Okatsu, the daughter of a katana instructor must avenge a judge who rapes and kills his father. Read More »
Tag Archives: Nobuo Nakagawa
Duel at Lightning Pass / Inazuma tôge no kettô (1962) Nobuo Nakagawa, Utaemon Ichikawa, Shinjirô Ebara, Terumi Oka
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline. Read More »
Okatsu the Fugitive / Yôen dokufu-den: Okatsu kyôjô tabi (1969) Nobuo Nakagawa, Junko Miyazono, Reiko Ônobuta, Tôru Abe
Okatsu: a “tomboy” who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry Read More »
Chutaro of Banba (1955) Banba no Chûtarô
Based on the play ”Mabuta no Haha” by famed author Hasegawa Shin, this is the first major Read More »
The Living Koheiji (1982) Kaiidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro. Read More »
Death Row Woman AKA Onna shikeishû no datsugoku (1960) Nobuo Nakagawa, Miyuki Takakura, Tatsuo Terashima, Yôichi Numata
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence Read More »
The Lady Vampire AKA Onna kyûketsuki (1959) Nobuo Nakagawa, Shigeru Amachi, Takashi Wada, Junko Ikeuchi
A woman who’s been missing for twenty years suddenly turns up alive, and looking not a day older than when she vanished. Read More »
A Wicked Woman (1958) Nobuo Nakagawa, Katsuko Wakasugi, Jûzaburô Akechi, Tetsurô Tanba
In 1870’s Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. Read More »
The Sinners of Hell (1960) Nobuo Nakagawa, Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yôichi Numata
A graduate-school student has a friend who is pure evil. Read More »