Ryutaro Nagai Movies

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

The story of five sisters.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

Japanese drama.