Masaki Hamamoto

Directing

Masaki Hamamoto

Place of birth

Kagoshima, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Ekiden poster
NR

Two former teammates on a college relay team, find themselves pitted against each other in track competition and in love when they enter rival companies and fall for the same woman.

Ekiden

2000

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky poster
7.0

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky

2007

あさひるばん poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

あさひるばん

2013

Top Swords Couple poster
NR

During a fierce battle in Japan's Warring States era, a young swordswoman named Yui is suddenly transported 500 years into the future by the mysterious blade Muramasa. Lost in modern-day Japan, Yui finds refuge at a traditional brewery in Usuki, Oita. While struggling to understand this unfamiliar world, she discovers something she has never seen before: KENDO, the modern martial art descended from the swordsmanship she devoted her life to mastering. The brewery's KENDO club, once proud and successful, is on the verge of collapse. Determined to protect what she believes is worth preserving, Yui helps revive the team alongside Masato Fujii, the brewery's young president and a former national champion who abandoned KENDO after inheriting the family business. As the team prepares for an impossible challenge against their long-time rivals, Yui and Masato grow closer. Yet the possibility that Yui may someday return to her own time threatens the future they are beginning to imagine together.

Top Swords Couple

2024

Where I Belong poster
8.7

Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko Ichihara). Izumi then stays at Suma's home. At first, Izumi keeps an eye for money that he can steal. The people though in the village think Izumi is Suma's grandson and take care of him. A change takes place in Izumi.

Where I Belong

2017

The Final Judgement poster
5.5

26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Washio teams up with Kenzo Nakagishi and establishes a new political party. He loses in the elections to gain a seat in the house of representatives. A few years later Japan is now invaded by the country of Ouran and falls under the military occupation of that country. Basic freedoms like speech and religion are lost, while protestors are killed. In this environment, Shogo Washio joins the underground resistance organization ROLE.

The Final Judgement

2012

Behind the camera

Ekiden poster
NR

Two former teammates on a college relay team, find themselves pitted against each other in track competition and in love when they enter rival companies and fall for the same woman.

Ekiden

2000

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky poster
7.0

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky

2007

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky poster
7.0

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky

2007

あさひるばん poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

あさひるばん

2013

Top Swords Couple poster
NR

During a fierce battle in Japan's Warring States era, a young swordswoman named Yui is suddenly transported 500 years into the future by the mysterious blade Muramasa. Lost in modern-day Japan, Yui finds refuge at a traditional brewery in Usuki, Oita. While struggling to understand this unfamiliar world, she discovers something she has never seen before: KENDO, the modern martial art descended from the swordsmanship she devoted her life to mastering. The brewery's KENDO club, once proud and successful, is on the verge of collapse. Determined to protect what she believes is worth preserving, Yui helps revive the team alongside Masato Fujii, the brewery's young president and a former national champion who abandoned KENDO after inheriting the family business. As the team prepares for an impossible challenge against their long-time rivals, Yui and Masato grow closer. Yet the possibility that Yui may someday return to her own time threatens the future they are beginning to imagine together.

Top Swords Couple

2024

Where I Belong poster
8.7

Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko Ichihara). Izumi then stays at Suma's home. At first, Izumi keeps an eye for money that he can steal. The people though in the village think Izumi is Suma's grandson and take care of him. A change takes place in Izumi.

Where I Belong

2017

The Final Judgement poster
5.5

26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Washio teams up with Kenzo Nakagishi and establishes a new political party. He loses in the elections to gain a seat in the house of representatives. A few years later Japan is now invaded by the country of Ouran and falls under the military occupation of that country. Basic freedoms like speech and religion are lost, while protestors are killed. In this environment, Shogo Washio joins the underground resistance organization ROLE.

The Final Judgement

2012

Damned Files 5 poster
8.0

This is the fifth volume of a serial horror drama series of complete episodes produced based on actual stories and accidents.

Damned Files 5

2004

Damned Files 4 poster
8.0

This is the fourth volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, real-life stories, and accidents that occurred in various areas of Japan, and which have had a nationwide impact since being aired on Nagoya TV from July 2003.

Damned Files 4

2004

Damned Files 6 poster
8.0

This is the sixth volume of a serial horror drama series of complete stories based on rumored haunted spots, actual stories, and accidents that have occurred in Nagoya and other areas in the Tokai region.

Damned Files 6

2004

Damned Files 8 poster
8.0

This is the eighth volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted spots, real-life stories, and accidents that have occurred in various parts of the Tokai region.

Damned Files 8

2004

Damned Files 2 poster
8.0

This is the second volume of a series of one-part horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, real-life stories, and accidents that occurred in various areas of Japan, and which have had a nationwide impact since being aired on Nagoya TV in July 2003.

Damned Files 2

2004

Damned Files 1 poster
8.0

This is the first volume of a series of one-part horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, real-life stories, and accidents that occurred in various regions, and which have had a nationwide impact since being aired on Nagoya TV in July 2003.

Damned Files 1

2004

Damned Files 7 poster
8.0

This is the seventh volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, actual stories, and accidents that have occurred in various parts of the Tokai region.

Damned Files 7

2004

Cinema Kabuki: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige Yaji Kita poster
NR

A recording of a play based on the tale of Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige.

Cinema Kabuki: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige Yaji Kita

2017

Damned Files 3 poster
8.0

This is the third volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted places, real-life stories, and accidents that occurred in various regions, and which have had a nationwide impact since being aired on Nagoya TV in July 2003. Included are "Apartment in Chikusa-ku", "Love Hotel in Ichinomiya-ku", and four other episodes.

Damned Files 3

2004