Acting

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Born 1939-10-23 · Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

Tattooed Life poster
7.2

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

Tattooed Life

1965

This Transient Life poster
7.4

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

This Transient Life

1970

Tomorrow's Sun poster
6.2

Shochiku's up-and-coming stars take the stage in a series of short skits parodying popular films of the time.

Tomorrow's Sun

1959

It Was a Faint Dream poster
5.8

Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.

It Was a Faint Dream

1974

Burning Nature poster
8.0

Film from 1967.

Burning Nature

1967

The Tale of Genji poster
9.0

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

The Tale of Genji

1966

Black Snow poster
5.3

Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual arousal unless fondling a loaded gun. Later that night, he murders the GI before running amok through the building and finally slaying his mother's sister...

Black Snow

1965

Takamaru and Kikumaru poster
8.0

Two brothers, Takamaru and Kikumaru, are living with their father, Hakuraku-Ou, until one day Hakuraku-Ou is killed by "Death's-Head" Ginnosuke, a villain skilled in the art of sorcery. Hakuraku-Ou had long been seeking a Tiger Seal which, together with the Dragon Seal in his possession, would reveal the location of a huge ancestral fortune. But on the very night that the Tiger Seal was found, it was stolen by Tomomitsu, Ginnosuke's chief. When the two brothers receive the Dragon Seal from their father just before his death they determine to go to Death's-Head Castle, in order to recover the Tiger Seal.

Takamaru and Kikumaru

1959

Cheers to the Sky poster
NR

Stewardess Yuriko goes through rigorous two-month training and finishes her maiden flight safely with the help of her colleagues and instructors.

Cheers to the Sky

1966

Sword of Vision poster
9.0

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Sword of Vision

1959

The Accursed Urns poster
NR

A string of weird incidents occur in Kyoto. Elderly men die after their ocular nerves are burned when they peek into antique urns on the veranda at their homes. Part of "Operation: Mystery".

The Accursed Urns

1969

The Hidden Treasure poster
7.0

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

The Hidden Treasure

1959

Naked Shadow poster
4.3

A drama depicting a girl's suffering from prenatal radiation damage caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Naked Shadow

1964