Katsuhiro Segawa

The last film produced by Shintoho.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Yūko Mochizuki  •  Mayumi Ozora  •  Yukio Yamada  •  Katsuhiro Segawa

ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘 (1956)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumindo Kurata
CAST:  Gen Funabashi  •  Junko Ebata  •  Sumiko Abe  •  Kingorō Yanagiya

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumindo Kurata
CAST:  Gen Funabashi  •  Junko Ebata  •  Sumiko Abe  •  Kingorō Yanagiya

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦 (1957)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Keiko Hibino  •  George Luiker  •  Helen Higgins

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Tadao Takashima  •  Keiko Hibino  •  George Luiker  •  Helen Higgins

Traitors of the Blue Castle (1957)

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuo Yamada
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Jūzaburō Akechi  •  Keiko Hibino  •  Shoji Nakayama

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuo Yamada
CAST:  Kanjūrō Arashi  •  Jūzaburō Akechi  •  Keiko Hibino  •  Shoji Nakayama

Flesh Pier (1958)

Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Ken Utsui  •  Akemi Tsukushi  •  Yōko Mihara  •  Teruo Hata

Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Ken Utsui  •  Akemi Tsukushi  •  Yōko Mihara  •  Teruo Hata

The Lady Vampire (1959)

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Shigeru Amachi  •  Keinosuke Wada  •  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Yōko Mihara

Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Shigeru Amachi  •  Keinosuke Wada  •  Junko Ikeuchi  •  Yōko Mihara

Queen of the China Sea (1959)

Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiki Onoda
CAST:  Miyuki Takakura  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Toshio Hosokawa  •  Shinsuke Mikimoto

Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to escape from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiki Onoda
CAST:  Miyuki Takakura  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Toshio Hosokawa  •  Shinsuke Mikimoto

The Ghosts of Kagami Pond (1959)

A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Mōri
CAST:  Noriko Kitazawa  •  Shōzaburō Date  •  Reiko Seto  •  Hiroshi Hayashi

A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Mōri
CAST:  Noriko Kitazawa  •  Shōzaburō Date  •  Reiko Seto  •  Hiroshi Hayashi

Haunted Cave (1959)

The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Yōko Mihara  •  Reiko Seto  •  Masayo Banri  •  Yōichi Numata

The treasures of the Aoyamas were buried at the bottom of the sea when a large earthquake occurred years before. Yumi Aoyama is the only person who knows the location, but her family dies one after another through curious incidents, as if the family were under a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihei Magatani
CAST:  Yōko Mihara  •  Reiko Seto  •  Masayo Banri  •  Yōichi Numata

Female Slave Ship (1960)

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiki Onoda
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Yōko Mihara  •  Utako Mitsuya  •  Jun Ōtomo

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiki Onoda
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Yōko Mihara  •  Utako Mitsuya  •  Jun Ōtomo

Death Row Woman (1960)

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Miyuki Takakura  •  Tatsuo Terashima  •  Yōichi Numata  •  Keinosuke Wada

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Nakagawa
CAST:  Miyuki Takakura  •  Tatsuo Terashima  •  Yōichi Numata  •  Keinosuke Wada

Super Giant: The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity (1957)

The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Ken Utsui  •  Hiroshi Hayashi  •  Utako Mitsuya  •  Teruhisa Ikeda

The 5th Super Giant film. Super Giant pursues a Nazi-like army that operates on a huge satellite in space. The satellite is armed with weapons that could destroy whole cities on Earth from afar. (Part 1 of 2)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Ken Utsui  •  Hiroshi Hayashi  •  Utako Mitsuya  •  Teruhisa Ikeda