Sadao Nakajima

旗本やくざ

Sadao Nakajima

Hashizo Okawa, Minoru Chiaki

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Sadao Nakajima

Chiezō Kataoka, Shin'ichi Chiba

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

犬笛

Sadao Nakajima

Bunta Sugawara, Kinya Kitaoji

In this crime thriller produced by Toshiro Mifune (who has a supporting role), hard-boiled Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.

Yakuza Hooligans

Sadao Nakajima

Hiroki Matsukata, Hideo Takamatsu

A bunch of young, angry and penniless misfits are full of great vitality. They aren’t quite up to joining the yakuza and execute a variety of petty scams. After being approached by a yakuza and asked to become a spy for them, they are now planning to take 10 million yen from the yakuza.

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Steven Okazaki

Toshirō Mifune, Киану Ривз

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

男の勝負

Sadao Nakajima

Hideo Murata, Saburô Kitajima

Part one.

脱獄広島殺人囚

Sadao Nakajima

Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.

ジーンズブルース　明日なき無頼派

Sadao Nakajima

Meiko Kaji, Tsunehiko Watase

Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.

太秦ライムライト

Ken Ochiai

Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

バカ政ホラ政トッパ政

Sadao Nakajima

Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baisho

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.

人生劇場

Jun'ya Satô, Sadao Nakajima

Keiko Matsuzaka, Toshiyuki Nagashima

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

あゝ同期の桜

Sadao Nakajima

Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura

A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.

狂った野獣

Sadao Nakajima

Tsunehiko Watase, Maki Tachibana

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.

女帝　春日局

Sadao Nakajima

Yukiyo Toake, Yûko Natori

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.

時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考

Sadao Nakajima

Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata

Veteran director Nakajima Sadao examines the appeal, background, context and transition of chambara, or period sword-fighting and samurai films, in Kyoto. Not only interviews with actors, choreographers and critiques are included, but the director orchestrates an original chambara scene for the documentary.

鉄砲玉の美学 　

Sadao Nakajima

Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto

A small time crook, who sells rabbits for a living frequently gets him into trouble with loan sharks and the yakuza. He dreams of becoming a successful big-shot and embarks the life of a yakuza hitman.