Jun Hamamura
Acting
Biography
Jun Hamamura was born on 7 February 1906 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor, known for High and Low (1963), Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965) and Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963). He died on 21 June 1995 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
Born: February 7, 1906
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Known For
That Guy and I
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Samurai Rebellion
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 accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
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 against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since that event, he always turns to his uncle when he needs money. Recently Keisuke feels his uncle isn't as generous as he used to be, he suspects that Saburouta has found out the illicit relation between Keisuke and his uncle's young mistress, Ohasu.
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.
Temptation
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei’s painting was praised by a great printer at the completion ceremony of the art gallery. Since he became successful as a painter, but he looked quite indifferent. Around the same time, Shohei’s sister brought Sohei’s pictures to the gallery and Shokichi noticed that she was a daughter of his first love.
Yume-Chiyo
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully accused of murder and in the process discovers love.
The Burmese Harp
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 POW.
Filmography
as Old Man at Post Office
as Kuniharu Motoki
as Hiroko's Grandfather
as Kazuo's Grandfather
as Akio Matsumoto
as Ichirota Daitojima
as 真之助の祖父・香木真人
as The Man in Black clothes(黒服の男)
as Hospital Old Man
as Otokichi
as Ushimatsu Igawa
as Old Fisherman
as Shigesaemon
as Old man
as The Shadow / Yatabei, the Bellkeeper
as Sudoku
as Welfare Official
as Secretary
as Shigeru Aoba
as Saito
as Mori Sokichi
as Seijiro Katakura
as Fujimura Takashi
as Jikichi Matsumoto
as Shigeyoshi Oki
as Beggar
as Hokujoji
as Patrolman
as Narrator
as Juzo Osugi
as Miura Tatewaki
as Public Officer
as Kikumatsu
as Kanoke-boshi
as Jinbee of stables
as Tessai
as Tokusato
as Gohei
as Hirai's father
as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
as Hyoemon Shiomi
as Kahei Iwata
as Druglord
as Blind Biwa Priest
as Company Manager
as Professor Murase
as Joshin Temple Priest
as Kitamura’s Father
as (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
as Hirate Nakatsukasa
as A man in the morgue
as Tokuzo
as Shibukawa Company Commander
as Policeman
as Section Chief Ishikawa
as Doctor
as Kazunori Tago
as Nonozaki
as Jinzaemon Shinohara
as Second Creditor
as Isshosai
as Older Doctor
as Miyoshi
as Soldier
as Saeki
as Ushimatsu's father
as Mitsui
as Tatsuo
as Kamio
as Tsubouchi
as Kawada
as Minobe
as Professor Takano
as Village Mayor
as Shin Nakanishi
as Actor
as Taisuke Nakamizo
as Doctor
as Detective
as Goro Murata
as Yoshichi Komuro
as Masahiro
as Nozaki
as Doctor
as Doi Chûi
as Dr. Soma
as Goichi's Father
as Boarding House Owner
as Taxi driver
as The Criminal
as Ito