Yūko Hamada

Acting

Yūko Hamada

Born

1939-03-20 (87)

Place of birth

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Inazuman poster
9.0

Ban Daisuke of Kikaida fame takes the lead role in this classic series pitting a college student against the hostile forces of the Neo-Human Empire. Unique among live action tokusatsu shows, this innovative series features the extraordinary double henshin transformation, the Raijingo supercar, and psionic (psychic) abilities. Watari Goro (Ban) clashes with Emperor Bamba's grotesque corps of mutant monsters, and exclaims, "Summon Supreme Power” (Choriki Shorai!) to initiate his final transformation into Inazuman.

Inazuman

1973

Women's Classroom poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Women's Classroom

1959

Ronin of the Wastelands poster
10.0

Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering ronin searching for his own fame and happiness. With a sense of justice, he travels the countryside, with his motley collection of outcasts - a pistol-carrying ronin, a two-bit con artist and woman seeking revenge, following close behind, unwittingly righting wrongs and protecting the common man.

Ronin of the Wastelands

1972

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades poster
7.1

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

1972

Zatoichi the Outlaw poster
6.7

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

Gamera vs. Guiron poster
5.3

Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.

Gamera vs. Guiron

1969

Film credits

1960s · 41 titles

Zatoichi the Outlaw poster
6.7

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

Gamera vs. Guiron poster
5.3

Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.

Gamera vs. Guiron

1969

The Demon of Mount Oe poster
6.5

A band of warriors journeys to Mount Oe to rescue abducted women from a demon, overcoming supernatural threats like a giant spider and a diabolical witch along the way.

The Demon of Mount Oe

1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing poster
6.2

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

1964

Elegant Beast poster
7.3

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

Elegant Beast

1962

Last-Ditch Glory poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Last-Ditch Glory

1961

A Design for Dying poster
6.5

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.

A Design for Dying

1961

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure poster
5.8

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Enforcer

1964

The Night before Pearl Harbor poster
9.5

The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.

The Night before Pearl Harbor

1968

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch poster
6.8

Up until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding school for orphans and away from her parents. That's all about to change when her real father mysteriously comes to get her and finally bring her home.

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

1968

Medal from the Devil poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Medal from the Devil

1967

Clamouring Canines poster
8.5

The second film in the "Inu" series.

Clamouring Canines

1964

Black Weapon poster
NR

Industrial espionage gets in the way of love and marriage for factory worker Katayanagi.

Black Weapon

1964

Otoko to onna no sei no naka poster
9.0

1962 Japanese movie

Otoko to onna no sei no naka

1962

Trigger-Happy poster
NR

A 72-hour story about a group of rookie police officers and detectives who are candidates for the Mexican Olympic team and are in training camp for shooting competition, as they hunt down a violent criminal.

Trigger-Happy

1968

Black Dividend poster
NR

Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains another spy in Ayuko Ichinoi...

Black Dividend

1963

The Silent Gun poster
7.5

A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.

The Silent Gun

1967

No artwork available
NR

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

High School Third Graders poster
NR

In 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a movie based on Kenji Tomishima 's novel “Shake to Tomorrow” with the same title, produced by Daiei with this song as a motif. Singer and actor Funaki Kazuo also appears in the movie, which depicts the fun, love and heartbreak in a Japanese school.

High School Third Graders

1963

Sentimental Mobsters poster
7.0

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!

Sentimental Mobsters

1963

Mission Accomplished poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mission Accomplished

1960

The Last Loyalty Offering poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Last Loyalty Offering

1967

The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is! poster
NR

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of the Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats.

The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!

1962

Girls Born in August poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Girls Born in August

1963

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Man of Legend

1967

Bad Reputation: The Big Drum poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Reputation: The Big Drum

1964

Bury Me Deep poster
8.0

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.

Bury Me Deep

1963

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop

1962

Hot Spring Policeman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hot Spring Policeman

1963

Typhoon Reporter poster
NR

Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui) investigates a homicide in Tokyo’s bustling construction scene, meanwhile a super typhoon is brewing in the Pacific, and Ginza is square in its sights!

Typhoon Reporter

1963

The Notorious Man's Return poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Notorious Man's Return

1962

The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2

1968

New Couple's Guide: The Young Wife is Popular poster
NR

A coming-of-age story that depicts the crisis of love in marital life in a light-hearted way, centering on the family of a young scholar whose young wife is a female doctor who has made a name for herself in sex medicine.

New Couple's Guide: The Young Wife is Popular

1961

Hit and Run  Gang poster
NR

Detective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman, was run over and killed while pursuing the culprit. His younger brother Matabei vowed to challenge the culprit in front of his brother's grave. A fast-paced action-packed story.

Hit and Run Gang

1960

Ame no Kudan-zaka poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Ame no Kudan-zaka

1962

No artwork available
9.0

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Song of Happiness

1964

Secret Report From A House Of Women poster
9.0

Japanese crime film

Secret Report From A House Of Women

1968

Whispering Death Beauty poster
NR

Fujiko Niwa, a nurse, is in love with Dr. Suga, but fear clutches her heart when she overhears that Reiko, the Director's daughter, is coming to the hospital to see the man she hopes to marry.

Whispering Death Beauty

1963

Kenjū no okite poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kenjū no okite

1960

Osowareta shujutsushitsu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Osowareta shujutsushitsu

1960

1950s · 2 titles

Series credits