Hajime Hashimoto

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Detective in the Bar 2 (2013)

A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Machiko Ono  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Machiko Ono  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

AIBOU: X-DAY (2013)

Detective Kenichi Itami from the The National Police Agency and Akira Iwatsuki from the cyber investigation team investigate a complex murder case. The victim was under investigation by the cyber investigation team. As Detective Kenichi Itami and Akira Iwatsuki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kazuhisa Kawahara  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa  •  Tetsuya Bessho

Detective Kenichi Itami from the The National Police Agency and Akira Iwatsuki from the cyber investigation team investigate a complex murder case. The victim was under investigation by the cyber investigation team. As Detective Kenichi Itami and Akira Iwatsuki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kazuhisa Kawahara  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa  •  Tetsuya Bessho

Princess Sakura (2013)

One evening, Princess Sakura is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face. and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of that that night, Princess Sakura falls in love with the man. In order to find the man she gives up everything and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Munetaka Aoki  •  Yuma Asami  •  Denden  •  Masashi Goda

One evening, Princess Sakura is attacked by a man. At that time, the Princess could not see his face. and only sees a tattoo on his body. Because of that that night, Princess Sakura falls in love with the man. In order to find the man she gives up everything and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Munetaka Aoki  •  Yuma Asami  •  Denden  •  Masashi Goda

Phone Call to the Bar (2011)

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Koyuki  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Koyuki  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

The Last Message (2012)

Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Dai Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Dai Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Flower & Snake: Zero (2014)

Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Maiko Amano  •  Noriko Hamada  •  Rina Sakuragi  •  Kanji Tsuda

Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Maiko Amano  •  Noriko Hamada  •  Rina Sakuragi  •  Kanji Tsuda

Zebra (2016)

Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he turns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker world. Dora steps into a business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ryo Ryusei  •  Kenta Suga  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Maryjun Takahashi

Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he turns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker world. Dora steps into a business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ryo Ryusei  •  Kenta Suga  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Maryjun Takahashi

Chateau de la Reine (2015)

The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel there. The hotel has been in existence for 300 years. Tourists from all around the world want to stay at the Chateau de la Reine. A travel agency, which is teetering on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Yumi Adachi  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Kazue Fukiishi

The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel there. The hotel has been in existence for 300 years. Tourists from all around the world want to stay at the Chateau de la Reine. A travel agency, which is teetering on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Yumi Adachi  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Kazue Fukiishi

Kasha (2011)

Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an injury. One day, his relative comes to see him and asks him if he can find his missing fiance Akiko Sekine. Shunsuke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Tomoko Tabata

Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an injury. One day, his relative comes to see him and asks him if he can find his missing fiance Akiko Sekine. Shunsuke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Tomoko Tabata

AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017)

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Mayu Yamaguchi

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Mayu Yamaguchi

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Tomohiro Hoshi  •  Makoto Ogawa  •  Hideo Sakaki  •  Rina Sakuragi

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire (2005)

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kanako Fukaura  •  Naoki Hosaka  •  Shôko Ieda  •  Ai Maeda

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kanako Fukaura  •  Naoki Hosaka  •  Shôko Ieda  •  Ai Maeda

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven (2007)

Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yôka Wao  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Reiko Takashima

Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yôka Wao  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Reiko Takashima

Zutaboro (2015)

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have fights and flirt with girls. Yakko, however, is not having an easy time of it. Koichi stands up for his friend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Tasuku Nagase  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Mitsuru Hirata

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have fights and flirt with girls. Yakko, however, is not having an easy time of it. Koichi stands up for his friend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Tasuku Nagase  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Mitsuru Hirata

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yuko Asano  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Kazuki Namioka

Hokusai (2021)

The unknown life of Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period, who is said to have painted more than 30,000 works throughout his life, such as "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

The unknown life of Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period, who is said to have painted more than 30,000 works throughout his life, such as "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit (2021)

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level government official dies in the accident. The cold case investigation unit, including Kento Saegusa and team leader Misaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Yuichi Kimura

The story continues from the Japanese SIGNAL drama series. In 2021, a limousine taxi driver causes an accident on a highway, and a high-level government official dies in the accident. The cold case investigation unit, including Kento Saegusa and team leader Misaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Yuichi Kimura

Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003)

Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Renji Ishibashi

Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Renji Ishibashi

Broken Hearts for Sale (2015)

An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Hajime Hashimoto  •  Yukiko Mishima  •  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Makita Sports  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Yasushi Kimura

An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Hajime Hashimoto  •  Yukiko Mishima  •  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Makita Sports  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Yasushi Kimura

樅ノ木は残った (2010)

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Mao Inoue  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Meikyo Yamada

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Mao Inoue  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Meikyo Yamada
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