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Yūji Hamada

Actor

Yūji Hamada

Born November 25, 1931Died November 14, 201185 films

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance posterFirst watchLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance19727.4Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.View film

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Filmography

85 films as actor
  1. 199013 Assassins
  2. 1984Branded Female Convicts
  3. 1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
  4. 1973Zatoichi's Conspiracy
  5. 1972Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
  6. 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
  7. 1971Kumo no Yuna
  8. 1971Hiding-Place in the Storm
  9. 1971Wakaki hi no kōdōkan
  10. 1971Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
  11. 1970Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
  12. 1970Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
  13. 1970Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
  14. 1969Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
  15. 1969Blood End
  16. 1969Kanto Woman Fortitude
  17. 1969Lefty Fencer
  18. 1969Broken Swords
  19. 1969Sworn Brothers
  20. 1968Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
  21. 1968The Two Bodyguards
  22. 1968Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
  23. 1967Secret Assignment
  24. 1967A Certain Killer
  25. 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3
  26. 1966Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
  27. 1966Return of Giant MajinFarmer 2
  28. 1966The Front Line Showdown
  29. 1966Dianas of the Campus
  30. 1965The Informer
  31. 1965Sword DevilHirada
  32. 1965Young Boss: Prison Release
  33. 1965駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす
  34. 1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
  35. 1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
  36. 1963Bronze Magicianсоветник Кацухико
  37. 1963Zatoichi the Fugitive
  38. 1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
  39. 1963Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
  40. 1963The Third Shadow Warrior
  41. 1962The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
  42. 1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
  43. 1962The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
  44. 1962Ame no Kudan-zaka
  45. 1962The Tale of ZatoichiIioka yakuza member
  46. 1962Sabakareru Echizen no kami
  47. 1962Teppo Yasu no Shogai
  48. 1961Oniisan to oneesan
  49. 1961BuddhaGuard B
  50. 1961Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
  51. 1961Otemoyan
  52. 1961Tabiwa Oiroke
  53. 1961A Lustful Man
  54. 1961Zenigata Heiji Case Files: Enma's Nightly Ledger
  55. 1961Three Young Samurai
  56. 1961Shikaku yashiki
  57. 1961Uta wa tōge o koete
  58. 1961Straw hat of Itako
  59. 1961Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
  60. 1961晴小袖
  61. 1960Satan's SwordYoshimura
  62. 1960Scars of Honor
  63. 1960The Blind Menace
  64. 1960Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
  65. 1960Yûrei koban
  66. 1959Samurai Vendetta
  67. 1959The Ghost of Yotsuya
  68. 1959Jirocho Fuji
  69. 1958Conflagration
  70. 1958Shogun's Holiday
  71. 1957Demonfire Palanquin
  72. 1957Mangorō Tengu
  73. 1957Fighting Letter for 29 People
  74. 1957Nerawareta doyōbi
  75. 1957Love of the Princess
  76. 1957Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae: Ne no koku sanjō
  77. 1956Unchan monogatari
  78. 1956Flowery Hood 2
  79. 1956Zoku tenshi mo otoshi goro
  80. 1956Tenshi mo otoshi goro
  81. 1956Flowery Hood
  82. 1956Headquarters of Crime Detection
  83. 1956Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
  84. 1956Matashirō Fighting Journey
  85. 1954Akōgishi